Template:Infobox weather event/meteorology/doc

Usage

This is a meta-template used by all of the meteorological info subboxes for Template:Infobox weather event. It is used to standardize all scale-based subboxes.

By default, units are metric with the exception of winds and gusts, which are always in knots. This is the case to reflect international usage of knots in measuring wind speeds. This may be overridden by supplying a {{convert}} template as a value, or by appending the relevant unit ("mph" or "kmh") to the end of the value for automatic conversion, however, both come as an "at your own risk" feature as this reduces maintainability.

The |basin= parameter can also be used to change the units; set it to atl or epac to switch to the imperial system. 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.

The following templates use this meta-template to supply meteorological information:

Weather event infobox meteorology templates

Weather event infobox scale templates

Template:Infobox weather event/meteorology

Template:Infobox weather event/Storm

Template:Infobox weather event/Tornado

Template:Infobox weather event/Tornado family

Template:Infobox weather event/Tornado outbreak

Template:Infobox weather event/Blizzard

Template:Infobox weather event/Winter storm

Automatic storm categories

For some sub-boxes (particularly in scale boxes), the category of a storm can be inferred from its wind speed or from other meteorological data. To allow the box to automatically calculate the category, supply an |auto-category= parameter. This parameter will be used in the event that |category= is empty, allowing editors to both let automatic calculations do the work or override the category if needed.

TemplateData

Meta-template for all weather event infobox scale subboxes which contain agency-based tropical cyclone scale information and meteorological data.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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 Default border-collapse: collapse	String	optional
Storm category	category	The storm category. This populates the header color and name automatically.	String	suggested
Basin	basin	Basin of the storm. Controls the name of the category, if the category supports basin-specific names. Suggested values atl epac satl wpac	String	optional
Header text	header	Header text to show. Overrides category name if provided.	Content	optional
Header style	header-style	Controls the style of the subbox header. This header usually includes the category of the storm or the storm type, if a category is not applicable. Default font-size: 100%; background-color: #{​{Storm colour|{​{​{category|}​}​}​}​}	String	optional
No header?	no-header	Disables the header row Default no Example yes	Boolean	optional
Subheader text	subheader	Subheader text to show. Overrides interval, scale, and agency, if provided.	Content	optional
Measurement interval	interval	The measurement interval used by the agency. e.g. JMA uses 10-minute, JTWC uses 1-minute. Example 1	Number	suggested
Post-interval text	post-interval postinterval	Text to add after "N-minute sustained". A space is automatically provided.	String	optional
Agency	agency	Agency issuing the meteorological data. If the agency uses multiple scales, or uses a scale that is used by multiple agencies, consider also supplying "scale". Example [[National Weather Service|NWS]]	Content	suggested
Scale	scale	Scale used to quantify the meteorological data. If the scale is used by multiple agencies, consider supplying "agency". Example [[Saffir–Simpson scale|SSHWS]]	Content	suggested
Maximum sustained winds	winds	The maximum sustained winds of a given storm. Not to be confused with maximum wind gusts (provided with "gusts"). Supply value in knots. Example 124	Number	suggested
Maximum winds prefix	winds-prefix	Prefix for the maximum sustained winds. Use this to add approximation symbols, such as '~', '<', or '>'. Example ~	String	optional
Maximum winds suffix	winds-suffix	Suffix for the maximum sustained winds. Use this to add references, footnotes, or other content.	Content	optional
Maximum wind gust	gusts	The maximum wind gust of a given storm. Not to be confused with maximum sustained winds (provided with "winds"). Supply value in knots. Example 164	Number	suggested
Maximum gusts prefix	gusts-prefix	Prefix for the maximum wind gusts. Use this to add approximation symbols, such as '~', '<', or '>'. Example ~	String	optional
Maximum gusts suffix	gusts-suffix	Suffix for the maximum wind gusts. Use this to add references, footnotes, or other content.	Content	optional
Beaufort scale	beaufort-scale beaufort scale	The maximum sustained winds on the Beaufort scale. Rarely used except for historical storms; consider using "winds" instead.	Number	optional
Lowest pressure	pressure	Lowest pressure, usually measured near the storm's center. Supply value in hectopascals/millibars (hPa/mbar). Example 975	Number	suggested
Lowest pressure prefix	pressure-prefix	Prefix for the pressure. Use this to add approximation symbols, such as '~', '<', or '>'. Example ~	String	optional
Lowest pressure suffix	pressure-suffix	Suffix for the lowest pressure. Use this to add references, footnotes, or other content.	Content	optional
Lowest temperature	lowest-temperature lowest temperature	Lowest temperature. Supply value in Fahrenheit when "basin" is "atl" or "epac". Otherwise, supply the value in Celcius. Example 13	Number	suggested
Lowest temperature prefix	temperature-prefix	Prefix for the temperature. Use this to add approximation symbols, such as '~', '<', or '>'. Example ~	String	optional
Lowest temperature suffix	temperature-suffix	Suffix for the lowest recorded temperature. Use this to add references, footnotes, or other content.	Content	optional
Largest hail	largest-hail largest hail	Largest recorded size of hail. Supply value in inches when "basin" is "atl" or "epac". Otherwise, supply the value in centimeters. Example 12	Number	optional
Largest hail suffix	largest-hail-suffix	Suffix for the largest hail recorded. Use this to add references, footnotes, or other content.	Content	optional
Maximum rainfall	maximum-rain maximum rain	Maximum recorded rainfall. Supply value in inches when "basin" is "atl" or "epac". Otherwise, supply the value in centimeters. Example 42	Number	optional
Maximum rainfall suffix	maximum-rain-suffix	Suffix for the maximum recorded rainfall. Use this to add references, footnotes, or other content.	Content	optional
Maximum snow or ice accretion	maximum-snow maximum snow	Maximum height of accumulated snow or ice accretion. Supply value in inches when "basin" is "atl" or "epac". Otherwise, supply the value in centimeters.	Content	optional
Maximum snow accumulation or ice accretion suffix	maximum-snow-suffix	Suffix for the maximum recorded snow accumulation or ice accretion. Use this to add references, footnotes, or other content.	Unknown	optional
Storm auto category	auto-category	The automatic category of the storm. This defines the category of the storm if a category parameter was not explicitly provided.	String	suggested
Header suffix	header-suffix	Suffix for the header. Comes after the category name or actual header, if provided.	Content	suggested