In ropensci/rrricanes: Web Scraper for Atlantic and East Pacific Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

library(rrricanesdata)
library(rrricanes)

With rrricanes you can access current and archived advisories as-issued from the National Hurricane Center archives. rrricanesdata is a complimentary data package meant to make it faster to get most data avialable from these storms.

Installing rrricanesdata is simple:

install.packages("rrricanesdata", 
                 repos = "https://timtrice.github.io/drat/", 
                 type = "source")

Data in rrricanesdata will be updated on the first of every month with a cutoff date of midnight on the last day of the month. So, advisories issued at any time during the current month will not be available; you will need to use any of rrricanes get_* functions.

Datasets

adv

• StormKey: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• Status: Classification of cyclone
• Name: Name of cyclone
• Lat: Latitude of cyclone center
• Lon: Longitude of cyclone center
• Wind: Maximum sustained one-minute winds in knots
• Gust: Maximum sustained one-minute gusts in knots
• Pressure: Minimum central pressure in millibars
• PosAcc: Position accuracy of cyclone in nautical miles
• FwdDir: Compass angle of forward motion
• FwdSpeed: Forward speed in miles per hour
• Eye: Size of eye in nautical miles
• SeasNE: Radius of 12ft seas in northeast quadrant
• SeasSE: Radius of 12ft seas in southeast quadrant
• SeasSW: Radius of 12ft seas in southwest quadrant
• SeasNW: Radius of 12ft seas in northwest quadrant

discus

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Adv: Advisory Number
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• StormKey: ID of cyclone
• Contents: Text content of product

fcst

• StormKey: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• FcstDate: Forecast date and time in UTC
• Lat: Forecast latitude
• Lon: Forecast Longitude
• Wind: Forecast wind in knots
• Gust: Forecast gust in knots

fcst_wr

• StormKey: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• FcstDate: Forecast date and time in UTC
• WindField: Minimum sustained wind field for quadrants
• NE: Radius in nautical miles for northeast quadrant
• SE: Radius in nautical miles for southeast quadrant
• SW: Radius in nautical miles for southwest quadrant
• NW: Radius in nautical miles for northwest quadrant

fstadv

• Status: Classification of cyclone
• Name: Name of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• StormKey: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Lat: Latitude of cyclone center
• Lon: Longitude of cyclone center
• Wind: Maximum sustained one-minute winds in knots
• Gust: Maximum sustained one-minute gusts in knots
• Pressure: Minimum central pressure in millibars
• PosAcc: Position accuracy of cyclone in nautical miles
• FwdDir: Compass angle of forward motion
• FwdSpeed: Forward speed in miles per hour
• Eye: Size of eye in nautical miles
• NE64: Radius of >=64kt winds in northeast quadrant
• SE64: Radius of >=64kt winds in southeast quadrant
• SW64: Radius of >=64kt winds in southwest quadrant
• NW64: Radius of >=64kt winds in northwest quadrant
• NE50: Radius of >=50kt winds in northeast quadrant
• SE50: Radius of >=50kt winds in southeast quadrant
• SW50: Radius of >=50kt winds in southwest quadrant
• NW50: Radius of >=50kt winds in northwest quadrant
• NE34: Radius of >=34kt winds in northwest quadrant
• SE34: Radius of >=34kt winds in southeast quadrant
• SW34: Radius of >=34kt winds in southwest quadrant
• NW34: Radius of >=34kt winds in northwest quadrant
• Hr{n}FcstDate: Forecast valid date
• Hr{n}Lat: Forecast latitude in n hours
• Hr{n}Lon: Forecast longitude in n hours
• Hr{n}Wind: Forecast maximum wind in n hours
• Hr{n}Gust: Forecast maximum gust in n hours
• Hr{n}NE64: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SE64: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SW64: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NW64: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NE50: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SE50: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SW50: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NW50: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NE34: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SE34: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}SW34: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• Hr{n}NW34: Forecast wind radius in n hours
• SeasNE: Radius of 12ft seas in northeast quadrant
• SeasSE: Radius of 12ft seas in southeast quadrant
• SeasSW: Radius of 12ft seas in southwest quadrant
• SeasNW: Radius of 12ft seas in northwest quadrant

posest

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• Contents: Text content of product

prblty

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Adv: Advisory Number
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• Location: Location for which the probability statistics rely
• A: Probability of a strike within the next 12 hours
• B: Probability of a strike between 12 and 24 hours
• C: Probability of a strike between 24 and 36 hours
• D: Probability of a strike between 36 and 48 hours
• E: Probability of a strike between 48 and 72 hours

public

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Adv: Advisory Number
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• StormKey: Unique ID of the cyclone
• Contents: Text content of product

storms

• StormKey: Storm ID
• Name: Storm name
• Wind: Peak wind speed in knots
• StartDate: Date/time of first advisory
• EndDate: Date/time of last advisory

update

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• StormKey: Unique ID of cyclone
• Contents: Text content of product

wndprb

• Status: Classification of storm, e.g., Tropical Storm, Hurricane, etc.
• Name: Name of storm
• Adv: Advisory Number
• Date: Date of advisory issuance
• Wind: Minimum wind speed for which probabilities reference
• Wind12: Probability of sustained Wind within 12 hours
• Wind24: Probability of sustained Wind within 24 hours
• Wind24Cum: Cumulative probability through 24 hours
• Wind36: Probability of sustained Wind within 36 hours
• Wind36Cum: Cumulative probability through 36 hours
• Wind48: Probability of sustained Wind within 48 hours
• Wind48Cum: Cumulative probability through 48 hours
• Wind72: Probability of sustained Wind within 72 hours
• Wind72Cum: Cumulative probability through 72 hours
• Wind96: Probability of sustained Wind within 96 hours
• Wind96Cum: Cumulative probability through 96 hours
• Wind120: Probability of sustained Wind within 120 hours
• Wind120Cum: Cumulative probability through 120 hours

wr

• StormKey: Unique identifier of cyclone
• Adv: Advisory number
• Date: Date and time of advisory
• Windfield: Minimum wind speed expected
• NE: Radius of Windfield in the northeast quadrant
• SE: Radius of Windfield in the southeast quadrant
• SW: Radius of Windfield in the southwest quadrant
• NW: Radius of Windfield in the northwest quadrant

ropensci/rrricanes documentation built on Oct. 14, 2023, 3:20 p.m.