Infobox weather event

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This template creates a completely modular weather infobox, which aims to support almost all severe weather events and allow modularity. Each of the subboxes are developed with modularity in mind. TemplateData will be available for these boxes soon to ease adding infoboxes to existing articles.

The primary infobox (this infobox) allows for a storm's image, name, and meteorological history. Meteorological data such as storm category and intensity or other data such as damages and deaths, are provided through subboxes.

This infobox aims to replace the current weather-related infoboxes: {{Infobox tropical cyclone}}, {{Infobox flood}}, {{Infobox storm}}, and {{Infobox tropical cyclone current}}. Full compatibility has not yet been reached among all aforementioned templates, but should be done eventually.

Usage

Winds and gusts units are always in knots. Pressure is always in millibars/hectopascals. Damages are always in United States dollars. These are non-configurable values in order to standardize and maintain consistency between all boxes.

Basic

A very minimal box can be created using the following wikitext.

Wikitext	Output
{{Infobox weather event | name = Typhoon Tip <!-- This is pre-supplied by the article name. --> | image = File:TIP_1979-10-12-2333.jpg | caption = Typhoon Tip at its record peak intensity on October 12 | formed = October 4, 1979 | extratropical = October 19, 1979 | dissipated = October 24, 1979 | footer = yes <!-- For display purposes. --> }}	Template:Infobox weather event/History Typhoon Tip Typhoon Tip at its record peak intensity on October 12

All parameters of {{Infobox weather event/History}} is usable in the root box. You can add in another meteorological history section for long-lasting storms which experienced different stages.

History

Scales

Each meteorological agency has a subbox of its own, which links to the correct scale and automatically computes the category of a storm.

NWS

JMA

MFR

IMD

FMS

BOM

Non-RSMC scales

Scale subboxes also exist for agencies which are not the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center. While the use of the JTWC subbox is generally allowed on all basins besides those which use the Saffir–Simpson scale (North Atlantic/Eastern Pacific/Central Pacific), other agency subboxes, such as those for the PAGASA (Philippines), CWB (Taiwan; subbox does not exist as of now), and PMD (Pakistan; subbox does not exist as of now) should generally be used only when the storm is not recognized by the basin's RSMC.

JTWC

PAGASA

HKO

Effects

Footer

Example

{{Infobox weather event | name = Typhoon Goni (Rolly) | image = Goni 2020-10-31 1745Z.jpg | caption = Typhoon Goni at peak intensity, just prior to landfall in the [[Philippines]] on October 31 | formed = {{start date|2020|10|26}} | dissipated = {{end date|2020|11|6}} | basin = WPac | category = 5 }}{{Infobox weather event/JMA | winds = 120 | pressure = 905 }}{{Infobox weather event/JTWC | winds = 170 | pressure = 884 }}{{Infobox weather event/Effects | damages = 415000000 <!--369 PH, 23.5 VN--> | fatalities = 32 total <!--31 PH, 1 VN--> | affected = [[Philippines]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]] }}{{Infobox weather event/Warnings and watches |Tropical cyclone={{Infobox weather event/Warnings and watches parameter|PAG5}} }}{{Infobox weather event/Footer | season = [[2021 Pacific typhoon season]] }}

Template:Infobox weather event/HistoryTemplate:Infobox weather event/JMATemplate:Infobox weather event/JTWCTemplate:Infobox weather event/EffectsTemplate:Infobox weather event/Warnings and watchesTemplate:Infobox weather event/Footer Typhoon Goni (Rolly) Typhoon Goni at peak intensity, just prior to landfall in the Philippines on October 31 The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Infobox weather event/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.