Template:Active storms

Active Tropical Cyclones:


 * Australian Region: 
 * Areas to watch for development: 
 * South-West Indian:
 * Areas to watch for development: 

Documentation
This template is for the display of currently active storms in chronological order of formation date, and is shown at the top of the main page and forums.

Formatting Guide
For this template, use this guide for instructions on how to format things.
 * If a basin currently has no activity, hide it with the tags. Remove those tags once the basin wakes up from the dead.
 * If there are no tropical cyclones currently active in any basin whatsoever, uncover the word "None." by removing the tags discussed above. Cover it back once a tropical cyclone forms in a basin. The word remains uncovered when there are areas to watch for development, but still no tropical cyclones.
 * If an area to watch for development appears in a basin, remove the from BOTH the basin name and the sub-bullet. Put the area to be watched after the words "Areas to watch for development: " under the basin where it is located.
 * Once a tropical cyclone forms in the basin, put it right after the basin name like this (North Atlantic: TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR).
 * If there is a tropical cyclone but no areas to watch for development in a basin, the sub-bullet can be hidden under the tags.
 * Allowed systems under the "Areas to watch for development" sub-bullet: PTCs, disturbances, tropical lows, invests, and AOIs. They have to be invested; if not, they have to be monitored by an agency (NHC, CPHC, JMA, IMD, MFR, BOM, FMS, etc.). Not allowed: non-invested storms not monitored by any agency but may be posted on forums, such as long-range model storms.

Color Guide
For this template use the following colors. Remember the hex code does not have to be in caps. Remember to read the color guide carefully. Use the colors accordingly with the intensity and rating. AUS stands for Australian region. TS means tropical storm, TC tropical cyclone. Currently active tropical cyclones (depressions and higher) go after the name of the basin, while disturbances, PTCs, invests, and AOIs go under the "Areas to watch for development" sub-bullet.

Colors

Tropical Cyclones:
 * NIO Depressions - #80CCFF
 * Tropical Depressions (Atl, EPac, CPac, WPac (including JMA TDs), SPac, SWIO), NIO Deep Depressions, AUS Tropical Lows (with "U" designation) - #5EBAFF
 * Tropical and Subtropical Storms (Atl, EPac, CPac, WPac), Moderate Tropical Storms (SWIO), Cyclonic Storms (NIO), Category 1 (AUS scale - AUS and SPac basins) - #00FAF4
 * Severe Tropical Storms (WPac and SWIO), NIO Severe Cyclonic Storms, Category 2 (AUS scale - AUS and SPac basins) - #CCFFFF
 * Typhoons (74-96 mph per JMA) - #FDAF9A
 * Category 1 (SSHWS - Atl, EPac, CPac basins), NIO Very Severe Cyclonic Storms, SWIO TC, Category 3 (AUS scale - AUS and SPac basins) - #FFFFCC
 * Category 2 (SSHWS - Atl, EPac, CPac basins) - #FFE775
 * Category 3 (SSHWS - Atl, EPac, CPac basins), WPac Very Strong Typhoons, NIO Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storms, SWIO Intense TC, Category 4 (AUS scale - AUS and SPac basins) - #FFC140
 * Category 4 (SSHWS - Atl, EPac, CPac basins) - #FF8F20
 * Category 5 (SSHWS - Atl, EPac, CPac basins), WPac Violent Typhoons, NIO Super Cyclonic Storms, SWIO Very Intense TC, Category 5 (AUS scale - AUS and SPac basins) - #FF6060

This part excludes systems that are not considered true tropical cyclones, such as PTCs or disturbances. For those systems, see the "Areas to watch for development" section below.

New to the scale: Very Strong Typhoons and Violent Typhoons. These are actual classifications on the JMA scale but are just not used on Wikipedia season articles. From 2020 forward, these intensities will also be used as headers on the Western Pacific forums. See the JMA scale on this page for more info.

Areas to watch for development:
 * Invests not monitored by any agency, or "Nil" chances - #0000FF
 * Near 0%-30% chances (48 hours - Atl, EPac, CPac), Low or Very Low chances - #FFFF00
 * 40%-60% chances (48 hours - Atl, EPac, CPac), Medium or Moderate chances - #FF7700
 * 70%-Near 100% chances (48 hours - Atl, EPac, CPac), High or Very High chances - #FF0000
 * Potential Tropical Cyclones (Atl, EPac), Zones of Disturbed Weather (SWIO), Tropical Disturbances (SWIO and SPac), and AUS Tropical Lows (without "U" designation) - #80CCFF

It is preferable to base the colors of NHC AOIs on 48 hour formation chances rather than 5 days because the latter can be considered too long-range while 48 hours is a more prioritized time. NHC AOIs that are on the 5-day outlook but not on the 48 hour outlook can be marked yellow because the chances for 48 hours, Near 0%, is still within the yellow range. However, the 5 day percentage is still included as seen with the examples under "Mouse-over Guide". If the 5-day percentage is significantly higher than the 48-hour one (>70% for 5 days while 48 hours <30%), the note "(HIGHLY LIKELY TO DEVELOP BEYOND 48 HOURS)" will be added to the name of the AOI.

The systems with the "#80CCFF" color, while having advisories issued for them, should not considered true tropical cyclones. They are often too weak, disorganized, or lack closed circulations.

Mouse-over Guide
The mouseover template shows a message when text is moused over. This is how we'll operate the template here. Below is how the template looked, before mouseover, using the example of Tropical Storm Alvin from the 2019 EPAC hurricane season:

Current Systems: TROPICAL STORM ALVIN

Now this is after we've added the template:

Current Systems: 

This is what you do to insert the template. First, insert the template in place of where originally there would've been just the storm name. Make sure to place it in between the bold tags. Next, the template has 3 parts. First, just add the opening template bracket and then Hover text. Next, insert a pipe, and then the wind speed, comma, minimum pressure. Put another pipe and enter the storm name, in all caps, and then the closing bracket.

In place of the windspeed and pressure, the "Areas to watch for development" will instead have chances of formation. See the examples below for how this will work:





For AOIs that are not invested, it will look like this. Note that the "AOI:" part doesn't have to be inserted; just put in the area's location:



If the chances for development are much higher for 5 days than they are for 48 hours (at least 70% while 48 hours is <30%), add this to the name of the AOI:



For Potential Tropical Cyclones and other systems marked with "#80CCFF", both the chances of formation and the windspeed/pressure will be present like in the examples below:





If an invest is not being monitored by the JTWC or any other agency, it will just say that the chances for development are unknown:

