| File:PMC building.png The building's exterior, as seen from Google Maps. |
The Puffle Meteorological Center and Tropical Cyclone Warning Center, often called the Puffle Meteorological Center or PMC for short, is a hurricane warning center responsible for tracking tropical cyclones within the Great Lakes, Atlantic, East (includes Bering Sea), and Central Pacific basins.
It was located first near the Douglas Hurricane Center, but moved their headquarters shrotly into Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In 2017, it was moved to Cleveland, Ohio.[1]
Other centers are located in Brooklyn, San Diego, Ontario, Jacksonville, Hawaii (right across from the CPHC building) and Vienna, Austria.
Scale[]
| Values used for tropical cyclone templates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center | Value | Hexadecimal | Category | Speeds |
| PMC | ||||
| disturbedsystem | #5ebaff | Disturbed weather system (PMC) | 10-36 mph | |
| level1storm | #00faf4 | Level 1 tropical storm (PMC) | 37-50 mph | |
| level2storm | #c0c0c0 | Level 2 tropical storm (PMC) | 51-66 mph | |
| PMCweakcyclone | #39c1c1 | Low-end cyclone (PMC) | 67-74 mph | |
| PMCmodcyclone | #ffffcc | Moderate cyclone (PMC) | 75-108 mph | |
| PMCseverecyclone | #ffc140 | Severe cyclone (PMC) | 109-153 mph | |
| PMCmajorcyclone | #ff8f20 | Major cyclone (PMC) | 154-175 mph | |
| PMCextremecyclone | #D2691E | Extreme cyclone (PMC) | 176-499 mph | |
| PMCHcat1 | #ff99ff | Category 1 hypercyclone | 500-541 mph | |
| PMCHcat2 | #C373C3 | Category 2 hypercyclone | 542-580 mph | |
| PMCHcat3 | #A15EA1 | Category 3 hypercyclone | 581-605 mph | |
| PMCHcat4 | #7A417A | Category 4 hypercyclone | 606-630 mph | |
| PMCMcat1 | #41437A | Category 1 Megacyclone | 631-665 mph | |
| PMCMcat2 | #595DC9 | Category 2 Megacyclone | 666-690 mph | |
| PMCMcat3 | #595DC9 | Category 3 Megacyclone | 691-725 mph | |
| PMCSupercyclone | #2C8CBC | Supercyclone | 726-805 mph | |
| PMCubercyclone | #00CC33 | Übercyclone | Over 805 mph | |
Jobs[]
- TBA
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Gallery[]
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