Plots historical tropical cyclone tracks based on the year they occurred and either their storm number or name. The tracks are stored in matlab binary format in the best_tracks folder and updates may be obtained at ftp://texmex.mit.edu/pub/emanuel/HURR/tracks/ . Plotting characteristics are controlled from the params.m file, and tracks may be color-coded by their intensity or by their Saffir-Simpson designation. Tracks are labeled by their locations at 00 GMT.

This version of the script uses the free m_map routines, which are included with the script set. Various map properties can be set in params.m .