Here are the new labels for the track file.
ID, Year, Month, Day, Time, Stage ,Lat ,Lon ,Wind ,Bars ,Land ,SST ,ACE ,Travel ,Track ,Heading ,Delta ,Xref ,Mask

Land is nearest landfall in N. Miles.
SST is water temperature at that track location.
Travel = distance in N. Miles
Track = the track number since the start of the storm.
Delta = the heading change from previous track.

Here are the new labels for the storm file.
ID, Year, Month, Day, Name, XING, SSS, Class, Peak, Land, ACE, Travel, Tracks, State, M, Xref, Mask

Land = the storms closest approach to landfall.
Tracks = total number of tracks for the full storm.
M = calender days of observation. Not storm days.

Xref = a zero based cross-reference to the other file.
Mask = the bitmask I used when filtering the data.

I would advise against assuming the right-hand few columns are always valid. Some associations are only valid when using the database in its full unaltered state. e.g A storm has 20 tracks in the full database, but due to filtering and cropping the database only 10 are currently present in the track file.


Covering Note:

I decided the column labels aren't as user friendly as they could be for  
someone that might want to reference the columns by label, so I'm  
enclosing a new set of labels for both the track and storm files. I  
removed the periods, spaces, and renamed a couple. These will remain  
standard. Just paste them over the old labels. They can be found in the  
attached readme file along with explantion of some of the labels.

I can slice and dice the files in most cases with just a couple  
mouse-clicks to create cropped data sets with just the information  
desired. e.g. gridbox, land, month. Whenever you want to save yourself  
some time, feel free to ask. I'd be pleased to accommodate whenever  
possible.

Also: 
Just thought I'd send you a copy of my reformated Hurdat 2006 best tracks  
file. Csv formated and separated into storm and track files. Added several  
columns (landfall, SST, heading, etc). The far right hand 2-3 columns  
won't be of any use to you as they are unique to my setup. You can  
cross-reference the two files by ID. The other data may come in handy  
occasionally.
The land category in the storm file is closest approach in N. miles.

Also includes a totals file with yearly storms, tracks, ACE, and mean SST  
for the tracks.

Note: Some of the tracks will have a SST even if they are over land. Used  
Reynolds v3 SST and it has a 2x2 grid.