File:Frances 1968 track.png

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English: Track map of Tropical Storm Frances of the 1968 Atlantic hurricane season. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm, according to the legend below.

Saffir–Simpson scale

 
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
 
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
 
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
 
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
 
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
 
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
 
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
 
Unknown

Storm type

● Tropical cyclone
■ Subtropical cyclone
▲ Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression
Date 1968-09-23–1968-09-29
Source Created by Jdorje using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA. Tracking data is from the National Hurricane Center[1].
Author Jdorje
Source code
InfoField
Track map data table, if present below, is in HURDAT2 or ATCF format. See format details in [2] and [3], respectively.
Track map generator input code 
AL121968,            FRANCES,     26,
19680923, 1200,  , SD, 26.4N,  73.5W,  25,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680923, 1800,  , SD, 27.2N,  73.7W,  25,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680924, 0000,  , SD, 27.9N,  73.9W,  25,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680924, 0600,  , SD, 28.4N,  74.1W,  25,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680924, 1200,  , SD, 28.8N,  74.2W,  30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680924, 1800,  , SD, 29.4N,  74.1W,  30, 1012,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680925, 0000,  , SD, 30.1N,  73.5W,  30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680925, 0600,  , SD, 30.7N,  72.6W,  30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680925, 1200,  , SD, 31.3N,  71.7W,  30, 1012,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680925, 1800,  , SD, 31.9N,  70.8W,  30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680926, 0000,  , SD, 32.5N,  70.0W,  30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680926, 0600,  , SD, 33.0N,  69.4W,  30,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680926, 1200,  , TS, 33.4N,  68.8W,  35,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680926, 1800,  , TS, 33.7N,  68.2W,  40, 1003,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680927, 0000,  , TS, 33.9N,  67.7W,  40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680927, 0600,  , TS, 34.1N,  67.1W,  45,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680927, 1200,  , TS, 34.3N,  66.2W,  50,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680927, 1800,  , TS, 34.5N,  65.3W,  50, 1001,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680928, 0000,  , TS, 34.7N,  63.7W,  50,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680928, 0600,  , TS, 34.9N,  61.9W,  45,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680928, 1200,  , TS, 35.1N,  59.8W,  45,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680928, 1800,  , TS, 35.4N,  57.8W,  45, 1003,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680929, 0000,  , TS, 35.7N,  55.7W,  40,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680929, 0600,  , TS, 36.0N,  53.5W,  40, 1004,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680929, 1200,  , EX, 35.8N,  50.7W,  35,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,
19680929, 1800,  , EX, 35.5N,  48.1W,  35,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     NHC,


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