def format_status(status,wind):
    """Returns a description about a record's 2-letter status.

    Definitions/interpretations found in hurdat2-format pdf found online.
    """
    if status == "DB" or status == "LO" or status == "WV": return "Disturbance, Low, or Tropical Wave"
    elif status == "SD": return "Subtropical Depression"
    elif status == "TD": return "Tropical Depression"
    elif status == "SS": return "Subtropical Storm"
    elif status == "TS": return "Tropical Storm"
    elif status == "EX": return "Extratropical Cyclone"
    elif status == "HU" and wind < 96: return "Hurricane"
    elif status == "HU" and wind >= 96: return "Major Hurricane"
    else: return "Unknown"