Suggestions for Hurricane Tracking Lab Report

There should be a brief introduction describing purpose of the exercise, the data and method used for plotting,, etc.

The body of the report should contain (not necessarily in this order)

The name of the storm. You can determine this with a bit of research on the UNISYS site at http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/. The "Best Track: 1851-2003" link will access track maps by year. Your storm will be found in the Atlantic between the years 1980 and 1995.

A description of the history/timeline of the storm (depression, storm, hurricane category), including any trends and/or a path description.

Discussion of unusual or special features about the storm, including the maximum strength of your hurricane ( Saffir-Simpson scale) and a description of the potential damage of such a category.

Determine any point where the storm made landfall (including islands!) and

discuss whether or not you felt the first half of the plotted path would have indicated that this was a likely landfall position at that time,
discuss details of the storm behavior prior to landfall,
give an assessment of the damage it caused, and
discuss what happened to the storm strength after landfall.
(Note, you need discuss only one point of landfall, if there were more than one.)

3. The conclusion should briefly summarize the body and discuss any special considerations such as limitations or difficulties in plotting and interpreting the data, researching the details, etc.

4. All data and maps should be included in the report