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A tropical cyclone tracking chart is used by those within hurricane-threatened areas to track tropical cyclones worldwide. In the north Atlantic basin, they are known as hurricane tracking charts . New tropical cyclone information is available at least every six hours in the Northern Hemisphere and at least every twelve hours in the Southern ...
This map shows the tracks of all tropical cyclones which formed worldwide from 1985 to 2005. The map was created with the WPTC track map generator by Nilfanion.. The track map generator program generates a track map from the NHC HURDAT data, [A 1] or from Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecast (ATCF) B-deck data files (commonly referred to as "best track" files).
Most modern season articles start with the old format, and are later converted to the new format to shrink the article's size. However, when a conversion is done, the old content in the Storms section should be moved to a "List of storms" article, such as List of storms in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season .
Tropical cyclone warnings and watches are alerts issued by national weather forecasting bodies to coastal areas threatened by the imminent approach of a tropical cyclone of tropical storm or hurricane intensity. They are notices to the local population and civil authorities to make appropriate preparation for the cyclone, including evacuation ...
The article for the "hurricane" (now known as tropical cyclone) was created on December 2, 2001.On October 3, 2002, User:Ed Poor created an article for Hurricane Lili while the storm was active and near peak intensity; since then, many other people have edited the article to help make it a .
The history of tropical cyclone track forecasting has evolved from a single-station approach to a comprehensive approach which uses a variety of meteorological tools and methods to make predictions. The weather of a particular location can show signs of the approaching tropical cyclone, such as increasing swell, increasing cloudiness, falling ...
This table summarizes the various formats used for numbers assigned to tropical (and sometimes subtropical and potential tropical) cyclones (regardless of intensity or naming status) by various weather forecast centers; these numbers are called tropical cyclone numbers (TC numbers for short)), cyclone numbers, cyclone IDs, storm IDs, etc. depending on the weather tracking center.
There are hundreds of tropical cyclone articles, though many of them are poorly organized and lacking in information. Using the existing featured articles as a guide line, here is the basic format for the ideal tropical cyclone article. Infobox- Whenever possible, the infobox should have a picture for the tropical cyclone.