I found this great picture of typhoon/cyclone tracks from 1985-2005 in wikipedia. The storm tracks were drawn from typhoon positions taken at 6 hour intervals. Click on the image on the left to enlarge.
The colors indicate the intensity of the weather disturbance, ranging from Tropical depression (light blue) to a full blown hurricane(red). The meaning of the colors can be found here.
A description of the source data:
Tracking data for storms in the North Atlantic and East Pacific is from the National Hurricane Center.[1] Tracking data for storms in the Indian Ocean, the Northwest Pacific and the South Pacific is from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.[2] Tracking data for Cyclone Catarina in the South Atlantic was published in Gary Padgett’s April 2004 Monthly Tropical Cyclone Summary and was originally produced by Roger Edson, University of Guam.
I also learned a lot about the typhoon paths in my home island of Mindanao. Although it is spared from typhoons it can on the slightest occasions be visited by a tropical depression (refer to image on the left).
Another thing, I guess its true what the books say, that countries close to the equator are relatively typhoon free. South East Asia and the top half of South America can attest to that. If I was planning on putting up a corporate plantation I would bet heavily there. But I wouldn’t say that I would limit my investment to just corporate farms. In a time when the effects of Global Warming are so obviously felt, it would be good to invest your business operations in areas that are free from the ravages of its sour fruits. But that is just my opinion.
Original link from Reddit.
Category: Misc, Global Warming
