Template talk:Infobox hurricane current
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[edit] Usage
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| Current storm status Category 2 hurricane (1-min mean) |
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| As of: | 2 p.m. PDT July 12 (2100 UTC) | |||
| Location: | 16.3°N, 117.5°W | |||
| Winds: | 115 mph (185 km/h) sustained (1-min mean) gusting to 140 mph (225 km/h) |
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| Pressure: | 960 mbar (28.35 inHg) | |||
| Movement: | WNW at 16 mph (26 km/h) | |||
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{{Infobox hurricane current
| name=Hurricane Bud
| category=cat2
| image=HurrBud epac 06 vis3a.jpg
| track=Bud 2006 track.png
| type=hurricane
| time=2 p.m. [[Pacific Time zone|PDT]] [[July 12]]
(<!-- please remember to update UTC!!!-->
2100 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]])
| location=16.3°N, 117.5°W
| 1sustained=115 [[mph]] (185 [[km/h]])
| gusts=140 mph (225 km/h)
| pressure=960 [[mbar]] (28.35 [[inHg]])
| movement=[[West-northwest|WNW]] at 16 mph (26 km/h)
}}
category controls the color. category and type together control the caption top right and the line under Current storm status. The following combinations appear to be meaningful:
| Category | Type |
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| depression | tropical depression subtropical depression |
| storm | tropical storm subtropical storm |
| cat1 | hurricane typhoon (1-4) super typhoon (4-5) tropical cyclone |
| cat2 | |
| cat3 | |
| cat4 | |
| cat5 |
It is also possible to add JMACategory and JMAType (with additional value STS) or AUSCategory in the relevant basins where these differ from US Categories.
[edit] Question
Is this template compatible with other basins, or is this just for the Atlantic/EPAC? It's a pretty snazzy template, and I'd like to use it on the 2006 Pacific typhoon season article. --Coredesat talk. o.o;; 02:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- It should, you just need to update the name of the fields like done for {{HurricaneActive}}. If it isn't, poke me and I'll try to fix it. Titoxd(?!?) 04:58, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Images
The small infobox which the top of this one is based on has the storm pic / track map pair. However with the active storms the track map is not particularly useful. Perhaps we should go for the picture / forecast track combo? That would make more sense IMO, maybe change the fields appropriately to reflect that? Its not like this template is heavily used...--Nilfanion (talk) 22:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well, it currently says track. That may mean either the track map or the forecast track (ideally, it would be both, as we could modify Jdorje's program to use NHC advisory data...) so it can go both ways. Also, when the storm passes, it makes it easier to change from one infobox to another, as no fields have to be changed (except the dissipated/formed fields, which have to be added). Titoxd(?!?) 23:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- The forecast track can be made through the track program, just formatting the predicted data up as in Tropical Storm Alberto (2006)/track will do the job fine, though it would be inferior, it doesn't show the error in the same way the NHC track does, the warnings or even the storms current location! To implement all of those things would require major recoding (especially the first which is the most important IMO). I'm thinking more about when the infobox is used in storm articles, like Tropical Storm Beryl (2006). There its more clear cut IMO, have a storm pic and the forecast in the active box and the track map at the start of the history. Actually, I suppose a <noinclude>-wrapped Usage instructions might be the best way to do it. The forecast track is probably best in storm articles and the track map better in the seasonal.--Nilfanion (talk) 23:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Makes sense, and that's how it is being used right now most of the time (and what I thought of when I coded the template originally). I wonder where we could get the data for the NHC forecast errors? Adding the warnings isn't as difficult, if you preset the warning points from here and then find a way to make the program follow the coast with a fairly-thick line... the current storm location might be shown by a larger plot point, perhaps. I don't know, these are all fairly major features... Titoxd(?!?) 23:25, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- The large point would certainly work, I might have a go at implementing it as it might be useful for active storms. Both the addition of warnings and the error region would be fairly hefty things to do (and beyond my ability in C for sure). Oh and another reason to oppose trying to implement that, I don't like the idea of another color debate, we would need to pick 5 more wouldn't we?--Nilfanion (talk) 00:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Makes sense, and that's how it is being used right now most of the time (and what I thought of when I coded the template originally). I wonder where we could get the data for the NHC forecast errors? Adding the warnings isn't as difficult, if you preset the warning points from here and then find a way to make the program follow the coast with a fairly-thick line... the current storm location might be shown by a larger plot point, perhaps. I don't know, these are all fairly major features... Titoxd(?!?) 23:25, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- The forecast track can be made through the track program, just formatting the predicted data up as in Tropical Storm Alberto (2006)/track will do the job fine, though it would be inferior, it doesn't show the error in the same way the NHC track does, the warnings or even the storms current location! To implement all of those things would require major recoding (especially the first which is the most important IMO). I'm thinking more about when the infobox is used in storm articles, like Tropical Storm Beryl (2006). There its more clear cut IMO, have a storm pic and the forecast in the active box and the track map at the start of the history. Actually, I suppose a <noinclude>-wrapped Usage instructions might be the best way to do it. The forecast track is probably best in storm articles and the track map better in the seasonal.--Nilfanion (talk) 23:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I thought errors were based on the 1-2-3 rule. For warning lines, they would have to be set up not to cause confusion when there are warnings for small land areas, such as is the case currently for Beryl. --Ajm81 22:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Unfortunately they aren't based on 1-2-3, which can be calculated easily enough, but the average error in the forecasts. The discrepancy can be seen in Beryl at the moment, compare the warning cone to the Mariners 1-2-3, the 1-2-3 is clearly a larger area.--Nilfanion (talk) 23:36, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
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