Template:Infobox weather event/doc

See also: Template:Infobox weather event/doc/FAQ

79.1% Infobox weather event adoption (2200 / 2783) as of 00:45, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

   

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 damage and deaths, are provided through subboxes.

This infobox aims to replace the current weather-related infoboxes: {{Infobox tropical cyclone}}, {{Infobox storm}}, and {{Infobox tropical cyclone current}}. See Template:Infobox weather event/Feature parity for a comparison of parameters in other infoboxes with this infobox. Please do not use this infobox on flood articles since its usage is controversial. Please use {{Infobox flood}} instead.

Usage

Winds and gusts units are always in knots. Pressure is always in millibars/hectopascals. These are non-configurable values in order to standardize and maintain consistency between all boxes. Damage is always in United States dollars, unless explicitly set with |currency=.

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 = Tip 1979-10-12 0533Z.png | 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. --> }}	Typhoon Tip Typhoon Tip at its record peak intensity on October 12 Meteorological history Formed October 4, 1979 Extratropical October 19, 1979 Dissipated October 24, 1979

Header

Up to two images can be displayed by the box at a given time. The image displayed may be the storm's satellite image (using |image=), its track map (using |track=), its forecast map (using |forecast=), or a combination of the two. The track map and forecast map may not be shown together. Caption, alternative text, and sizing can be set relative to each of the images above

Main parameter	Caption	Alternative text	Upright (scaling)	Width
|image=	|caption=	|alt=	|image-upright=	|image-width=
|track=	|track-caption=	|track-alt=	|track-upright=	|track-width=
|forecast=	|forecast-caption=	|forecast-alt=	|forecast-upright=	|forecast-width=

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

If the event is a single event and does not need meteorological info, effects, or a footer, |footer=yes can be set to immediately close the template, skipping the need for a footer.

Tropical cyclones

Scales

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

Australian scale

The Australian scale is used by multiple agencies. Multiple infoboxes are provided, each changing the issuing agency but providing the same scale.

The following templates can be used to show this scale:

• Template:Infobox weather event/BOM – Bureau of Meteorology
• Template:Infobox weather event/BMKG – Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (TCWC Jakarta)
• Template:Infobox weather event/PNGNWS – Papua New Guinea National Weather Service
• Template:Infobox weather event/FMS – Fiji Meteorological Service
• Template:Infobox weather event/MetService – Meteorological Service of New Zealand

Tropical low	Category 1 tropical cyclone	Category 2 tropical cyclone	Category 3 severe tropical cyclone	Category 4 severe tropical cyclone	Category 5 severe tropical cyclone
<33 kn, <61 km/h, <37 mph	34–47 kn, 62–87 km/h, 39–54 mph	48–64 kn, 88–118 km/h, 55–73 mph	65–85 kn, 120–157 km/h, 74–97 mph	86–106 kn, 159–196 km/h, 98–122 mph	>107 kn, >198 km/h, >123 mph

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.

Historical scales

These are scales that were used at some point in the past but are no longer in use.

No scale

To display meteorological information in cases where an agency or scale is unavailable (such as in the case of historical storms, e.g. the 1881 Haiphong typhoon), you can directly use the /meteorology sub-box. This will remove agency and measurement interval from the box header.

By default, the category "Unknown-strength storm" will appear as the category. This can be overridden by setting |category= to any available storm category ID.

{{Infobox weather event/meteorology | category = TY | pressure = 902 }}

Typhoon Lowest pressure 902 hPa (mbar); 26.64 inHg

Example

Article page storm

{{Infobox weather event | name = Cyclone Matmo–Bulbul | image = Bulbul 2019-11-09 0742Z.jpg | caption = Cyclone Bulbul near peak intensity, just before landfall in [[West Bengal]] on November 9 | as = Severe Tropical Storm Matmo | formed = October 28, 2019 | dissipated = October 31, 2019 }}{{Infobox weather event/JMA | winds = 50 | pressure = 992 }}{{Infobox weather event/History | as = Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Bulbul | formed = November 5, 2019 | dissipated = November 11, 2019 }}{{Infobox weather event/IMD | winds = 75 | pressure = 976 }}{{Infobox weather event/JTWC | winds = 105 | pressure = 955 | pressure-prefix = ~ }}{{Infobox weather event/Effects | year = 2019 | deaths = 43 total | damage = 3537000000 | affected = [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Myanmar]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[Eastern India]], [[Bangladesh]] }}{{Infobox weather event/Footer | season = [[2019 Pacific typhoon season|2019 Pacific typhoon]]<br>and [[2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season|North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons]] }}

Template:Infobox weather event/JMATemplate:Infobox weather event/IMDTemplate:Infobox weather event/JTWC Cyclone Matmo–Bulbul Cyclone Bulbul near peak intensity, just before landfall in West Bengal on November 9 Meteorological history as Severe Tropical Storm Matmo Formed October 28, 2019 Dissipated October 31, 2019 Meteorological history as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Bulbul Formed November 5, 2019 Dissipated November 11, 2019 Overall effects Fatalities 43 total Damage $3.54 billion (2019 USD) Areas affected Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Eastern India, Bangladesh IBTrACS Part of the 2019 Pacific typhoon and North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons

Subpages

Sub-templates which start with a lowercase character are meta-templates, whereas templates which start with capital characters are expected to be used directly. Note that this list also includes miscellaneous template files (such as styles.css).

• Infobox weather event/Aus
• Infobox weather event/Effects
• Infobox weather event/Footer
• Infobox weather event/Header
• Infobox weather event/History
• Infobox weather event/NWS
• Infobox weather event/SSHWS
• Infobox weather event/Storm
• Infobox weather event/Tornado
• Infobox weather event/Tornado family
• Infobox weather event/Tornado outbreak
• Infobox weather event/Winter storm
• Infobox weather event/doc
• Infobox weather event/doc/adoption
• Infobox weather event/meteorology
• Infobox weather event/scale
• Infobox weather event/styles.css

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox weather event with unknown parameters (0)

TemplateData

Header for the infobox for weather events, storms, tropical cyclones, nor'easters, tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, winter storms, and any other meteorological event.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	Name of the event. The article title is used by default.	String	optional
Child display?	child	Whether this is a child box or not. Use `yes`, unless you're using this box standalone. Default yes Example yes	Boolean	optional
Body style	bodystyle	Custom CSS for the box	String	optional
Image	image	Image of the event. If this is a tropical cyclone, consult the WikiProject Tropical cyclones style guide for proper image selection.	File	suggested
Image width	width image-width image-size	Width of the image. When possible, use 'image-upright' instead for accessibility support.	String	optional
Image scale/upright	image-upright	The sizing scale of the image. '1.0' is the user's selected default image size. '2.0' is twice the user's selected default image size.	Number	optional
Alternate text	alt	Alternate text for the image.	String	suggested
Caption	caption	Caption for the image.	Content	suggested
Track map	track	Track map of the event. This will be overridden by the forecast map, if one was provided.	File	suggested
Track map size	track-width track-size	Width of the track map. When possible, use 'track-upright' instead for accessibility support.	String	optional
Track map scale/upright	track-upright	The sizing scale of the track map. '1.0' is the user's selected default image size. '2.0' is twice the user's selected default image size.	Number	optional
Track map alternate text	track-alt	Alternate text for the track map.	String	optional
Track map caption	track-caption	Caption for the track map.	Content	optional
Forecast map	forecast	Forecast map of the event. This will override the track map, if one was provided.	File	suggested
Forecast map size	forecast-width forecast-size	Width of the forecast map. When possible, use 'forecast-upright' instead for accessibility support.	String	optional
Forecast map scale/upright	forecast-upright	The sizing scale of the forecast map. '1.0' is the user's selected default image size. '2.0' is twice the user's selected default image size.	Number	optional
Forecast map alternate text	forecast-alt	Alternate text for the forecast map.	String	optional
Forecast map caption	forecast-caption	Caption for the forecast map.	Content	optional
Location	location place	Location where the event occurred. Wikilink, if applicable.	Content	optional
Coordinates	coordinates	Coordinates of the event. Use 'lat' and 'lon' instead, when applicable. Do not confuse with current coordinates; those must be in a /Current subbox. Supply this value using {{coord}}.	Content	optional
Cause	cause	Cause of the event.	Content	optional
No history?	no-history	Disables the meteorological history for this infobox.	Boolean	optional
Name	as	Name of the event during the first stage of its existence.	Content	suggested
Name italics?	name-italics	Set to "off" to disable name italics. Suggested values off	String	optional
Duration	duration	The event's duration of existence.	Content	optional
Date	date	The day that the event occurred. Used for single-day events, such as floods and single tornadoes. When possible, use {{start date}}.	Content	suggested
Formed	formed	The day that the storm formed. When possible, use {{start date}}.	Content	suggested
Renamed	renamed	The day that the storm was renamed. Use this for storms where the responsible agency is the same (Atlantic–Pacific crossover hurricanes). When possible, use {{start date}}.	Content	suggested
Crossed over	crossed-over crossed	The day that the storm crossed over to another basin (and thus, received a new name). For storms where the responsible agency is the same (Atlantic–Pacific crossover hurricanes), use "Renamed" instead. When possible, use {{start date}}.	Content	suggested
Exited land	exited exited-land	The day that the storm exited land.	Content	optional
Subtropical	subtropical	The day that the tropical cyclone became subtropical. For the transition of extratropical cyclones to tropical cyclones, see "formed".	Date	suggested
Remnant low	remnant low remnant low remnant-low	The day on which the storm transitioned into a remnant low.	Content	optional
Post-tropical	post-tropical	The day that the tropical cyclone became post-tropical.	Content	optional
Extratropical	extratropical	The day that the tropical cyclone became extratropical.	Content	optional
Extratropical label	extratropical-label	The label for the 'extratropical' parameter, if one should be used.	Content	optional
Dissipated	dissipated	The day that the storm dissipated. When possible, use {{end date}}.	Content	suggested
Content	1	Content of the box. May be child boxes. This will enable the footer, so more subboxes cannot be added afterwards.	Content	optional
Footer?	footer	Set to 'true' to include a footer. This will prevent further subboxes from being added.	Boolean	optional