TrackDataset.plot_analogs_from_point

TrackDataset.plot_analogs_from_point(point, radius, units='km', thresh={}, non_tropical=False, year_range=None, date_range=None, **kwargs)[source]

Plot historical TC tracks surrounding a point.

Parameters

  • point (tuple) – Tuple ordered by (latitude, longitude).

  • radius (int or float) – Radius in kilometers surrounding the point to search for storms.

  • units (str, optional) – Units of distance for radius. Can be “miles” or “km”. Default is “km”.

  • thresh (dict) –

    Dict for threshold(s) that storms within the requested radius must meet. The following options are available:

    • v_min - Search for sustained wind (kt) above this threshold

    • v_max - Search for sustained wind (kt) below this threshold

    • p_min - Search for MSLP (hPa) below this threshold

    • p_max - Search for MSLP (hPa) above this threshold

  • non_tropical (bool) – If True, non-tropical (e.g., tropical disturbance, extra-tropical cyclone) points are included in the search. Default is False.

  • year_range (tuple) – Year range over which to search. If None, defaults to entire dataset.

  • date_range (tuple) – Start and end dates, formatted as a “month/day” string. If None, defaults to year round.

Other Parameters

**kwargs – Refer to tropycal.tracks.TrackDataset.plot_storms for plotting keyword arguments.

Returns

ax – Axes instance of the plot.

Notes

This function automatically interpolates all storm data within this TrackDataset instance to hourly, if this hasn’t already been done previously.