Module:Storm categories/doc

Usage

This module exports three functions for templates: p.color, p.name, and p.sortkey. It also provides p._color, p._name, and p._sortkey for use in other modules.

Color

Provides the color of the given tropical cyclone category code. This comes in the format of their raw hexidecimal code.

Code	Output
<span style="padding:4px;border:1px solid black;background-color:#{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|color|depression}}">depression</span>	depression

Name

Provides the name of the given tropical cyclone category code. A optional basin argument can be provided as the second argument in order to slightly tweak the name of the category, if the given category definition supports it. This function is case-insensitive, and all non-alphanumeric characters are stripped.

Code	Output
{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|name|severe}}	Severe tropical storm
{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|name|Aus -- 5}}	Category 5 severe tropical cyclone
{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|name|cat5}}	Category 5-equivalent tropical cyclone
{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|name|cat5|WPac}}	Category 5-equivalent super typhoon

Sortkey

The sortkey is a number that aids in sorting categories. Using the sortkey, it is possible to automatically sort a table of tropical cyclones given their category code. Due to the ambiguous nature of sortkeys, tables may be sorted incorrectly if values from other basins were used. For categories that span multiple basins, however, (e.g. depression and storm) they are given the lowest possible sortkeys in order to achieve maximum compatibility.

The sortkey format is as follows. Note that not all values between the given ranges were used. The arrangement of these were determined by their positions in the {{Storm colour}} template.

Basin	Sortkey range
Global (unused)	90000 to 99999
Atl/EPac/SAtl	80000 to 89999
WPac	60000 to 69999
Nio	50000 to 59999
Aus/Fiji	40000 to 49999
SWio	30000 to 39999
Historical	20000 to 29999
Global	0 to 9999

A demonstration of a sortable table using these sortkeys can be found below. Note that it does not use categories outside of its own basin (in this case, the Atl/EPac/SAtl basin) and the global range.

Category	Sortkey	Code
cat3	80,030	{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|cat3}}
cat1	80,010	{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|cat1}}
cat5	80,050	{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|cat5}}
cat4	80,040	{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|cat4}}
depression	90	{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|depression}}
cat2	80,020	{{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|cat2}}

Sorting table which uses different basins

Category Sortkey Code typhoon 60,010 {{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|typhoon}} potential 25 {{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|potential}} cat5 80,050 {{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|cat5}} svrcyclone 0 {{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|svrcyclone}} supertyphoon 80,045 {{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|supertyphoon}} niodepression 50,001 {{#invoke:Tropical cyclone categories|sortkey|niodepression}}

Compatibility

This module was designed to be backwards-compatible with {{Tc nom list}} as of revision 919481476 and {{Storm colour}} as of revision 990905269. For category names that did not have matching colors, their colors have been guessed. For colors with aliases that were too vague (e.g. 5 for the color of cat5, but could have also meant Aus5 or shem5), the vague alias works only with p.color.

Compatibility with {{Storm colour}}

Compatibility with {{Tc nom list}}

Name {{Storm colour}} Module:Tropical cyclone categories Equal? cat5 A188FC A188FC yes 5 A188FC A188FC yes cat4 FF738A FF738A yes 4 FF738A FF738A yes cat3 FF9E59 FF9E59 yes 3 FF9E59 FF9E59 yes cat2 FFD98C FFD98C yes 2 FFD98C FFD98C yes cat1 FFFFD9 FFFFD9 yes 1 FFFFD9 FFFFD9 yes storm 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes TS 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes subtropical 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes subtropicalcyclone 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes SS 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes depression 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes TD 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes subdepression 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes SD 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes MD 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes potential 1591DE 1591DE yes PT 1591DE 1591DE yes potentialtropicalcyclone 1591DE 1591DE yes post-tropical CCCCCC CCCCCC yes POST CCCCCC CCCCCC yes Remnant low CCCCCC CCCCCC yes RL CCCCCC CCCCCC yes unknown C0C0C0 C0C0C0 yes supertyphoon FF738A FF738A yes STY FF738A FF738A yes typhoon FFD98C FFD98C yes TY FFD98C FFD98C yes nwpsevere C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes strong C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes STS C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes nwpstorm 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes TS 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes nwpdepression 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes TD 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes sprcyclstorm A188FC A188FC yes SUCS A188FC A188FC yes esvrcyclstorm FF738A FF738A yes ESCS FF738A FF738A yes vsvrcyclstorm FFD98C FFD98C yes VSCS FFD98C FFD98C yes svrcyclstorm C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes SCS C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes niocyclone 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes cyclstorm 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes CS 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes deepdepression 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes DD 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes niodepression 1591DE 1591DE yes D 1591de 1591de yes nioland 1591DE 1591DE yes landdepression 1591DE 1591DE yes land 1591DE 1591DE yes LD 1591DE 1591DE yes Fiji5 A188FC A188FC yes Aus5 A188FC A188FC yes A5 A188FC A188FC yes Fiji4 FF738A FF738A yes Aus4 FF738A FF738A yes A4 FF738A FF738A yes Fiji3 FFD98C FFD98C yes Aus3 FFD98C FFD98C yes A3 FFD98C FFD98C yes Fiji2 C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes Aus2 C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes A2 C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes Fiji1 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes Aus1 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes A1 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes spdepression 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes TD 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes low 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes TL 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes disturbance 1591DE 1591DE yes DI 1591DE 1591DE yes vintense A188FC A188FC yes VITC A188FC A188FC yes intense FF738A FF738A yes ITC FF738A FF738A yes swiotc FFD98C FFD98C yes TC FFD98C FFD98C yes swiosts C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes STS C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes mtstorm 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes sub 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes MTS 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes swiodepression 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes swsubdep 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes TD 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes swiodisturbance 1591DE 1591DE yes ZODW 1591DE 1591DE yes subdisturbance 1591DE 1591DE yes DI 1591DE 1591DE yes shem5 A188FC A188FC yes shem4 FFD98C FFD98C yes shemsvrtc FFD98C FFD98C yes shem3 FFD98C FFD98C yes shemtc FFD98C FFD98C yes shem2 C0FFC0 C0FFC0 yes shem1 4DFFFF 4DFFFF yes shdepression 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes shemdepression 6EC1EA 6EC1EA yes ET CCCCCC CCCCCC yes extratropical CCCCCC CCCCCC yes #default C0C0C0 C0C0C0 yes

Name {{Tc nom list}} Module:Tropical cyclone categories Equal? depression Tropical depression Tropical depression yes shemdepression Tropical depression Tropical depression yes swiodepression Tropical depression Tropical depression yes spdepression Tropical depression Tropical depression yes nwpdepression Tropical depression Tropical depression yes storm Tropical storm Tropical storm yes nwpstorm Tropical storm Tropical storm yes niodepression Depression Depression yes deepdepression Deep depression Deep depression yes cyclstorm Cyclonic storm Cyclonic storm yes svrcyclstorm Severe cyclonic storm Severe cyclonic storm yes vsvrcyclstorm Very severe cyclonic storm Very severe cyclonic storm yes esvrcyclstorm Extremely severe cyclonic storm Extremely severe cyclonic storm yes sprcyclstorm Super cyclonic storm Super cyclonic storm yes ZODW Zone of disturbed weather Zone of disturbed weather yes subdisturbance Subtropical disturbance Subtropical disturbance yes moddepression Moderate tropical depression Moderate tropical depression yes mtstorm Moderate tropical storm Moderate tropical storm yes STS Severe tropical storm Severe tropical storm yes swiosts Severe tropical storm Severe tropical storm yes severedep Severe tropical depression Severe tropical depression yes shemtc Tropical cyclone Tropical cyclone yes swiotc Tropical cyclone Tropical cyclone yes intense Intense tropical cyclone Intense tropical cyclone yes vintense Very intense tropical cyclone Very intense tropical cyclone yes low Tropical low Tropical low yes sublow Subtropical low Subtropical low yes Aus1 Category 1 tropical cyclone Category 1 tropical cyclone yes Aus2 Category 2 tropical cyclone Category 2 tropical cyclone yes Aus3 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone Category 3 severe tropical cyclone yes Aus4 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone Category 4 severe tropical cyclone yes Aus5 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone Category 5 severe tropical cyclone yes shemsvrtc Severe tropical cyclone Severe tropical cyclone yes disturbance Tropical disturbance Tropical disturbance yes swiodisturbance Tropical disturbance Tropical disturbance yes TY Typhoon Typhoon yes typhoon Typhoon Typhoon yes subdepression Subtropical depression Subtropical depression yes swsubdep Subtropical depression Subtropical depression yes subtropical Subtropical storm Subtropical storm yes subtropicalcyclone Subtropical cyclone Subtropical cyclone yes cat1 Category 1-equivalent tropical cyclone Category 1-equivalent tropical cyclone yes cat2 Category 2-equivalent tropical cyclone Category 2-equivalent tropical cyclone yes cat3 Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone yes cat4 Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone yes cat5 Category 5-equivalent tropical cyclone Category 5-equivalent tropical cyclone yes cat1 (Atl) Category 1 hurricane Category 1 hurricane yes cat2 (Atl) Category 2 hurricane Category 2 hurricane yes cat3 (Atl) Category 3 major hurricane Category 3 major hurricane yes cat4 (Atl) Category 4 major hurricane Category 4 major hurricane yes cat5 (Atl) Category 5 major hurricane Category 5 major hurricane yes cat1 (EPac) Category 1 hurricane Category 1 hurricane yes cat2 (EPac) Category 2 hurricane Category 2 hurricane yes cat3 (EPac) Category 3 major hurricane Category 3 major hurricane yes cat4 (EPac) Category 4 major hurricane Category 4 major hurricane yes cat5 (EPac) Category 5 major hurricane Category 5 major hurricane yes cat1 (SAtl) Category 1-equivalent hurricane Category 1-equivalent hurricane yes cat2 (SAtl) Category 2-equivalent hurricane Category 2-equivalent hurricane yes cat3 (SAtl) Category 3-equivalent hurricane Category 3-equivalent hurricane yes cat4 (SAtl) Category 4-equivalent hurricane Category 4-equivalent hurricane yes cat5 (SAtl) Category 5-equivalent hurricane Category 5-equivalent hurricane yes cat1 (WPac) Category 1-equivalent typhoon Category 1-equivalent typhoon yes cat2 (WPac) Category 2-equivalent typhoon Category 2-equivalent typhoon yes cat3 (WPac) Category 3-equivalent typhoon Category 3-equivalent typhoon yes cat4 (WPac) Category 4-equivalent typhoon Category 4-equivalent typhoon yes cat5 (WPac) Category 5-equivalent super typhoon Category 5-equivalent super typhoon yes potential Potential tropical cyclone Potential tropical cyclone yes extratropical Extratropical cyclone Extratropical cyclone yes STY Category 4-equivalent super typhoon Category 4-equivalent super typhoon yes MD Monsoon depression Monsoon depression yes #default Unknown-strength storm Unknown-strength storm yes