Template:Infobox tropical cyclone small/doc

Usage

Remember that parameters and values are case sensitive.

Parameter	Type	Description
{{{Basin}}}	Mandatory	An abbreviation that denotes the basin of the storm. Atl, Aus, EPac, NIO, SAtl, SHem, SPac, SWI, and WPac are currently defined. Please ensure proper capitalization.
{{{Formed}}}	Optional	The storm's formation date. Defaults to "unknown".
{{{Dissipated}}}	Optional	The storm's dissipation date. Defaults to "unknown".
{{{Image}}}	Optional	The name of an image of the storm, if present.
{{{Alt}}}	Needed if {{{Image}}}} is specified	Alt text for the image; see Wikipedia:Alternative text for images.
{{{Track}}}	Optional	The name of a track map of the storm, if present.
{{{Track alt}}}	Needed if {{{Track}}}} is specified	Alt text for the track.
{{{Pressure}}}	Optional	The minimum pressure of the strongest storm in mbar/hPa. Must be a number.
{{{Prepressure}}}	Optional	Use this to add a modifier before the value of Pressure.
{{{Pressurepost}}}	Optional	Use this to add an important note on the value of Pressure, i.e., whether or not it is officially listed in the Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT) or on the Atlantic Hurricane Research Division Web page.
{{{1-min winds}}}	Optional	The maximum sustained wind speed over a 1-minute averaging time, given in knots. Must be a number.
{{{3-min winds}}}	Optional	The maximum sustained wind speed over a 3-minute averaging time, given in knots. Must be a number.
{{{10-min winds}}}	Optional	The maximum sustained wind speed over a 10-minute averaging time, given in knots. Must be a number.
{{{Gusts}}}	Optional	The maximum wind gusts, given in knots. Must be a number.
{{{Prewinds}}}	Optional	Use this to add a modifier before the wind values.
{{{Type}}}	Optional	This will change the infobox to display any category you wish. Use this only if you do not have the maximum sustained winds. Use the values in the left column of the chart below. Also, Type1 and Type2 will change the upper and lower boxes.
{{{WarningCenter}}}	Optional	This will change the linked warning center in the top box. It does not change the default value in the lower box.

Values

Values used for tropical cyclone templates
Basin	Value	Hexadecimal	Category
North Indian Ocean
	niodepression	#80ccff	Depression
	deepdepression	#5ebaff	Deep depression
	cyclstorm	#00faf4	Cyclonic storm
	svrcyclstorm	#ccffff	Severe cyclonic storm
	vsvrcyclstorm	#ffffcc	Very severe cyclonic storm
	esvrcyclstorm	#ffc140	Extremely severe cyclonic storm
	sprcyclstorm	#ff6060	Super cyclonic storm
Southern Hemisphere
	shemdepression	#5ebaff	Tropical depression
	shemtc	#ffffcc	Tropical cyclone
	shemsvrtc	#ffe775	Severe tropical cyclone
South-West Indian Ocean
	swiodisturbance	#80ccff	Tropical disturbance
	swiodepression	#5ebaff	Tropical depression
	subdisturbance	#80ccff	Subtropical disturbance
	mtstorm	#00faf4	Moderate tropical storm
	swiosts	#ccffff	Severe tropical storm
	swiotc	#ffffcc	Tropical cyclone
	intense	#ffc140	Intense tropical cyclone
	vintense	#ff6060	Very intense tropical cyclone
Australian Region and South Pacific
	low	#5ebaff	Tropical low
	disturbance	#80ccff	Tropical disturbance
	spdepression	#5ebaff	Tropical depression
	Aus1	#00faf4	Category 1 tropical cyclone
	Aus2	#ccffff	Category 2 tropical cyclone
	Aus3	#ffffcc	Category 3 severe tropical cyclone
	Aus4	#ffc140	Category 4 severe tropical cyclone
	Aus5	#ff6060	Category 5 severe tropical cyclone
North-West Pacific Ocean
	nwpdepression	#5ebaff	Tropical depression
	nwpstorm	#00faf4	Tropical storm
	STS	#ccffff	Severe tropical storm
	typhoon	#fdaf9a	Typhoon
Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale
	potential	#80ccff	Potential tropical cyclone
	depression	#5ebaff	Tropical depression
	subdepression	#5ebaff	Subtropical depression
	MD	#5ebaff	Monsoon depression
	storm	#00faf4	Tropical storm
	subtropical	#00faf4	Subtropical storm
	cat1	#ffffcc	Category 1 tropical cyclone
	cat2	#ffe775	Category 2 tropical cyclone
	cat3	#ffc140	Category 3 tropical cyclone
	cat4	#ff8f20	Category 4 tropical cyclone
	cat5	#ff6060	Category 5 tropical cyclone