Template:Infobox weather event/doc
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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. All usages must be followed by Template:Infobox weather event/Footer to close the infobox (exceptions apply; see below).
This infobox aims to replace the current weather-related infoboxes:
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, {{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. Damages are always in United States dollars, unless explicitly set with |currency=.
Basic
A very minimal box can be created using the following wikitext.
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<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
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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 |
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|image= |
|caption= |
|alt= |
|image-upright= |
|image-width=
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|track= |
|track-caption= |
|track-alt= |
|track-upright= |
|track-width=
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|forecast= |
|forecast-caption= |
|forecast-alt= |
|forecast-upright= |
|forecast-width=
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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.
History
The meteorological history subbox allows an infobox to contain multiple meteorological history boxes (aside from the one already displayed by the main template).
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See the TemplateData for all available parameters.
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.
NWS
This subbox provides a meteorological data subbox based on the National Weather Service scale, which uses the Saffir–Simpson scale.
This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/SSHWS, which in turn relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/scale.
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| Category 5 tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 175 mph (280 km/h) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 200 mph (325 km/h) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 902 mbar (hPa); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Tropical Storm | ||||||||||
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| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 50 mph (85 km/h) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 65 mph (100 km/h) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 989 mbar (hPa); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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JMA
This subbox provides a meteorological data subbox based on the Japan Meteorological Agency scale. This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/scale.
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 260 km/h (160 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 325 km/h (200 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 870 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 100 km/h (65 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 125 km/h (75 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 990 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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MF
This subbox provides a meteorological data subbox based on the Météo-France scale. This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/scale.
The acronym used in the scale can be changed with |agency=. For example, you may set it to MFR to represent Météo-France Reunion.
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (MFR) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 260 km/h (160 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 300 km/h (185 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 870 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (MF) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 160 km/h (100 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 185 km/h (115 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 974 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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IMD
This subbox provides a meteorological data subbox based on the India Meteorological Department scale. This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/scale.
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 3-minute sustained (IMD) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 260 km/h (160 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 300 km/h (185 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 870 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 3-minute sustained (IMD) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 105 km/h (65 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 165 km/h (100 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 984 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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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
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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
This subbox provides a meteorological data subbox based on the Joint Typhoon Warning Center scale, which is based on the Saffir–Simpson scale (except all tropical cyclone categories are merged into one "Typhoon" category). The |basin= parameter controls which type of cyclone is shown.
This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/SSHWS, which in turn relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/scale.
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| Category 5 tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 280 km/h (175 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 325 km/h (200 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 902 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Category 5 super typhoon | ||||||||||
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| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 280 km/h (175 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 325 km/h (200 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 902 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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PAGASA
This subbox provides a meteorological data subbox based on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration scale. This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/scale.
This template supports both the old Tropical Cyclone Warning System categories (>220 kilometres per hour (140 mph; 120 kn) for TCWS #5) and the new (Modified) Tropical Cyclone Warning System implemented in 2022. To switch between scales, use the |scale= parameter along with the year of the scale: 2022 (default) or 2015.
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| Typhoon | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (PAGASA) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 205 km/h (125 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 245 km/h (150 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 910 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (PAGASA) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 205 km/h (125 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 245 km/h (150 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 910 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Severe tropical storm | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (PAGASA) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 100 km/h (65 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 125 km/h (75 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 990 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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- 2022 scale
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- 2015 scale
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HKO
This subbox provides a meteorological data subbox based on the Hong Kong Observatory scale. This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/scale.
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (HKO) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 260 km/h (160 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 325 km/h (200 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 870 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (HKO) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 100 km/h (65 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 125 km/h (75 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 990 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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CMA
This subbox provides a meteorological data subbox based on the China Meteorological Administration scale. This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/scale.
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (CMA) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 260 km/h (160 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 325 km/h (200 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 870 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 10-minute sustained (CMA) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 100 km/h (65 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 125 km/h (75 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 990 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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Historical scales
These are scales that were used at some point in the past but are no longer in use.
NPMOC
This subbox provides a meteorological data subbox based on the Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center scale, a historical scale based on the Joint Typhoon Warning Center's scale, which itself is based on the Saffir–Simpson scale (except all tropical cyclone categories are merged into one "Typhoon" category). The |basin= parameter controls which type of cyclone is shown.
This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/SSHWS, which in turn relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/scale.
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| Category 5 tropical cyclone | ||||||||||
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| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NPMOC) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 280 km/h (175 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 325 km/h (200 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 902 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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| Category 5 super typhoon | ||||||||||
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| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NPMOC) | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 280 km/h (175 mph) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 325 km/h (200 mph) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 902 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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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 "Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Storm categories/icons' not found." will appear as the category. This can be overridden by setting |category= to any available storm category ID.
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| Typhoon | ||||
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| Lowest pressure | 902 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||
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Winter storms
This sub-box generates a meteorological information box specifically targeted towards winter storms. When available, this box will change the header to reflect a winter storm category (such as a category provided by the Regional Snowfall Index). Otherwise, it will show a generic "Winter storm" header.
The winter storm category may be supplied using |category=. In the event that this storm has an RSI value, the |RSI= parameter can instead be used, and will automatically adjust the box to use imperial units instead of metric. The |basin= parameter can also be used to change this behavior; set it to atl or epac to switch the default units. To avoid units entirely, you may choose to pass text into the related values (e.g. pass {{convert|100|in|cm|abbr=on}}|maximum-rain= or |maximum-snow=), but this makes later maintenance difficult, and is not advised.
This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/meteorology.
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| Winter storm | ||||||||
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| Highest winds | 205 km/h (130 mph) | |||||||
| Lowest temperature | −45 °C (Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). °F) | |||||||
| Maximum snowfall or ice accretion | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | |||||||
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| Unknown strength tropical cyclone winter storm | ||||||||||||
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| Regional Snowfall Index: 6.78 (NOAA) | ||||||||||||
| Highest winds | 100 mph (160 km/h) | |||||||||||
| Lowest temperature | −23 °F (Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). °C) | |||||||||||
| Maximum rainfall | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | |||||||||||
| Maximum snowfall or ice accretion | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | |||||||||||
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Tornado outbreaks
This sub-box generates a meteorological information box specifically targeted towards tornado outbreaks. The header color changes depending on the highest tornado rating provided; the name stays the same. Use |tornadoes= to indicate the number of tornadoes in this outbreak.
This template supports two scales: the Fujita scale (priority) and the TORRO scale. These can be provided using the |fujita-scale= and |torro-scale= parameters, respectively. The version of the Fujita scale changes depending on the value. For example, supplying |fujita-scale=EF5 will make the template automatically use the Enhanced Fujita scale. Likewise, supplying |fujita-scale=IF5 will make the template automatically use the International Fujita scale. The color of the header may be overridden with the |category= parameter; supply a valid storm category color to change it.
The |basin= parameter can also be used to change the units; set it to atl or epac to switch the default units. To avoid units entirely, you may choose to pass text into the related values (e.g. pass {{convert|142|mph|kmh|abbr=on}}|winds= or |gusts=), but this makes later maintenance difficult, and is not advised.
This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/meteorology.
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| Tornado outbreak | ||||||||
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| Tornadoes | 42 | |||||||
| Maximum rating | EF5 tornado | |||||||
| Highest winds | 205 mph (335 km/h) | |||||||
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| Tornado outbreak | ||||||||||
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| Tornadoes | 230 | |||||||||
| Maximum rating | EF3 (Enhanced Fujita scale) T5 (TORRO scale) | |||||||||
| Duration | 4 hours | |||||||||
| Highest winds | 140 mph (220 km/h) | |||||||||
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Tornado families
This sub-box generates a meteorological information box specifically targeted towards tornado families. The header color changes depending on the highest tornado rating provided; the name stays the same. Use |tornadoes= to indicate the number of tornadoes in this tornado family.
This template supports two scales: the Fujita scale (priority) and the TORRO scale. These can be provided using the |fujita-scale= and |torro-scale= parameters, respectively. The version of the Fujita scale changes depending on the value. For example, supplying |fujita-scale=EF5 will make the template automatically use the Enhanced Fujita scale. Likewise, supplying |fujita-scale=IF5 will make the template automatically use the International Fujita scale. The color of the header may be overridden with the |category= parameter; supply a valid storm category color to change it.
The |basin= parameter can also be used to change the units; set it to atl or epac to switch the default units. To avoid units entirely, you may choose to pass text into the related values (e.g. pass {{convert|142|mph|kmh|abbr=on}}|winds= or |gusts=), but this makes later maintenance difficult, and is not advised.
This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/meteorology.
| <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">Template:Infobox weather event/Tornado family</syntaxhighlight> | Template:Infobox weather event/Tornado family |
| <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">Template:Infobox weather event/Tornado family</syntaxhighlight> | Template:Infobox weather event/Tornado family |
Tornadoes
This sub-box generates a meteorological information box specifically targeted towards single tornadoes. The header changes depending on the highest tornado rating provided.
This template supports two scales: the Fujita scale (priority) and the TORRO scale. These can be provided using the |fujita-scale= and |torro-scale= parameters, respectively. The version of the Fujita scale changes depending on the value. For example, supplying |fujita-scale=EF5 will make the template automatically use the Enhanced Fujita scale. Likewise, supplying |fujita-scale=IF5 will make the template automatically use the International Fujita scale. The header category may be overridden with the |category= parameter; supply a valid storm category ID to change it.
The |basin= parameter can also be used to change the units; set it to atl or epac to switch the default units. To avoid units entirely, you may choose to pass text into the related values (e.g. pass {{convert|142|mph|kmh|abbr=on}}|winds= or |gusts=), but this makes later maintenance difficult, and is not advised.
This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/meteorology.
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| EF5 tornado | ||||||
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| on the Enhanced Fujita scale | ||||||
| Highest winds | 205 mph (335 km/h) | |||||
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| EF3 tornado | ||||||||||
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| on the Enhanced Fujita scale | ||||||||||
| T5 tornado | ||||||||||
| on the TORRO scale | ||||||||||
| Highest winds | 140 mph (220 km/h) | |||||||||
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| IF2- tornado | ||||||
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| on the International Fujita scale | ||||||
| Highest winds | 120 mph (195 km/h) | |||||
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| T10 tornado | ||||||
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| on the TORRO scale | ||||||
| Highest winds | 290 mph (465 km/h) | |||||
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Generic storms
This sub-box generates a meteorological information box specifically targeted towards any general storm. This is the general-use version of Template:Infobox weather event/meteorology, and is the most customizable.
|category= can be set to any valid storm category. It will, in turn, change the header color and text. If a category is set, the header can only be changed by |header=. The header style (which includes the background color) can be changed with |headerstyle=. To identify which scale and/or agency was used, supply the |scale= and/or |agency= parameters, respectively. To identify measurement interval (e.g. 10-minute, 3-minute), supply |interval= with the number of minutes. To override the text below the header entirely, use |subheader=.
If a category is not used, |type= may be used instead to refer to the type of meteorological event. The value of |type= will be used as the header text. Note that this will not show up if |category= is set.
The |basin= parameter can also be used to change the units; set it to atl or epac to switch the default units. To avoid units entirely, you may choose to pass text into the related values (e.g. pass {{convert|142|mph|kmh|abbr=on}}|winds= or |gusts=), but this makes later maintenance difficult, and is not advised.
This subbox relies on the meta-template Template:Infobox weather event/meteorology.
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| Highest winds | 180 km/h (115 mph) | |||||||
| Highest gusts | 185 km/h (115 mph) | |||||||
| Maximum rainfall | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | |||||||
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| Highest winds | 1625 km/h (1010 mph) | |||||||
| Highest gusts | 1930 km/h (1200 mph) | |||||||
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Current storms
For current storms, a /Current box is used to show current storm information, such as position and location. On season pages, the /History box is usually replaced with the /Current box.
This subbox provides current storm information. It should be used for storms which are currently active and tracked by a Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre. It should be used in conjunction with the current/live versions of scale templates.
Place this below (or as a replacement of, particularly on season pages) the /History box. When using the main template (which has its own history box), keep the history parameters off to disable the "Meteorological history" header or use |no-history= to suppress the box.
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When there are multiple storms in the same season page and this template is being used, the anchor at the header of the subbox will be incorrectly linked. To change this, set |sectnum= to the section offset of the correct "Current storm information" section. For example, if this storm describes the storm with the third "Current storm information" section on the same page, use |sectnum=3.
The /Current box is used in conjunction with the live scale template. Every supported scale (listed above) contains a |live= parameter that can be set to yes, which will change the layout of the header to show an icon and a "Currently-active" prefix. In addition, you can use the /live meta-template to automatically set a scale box as currently-active (preferred), as seen below.
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| Highest winds | 175 mph (280 km/h) | |||||||||
| Highest gusts | 200 mph (325 km/h) | |||||||||
| Lowest pressure | 902 mbar (hPa); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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Currently-active
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| Sustained winds | 140 km/h (85 mph) | |||||||||
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| Gusts | 180 km/h (115 mph) | |||||||||
| Pressure | 976 hPa (mbar); Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). inHg | |||||||||
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This also works for winter storms, and other boxes that use categories.
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Currently-active
Unknown strength tropical cyclone winter storm | ||||||||
| Regional Snowfall Index: 8.56 (NOAA) | ||||||||
| Sustained winds | 85 mph (140 km/h) | |||||||
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| Maximum snowfall or ice accretion | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | |||||||
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Effects
This subbox provides a tally of weather event effects. This includes direct storm casualties, damages (in USD), affected regions, and infrastructural damages. The |casualties= parameter can be used to combine the |fatalities=, |injuries=, and |missing= parameters, should there be minimal or no casualties.
This box will show damages and losses in United States dollars by default. Adding a |year= parameter will also indicate the year when displaying monetary values for contextualizing cost at a specific point in time.
References may be added with |refs= or |references=. However, as much as possible, avoid placing references directly into the box and instead use article content to place references. You may also use |IBTrACS= to link to the storm's International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) entry. Using both will make both appear at the bottom row; using only references will make the row height shrink to cut down on unnecessary whitespace.
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| Casualties | 37 (22 dead, 14 injured, 1 missing) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fatalities | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missing | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evacuated | 500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Damage | $2.4 million (2021 USD) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses | $31 million (2021 USD) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Areas affected | United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power outages | 163,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houses destroyed | 2,124,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Damages and economic losses can be set to a different currency using |currency= (or |damage-currency= and |losses-currency=), and a United States dollar-equivalent conversion can be provided. This can help contextualize weather events which impact a specific area. To set the USD conversion by hand, you can use |usd-damages= and |usd-losses= respectively. You can also opt to do these conversions automatically, as long as you provide a year and an ISO country code using |country=. Note that damages and losses are not multiplied. If the damages are 3 billion United States dollars, write |damages=3000000000, not |damages=3000.
The |year= parameter need not be the year that the event made impact, but rather a year relatively close to the year that it made impact, such that damages and losses can be calculated automatically.
When additional context is required, one may use |damages-suffix= to insert footnotes. |damages-prefix= can be used to insert symbols prior to the figure. losses also has suffix and prefix parameters, |losses-suffix= and |losses-prefix=, respectively.
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| Economic losses | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Currency/Presentation' not found. (US$630,000 in 2021) | |||||||
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This template closes the weather event infobox and provides additional links to other content if available.
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Part of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season | |
| Part of a series on the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season | |
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Example
Article page storm
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Article page active storm
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Season page active storm
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Season page active storm (compact)
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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/BMKG
- Infobox weather event/BMKG/doc
- Infobox weather event/Blizzard
- Infobox weather event/BoM
- Infobox weather event/BoM/doc
- Infobox weather event/CMA
- Infobox weather event/CMA/doc
- Infobox weather event/Current
- Infobox weather event/Current/doc
- Infobox weather event/Effects
- Infobox weather event/Effects/doc
- Infobox weather event/FMS
- Infobox weather event/FMS/doc
- Infobox weather event/Footer
- Infobox weather event/Footer/doc
- Infobox weather event/HKO
- Infobox weather event/HKO/doc
- Infobox weather event/Header
- Infobox weather event/History
- Infobox weather event/History/doc
- Infobox weather event/IMD
- Infobox weather event/IMD/doc
- Infobox weather event/JMA
- Infobox weather event/JMA/doc
- Infobox weather event/JTWC
- Infobox weather event/JTWC/doc
- Infobox weather event/MF
- Infobox weather event/MF/doc
- Infobox weather event/MetService
- Infobox weather event/MetService/doc
- Infobox weather event/NPMOC
- Infobox weather event/NPMOC/doc
- Infobox weather event/NWS
- Infobox weather event/NWS/doc
- Infobox weather event/PAGASA
- Infobox weather event/PAGASA/doc
- Infobox weather event/PNGNWS
- Infobox weather event/PNGNWS/doc
- Infobox weather event/SSHWS
- Infobox weather event/SSHWS/doc
- Infobox weather event/Storm
- Infobox weather event/Storm/doc
- Infobox weather event/Tornado
- Infobox weather event/Tornado/doc
- Infobox weather event/Tornado family/doc
- Infobox weather event/Tornado outbreak
- Infobox weather event/Tornado outbreak/doc
- Infobox weather event/Winter storm
- Infobox weather event/Winter storm/doc
- Infobox weather event/doc
- Infobox weather event/doc/Feature parity
- Infobox weather event/doc/adoption
- Infobox weather event/doc/wrapper
- Infobox weather event/live
- Infobox weather event/meteorology
- Infobox weather event/meteorology/TemplateData
- Infobox weather event/meteorology/doc
- Infobox weather event/scale
- Infobox weather event/scale/TemplateData
- Infobox weather event/styles.css
Tracking categories
TemplateData
<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Content", "description": "Content of the box. May be child boxes. This will enable the footer, so more subboxes cannot be added afterwards.", "type": "content" }, "name": { "label": "Name", "description": "Name of the event. The article title is used by default.", "type": "string" }, "child": { "label": "Child display?", "description": "Whether this is a child box or not. Use `yes`, unless you're using this box standalone.", "example": "yes", "type": "boolean", "default": "yes" }, "image": { "label": "Image", "description": "Image of the event. If this is a tropical cyclone, consult the WikiProject Tropical cyclones style guide for proper image selection.", "type": "wiki-file-name", "suggested": true }, "width": { "aliases": [ "image-width", "image-size" ], "label": "Image width", "description": "Width of the image. When possible, use 'image-upright' instead for accessibility support.", "type": "string" }, "image-upright": { "label": "Image scale/upright", "description": "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.", "type": "number" }, "alt": { "label": "Alternate text", "description": "Alternate text for the image.", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "caption": { "label": "Caption", "description": "Caption for the image.", "type": "content", "suggested": true }, "track": { "label": "Track map", "description": "Track map of the event. This will be overridden by the forecast map, if one was provided.", "type": "wiki-file-name", "suggested": true }, "track-width": { "aliases": [ "track-size" ], "label": "Track map size", "description": "Width of the track map. When possible, use 'track-upright' instead for accessibility support.", "type": "string" }, "track-upright": { "label": "Track map scale/upright", "description": "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.", "type": "number" }, "track-alt": { "label": "Track map alternate text", "description": "Alternate text for the track map.", "type": "string" }, "track-caption": { "label": "Track map caption", "description": "Caption for the track map.", "type": "content" }, "forecast": { "label": "Forecast map", "description": "Forecast map of the event. This will override the track map, if one was provided.", "type": "wiki-file-name", "suggested": true }, "forecast-width": { "aliases": [ "forecast-size" ], "label": "Forecast map size", "description": "Width of the forecast map. When possible, use 'forecast-upright' instead for accessibility support.", "type": "string" }, "forecast-upright": { "label": "Forecast map scale/upright", "description": "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.", "type": "number" }, "forecast-alt": { "label": "Forecast map alternate text", "description": "Alternate text for the forecast map.", "type": "string" }, "forecast-caption": { "label": "Forecast map caption", "description": "Caption for the forecast map.", "type": "content" }, "location": { "aliases": [ "place" ], "label": "Location", "description": "Location where the event occurred. Wikilink, if applicable.", "type": "content" }, "coordinates": { "label": "Coordinates", "description": "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 Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 614: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)..", "type": "content" }, "cause": { "label": "Cause", "description": "Cause of the event.", "type": "content" }, "no-history": { "label": "No history?", "description": "Disables the meteorological history for this infobox.", "type": "boolean" }, "as": { "label": "Name", "description": "Name of the event during the first stage of its existence.", "type": "content", "suggested": true }, "name-italics": { "label": "Name italics?", "description": "Set to \"off\" to disable name italics.", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "off" ] }, "duration": { "label": "Duration", "description": "The event's duration of existence.", "type": "content" }, "date": { "label": "Date", "description": "The day that the event occurred. Used for single-day events, such as floods and single tornadoes. When possible, use .", "type": "content", "suggested": true }, "formed": { "label": "Formed", "description": "The day that the storm formed. When possible, use .", "type": "content", "suggested": true }, "renamed": { "label": "Renamed", "description": "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 .", "type": "content", "suggested": true }, "crossed-over": { "label": "Crossed over", "aliases": [ "crossed" ], "description": "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 .", "type": "content", "suggested": true }, "exited": { "label": "Exited land", "aliases": [ "exited-land" ], "description": "The day that the storm exited land.", "type": "content" }, "remnant low": { "label": "Remnant low", "aliases": [ "remnant", "low" ], "description": "The day on which the storm transitioned into a remnant low.", "type": "content" }, "post-tropical": { "label": "Post-tropical", "description": "The day that the tropical cyclone became post-tropical.", "type": "content" }, "extratropical": { "label": "Extratropical", "description": "The day that the tropical cyclone became extratropical.", "type": "content" }, "extratropical-label": { "label": "Extratropical label", "description": "The label for the 'extratropical' parameter, if one should be used.", "type": "content" }, "dissipated": { "label": "Extratropical", "description": "The day that the storm dissipated. When possible, use .", "type": "content", "suggested": true }, "footer": { "label": "Footer?", "description": "Set to 'true' to include a footer. This will prevent further subboxes from being added.", "type": "boolean" }, "bodystyle": { "label": "Body style", "description": "Custom CSS for the box", "type": "string" } }, "paramOrder": [ "name", "child", "bodystyle", "image", "width", "image-upright", "alt", "caption", "track", "track-width", "track-upright", "track-alt", "track-caption", "forecast", "forecast-width", "forecast-upright", "forecast-alt", "forecast-caption", "location", "coordinates", "cause", "no-history", "as", "name-italics", "duration", "date", "formed",
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"exited", "remnant low", "post-tropical", "extratropical", "extratropical-label", "dissipated", "1", "footer" ], "description": "Header for the infobox for weather events, storms, tropical cyclones, nor'easters, tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, winter storms, and any other meteorological event.", "format": "block" } </templatedata>