Talk:Tropical cyclone warnings and watches
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[edit] Flag info source
Can we get a source on the flags? SailNet suggests this article has the maritime warning flags quite wrong -- they don't match one-to-one to the NOAA scale. VT hawkeyetalk to me 04:43, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- this matches the SailNet site. Are you confused between the plain red flags (no black square) and these flags? Herostratus 08:00, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] In the middle of the ocean
Are warnings and watches issued for boats well off any coast, or just wind/sea advisories within the GPS coordinates of the storm's reach? Are they called anything special once they reach TS or hurricane strength? TransUtopian 14:06, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
It depends on the conutry responsible for that part of the ocean. NWS uses tropical storm warning and hurricane warning. Japan uses gale warning, storm warning and typhoon warning. Fiji, Australia and New Zealand uses gale warning, storm warning and hurricane warning.Momoko 07:36, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] US Military - Western Pacific "Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness"
Would it be useful to mention these in the article? They're documented at http://www.kadena.af.mil/weather/update/tccor.htm , among other places, and are what the US military uses to announce warning information about upcoming tropical cyclones. — CJewell (talk to me) 04:55, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Uh,Where Did This Come From?
"Tropical storms Before the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season, tropical storm alerts were described as Gale Watches / Warnings, not distinguished from non-tropical storms."
If you look at this newpaper scan for Betsy,you can clearly see references to alerts.http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/atlantic/atl1965/betsy/news/mh0908a.gif
I removed the text given it appears to be false.TheNobleSith (talk) 23:21, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Nevermind,my mistake.I just read a few public advisories,and yes,they did use gale warning.Undoing now.TheNobleSith (talk) 23:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
