Module talk:Storm categories
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Template-protected edit request on 29 January 2025
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Change "Supertyphoon" (Line 215) to "Super typhoon" wolf20482 🐺 (talk) 13:38, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:21, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
Template-protected edit request on 20 April 2025
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This line should be included as an alias for the "subtropical" category (i.e. placed right below the definition for "ss" near the bottom of the code):
cats["swsubstorm"] = cats["subtropical"]
In case it's necessary, the agency responsible for warning on tropical cyclones in the South-West Indian Ocean has begun using a new category for subtropical cyclones with maximum sustained wind speeds at or above 35 kt. This should be reflected here for use in an article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024-25_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season), which includes a storm that has been recently designated with this category. Cherkasy0 (talk) 12:19, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
Edit request 4 November 2025
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Description of suggested change:
Can someone add support for using the SSHWS for extratropical cyclones as well? e.g. "Category 2-equivalent extratropical cyclone" or "Extratropical depression". I'll put the changes in the sandbox, using the basin "ex" as a placeholder. The same could also be done for subtropical cyclones, although they aren't very common so it may not be needed.
harrz talk 15:58, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- SSHWS isnt officially used for extratropical cyclones. If anything, extratropical cyclones might be able to use some of the existing beaufort scale since weather agencies report below gale, gale-force, storm-force, and hurricane-force. Noah, BSBATalk 00:21, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- I know it isn't officially used, but I feel we should have something to describe their severity in a way most readers would understand, and at the moment the SSHWS is the best option. I would support the Beaufort scale, but since it only goes up to 75 mph it would be impossible to distinguish the strong storms from the strongest storms. harrz talk 00:30, 5 November 2025 (UTC)