This map shows the tracks of all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" class="extiw" title="w:Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclones</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season" class="extiw" title="w:2018 North Indian Ocean cyclone season">2018 North Indian Ocean cyclone season</a>. The points show the location of each storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/maximum_sustained_wind" class="extiw" title="w:maximum sustained wind">maximum sustained wind speeds</a> as classified in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the type of the storm.  Map generation parameters: <tt>--res 4000 --extra 1 --dots 0.2 --lines 0.04 --xmin 40 --xmax 100 --ymin 0 --ymax 35</tt>
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Created using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Tropical_cyclones/Tracks" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks">WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks</a>. The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whole_world_-_land_and_oceans.jpg" title="File:Whole world - land and oceans.jpg">background image</a> is from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" class="extiw" title="w:NASA">NASA</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=57752">[1]</a>. The tracking data is from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Typhoon_Warning_Center" class="extiw" title="w:Joint Typhoon Warning Center">Joint Typhoon Warning Center</a>'s <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/best_tracks/">best track database</a>