Talk:2006–07 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

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April

Week 1

23P.CLIFF

98P.INVEST

14.0°S 177.0°E. - ζpLoT // 13:18, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Tropical Depression 14F

15.4ºS 179.0ºE 20 to 25 knots near the center, 1002 hPa
JTWC: Fair for TC development - グリフオーザー 00:31, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

TCFA issued. – Chacor 03:52, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Tropical Cyclone Cliff

35 knots, 995 hPa. Special Weather Bulletin for Fiji and Rotuma. - グリフオーザー 05:23, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Week 2

99P.INVEST

12.5°S 154.0°E. - SpLoT // 06:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Gone. --Coredesat 07:57, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

RSMC Nadi Tropical Disturbance

Not an invest, but RSMC Nadi is now monitoring it. Pretty far east - 18°S 148°W, 1006 hPa. There's a satellite image here. --Coredesat 01:19, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Gone. --Coredesat 21:52, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Developing low now reported by Wellington, NZ. - グリフオーザー 19:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

15R.INVEST

Depression sub-tropical

29.6ºS 39.6ºE, 10 min sustained winds of 45 knots. - グリフオーザー 19:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

George

Radio reports 10:00 perth time (utc+9) that Geogre was category 4 borderline 5 that there has been 3 casualties source Gnangarra 02:22, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Geogre? ;) – Chacor 02:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

BOM just created a cyclone report on George, though there's not much info in it right now. Have to wait until "post-analysis" if George indeed reach Cat 5. RaNdOm26 14:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Categories

I'm not sure how this works, so better to ask before doing anything. Given that there are two different cyclone category scales, it seems that even though we're using the Australian categories in the write-ups (ie: George being a category 4) the category in the infobox for each cyclone is referencing the other scale (ie: George is listed as a 3 there.) Shouldn't all the Australian cyclones be listed with their Australian categories in the infoboxes? I recall seeing an earlier cyclone season listing both intensity levels for each cyclone. Orichalcon 17:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Really? I don't remember an earlier cyclone season using both intensity categories. Which one is it? I also do agree that there should be an Australian category listed in each infoboxes, rather than just written in words. RaNdOm26 01:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I can't remember which article. It might've been an edit that was later removed for some reason. I just want to know if there's a consensus on this somewhere. Orichalcon 02:58, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

No, unfortunately there hasn't yet been a consensus, and there really should be one. A user simply added in the cat numbers out of nowhere, and everybody else didn't care or bother about it, except me. RaNdOm26 10:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I thought of something that could be better. As well as using category number using the Saffir Simpson hurricane scale on the right hand side, add a category number on the Australian scale on the LEFT hand side, with a link to Tropical cyclone scales#South Pacific. That would probably look neater. This would have to modify the Template:Infobox hurricane small so that it will work, which is gonna be hard. RaNdOm26 10:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

That sounds like a better idea to me. Perhaps make a new template to be used specifically for the Australian cyclone articles. Having a look at how detailed that template is, I imagine it would be quite a bit of work. Is there something easier or even temporary that can be done in place? And who would have the knowledge and time to properly create the appropriate template? Orichalcon 12:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

RSMCs and TCWCs

I noticed the article lacks some info about how cyclones are monitored by different RSMCs or TCWCs. I couldn't find anything in the article that says cyclones are monitored by Wellington, south of 25 S and east of 160 E; and Fiji only monitors cyclones north of 25S. Maybe there should by info added about how cyclones are being tracked by different agencies. The Australian region section should also have info about the different area of responsibilities from the four centres: Perth, Darwin, Brisbane and Port Moresby, and the area of coverage. RaNdOm26 06:48, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, have a go at working that into the 1999-2000 seasonal articles. That is a typical sort of thing our SHem coverage struggles with, as this is doing too much. /me pokes Coredesat.--Nilfanion (talk) 11:38, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Now another question. Can we split this article soon, as its current size is HUGE (61 kB). RaNdOm26 12:12, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Uh, soon, but preferably not while the season is active. - SpLoT // 12:33, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Should be able to do it as soon as we have no active storms. Unfortunately, MF just declared Jaya to be a TDist again and is issuing advisories :S – Chacor 12:51, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I will make split articles for 2007-08 about a week after MF decides to stop carrying Jaya. --Coredesat 05:48, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, we can do most of the work for this season at any point. Just create all the text in the new articles (except for the active systems) then redirect back to here. The instant there is no activity we can change this to dab and remove the redirs.--Nilfanion (talk) 11:33, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

What about talk archives? - SpLoT // 13:04, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Talk Archives could either be left on here or split in to the regions. Also if we do split this articale in to the sections could we please use Nadis predictions for this season contained within the Media Brefing Section on the RSMCs Website Jason Rees 17:31, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, and perhaps use BoM predictions from their website too. RaNdOm26 04:12, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Exactly my question, Jason :P Leave them here or split them? Mostly referring to event archives. - SpLoT // 12:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Splot i dont think i made myself clear i meant Questions that could not be given a basin could be left on here and things that could be given a bsin be put into that baisn Jason Rees 00:56, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

That would be pretty hard to do however. If there happen to be some crossover storms (perhaps not this year, but storms like Bertie-Alvin in 2005), how are we gonna deal with that? Only in my opinion, it's probably better to leave them as it is now, then add links to the event archives in each split article. RaNdOm26 01:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing it up, Jason. Didn't quite understand, sorry. Perhaps we should split as much as possible, then. - SpLoT // 07:29, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Well Random Maybe we could put the Archvie for Split Basin Storms like Bertie Alvin in the Basin where they had their highest Peak wind speeds. For Example Bertie alvin would be Southwest Indian (La Reunion) and Splot its ok Jason Rees 21:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)