This data type comes from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

It describes a hurricane track from which the following information is taken by FEWS:

-Start time of the track with the first 10 numbers on line 3 in format yyyyMMddHH. For the example below it describes July 29th 2014 at 06:00. 

Then for each line until "AMP"

-T*** with the 3 *'s describing the hours since start time (this is present on each line)

-***N and ****E describing the coordinates of the eye of the hurricane and is imported with external parameter ids "lat" and "lon" respectively (this is present on each line)

-3 numbers specifying the maximum wind speed of the hurricane and is imported with external parameter id "maxWind" (this is present on each line)

-R*** *** XX QD where R*** stands for Radius of wind speed 034, 050, 064 or 100 followed by the *** to specify the radius and XX QD stands for the quadrant of the hurricane NE QD, SE QD, SW QD or NW QD and is imported with external parameter ids R034NE, R034SE, R034SW, R034NW, R050NE, R050SE, R050SW, R050NW, R064NE, R064SE, R064SW, R064NW, R100NE, R100SE, R100SW, R100NW (this is not present on each line, it will start with the highest available R*** and is always followed by all lower R***)

 

Everything after the line with "AMP" will be skipped

Example file
WTPN51 PGTW 290900
WARNING ATCG MIL 11W NWP 140729075437
2014072906 11W HALONG 004 01 310 05 SATL RADR 030
T000 127N 1480E 050 R034 060 NE QD 090 SE QD 090 SW QD 060 NW QD
T012 133N 1471E 055 R050 040 NE QD 040 SE QD 040 SW QD 040 NW QD R034 060 NE QD 090 SE QD 090 SW QD 060 NW QD
T024 138N 1460E 065 R050 045 NE QD 045 SE QD 045 SW QD 045 NW QD R034 070 NE QD 090 SE QD 090 SW QD 070 NW QD
T036 144N 1446E 075 R064 025 NE QD 025 SE QD 025 SW QD 025 NW QD R050 045 NE QD 045 SE QD 045 SW QD 045 NW QD R034 085 NE QD 100 SE QD 100 SW QD 085 NW QD
T048 150N 1434E 080 R064 030 NE QD 030 SE QD 030 SW QD 030 NW QD R050 050 NE QD 050 SE QD 050 SW QD 050 NW QD R034 095 NE QD 095 SE QD 095 SW QD 095 NW QD
T072 162N 1418E 085 R064 035 NE QD 035 SE QD 035 SW QD 035 NW QD R050 055 NE QD 055 SE QD 055 SW QD 055 NW QD R034 110 NE QD 100 SE QD 100 SW QD 110 NW QD
T096 178N 1404E 085
T120 197N 1388E 075
AMP
SUBJ: TROPICAL STORM 11W (HALONG) WARNING NR 004
1. TROPICAL STORM 11W (HALONG) WARNING NR 004
01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
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For source code of the parser see: JTWCTimeSeriesParser

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