This template is used to provide the correct background colour to certain cells in the season effects table in each Australian region cyclone season article. As such, this template is transcluded in the template Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone), and can be used wherever else it may be useful. The Australian region encompasses all areas south of the Equator between longitudes 90°E and 160°E. The regional specialised meteorological centres for the region are the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), and the Papua New Guinea National Weather Service (PNGNWS).

The Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale is also used in the South Pacific tropical cyclone region, which is monitored officially by the Fiji Meteorological Service. For this reason, the category of tropical disturbance is included in this template, despite being used exclusively in the South Pacific region. Additionally, tropical lows are referred to as tropical depressions in the South Pacific basin.

Usage

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This template accepts only one parameter, which is the tropical cyclone category according to the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. The transclusion syntax is as follows:

{{Australian cyclone colours|CATEGORY}}

where CATEGORY is replaced by one of the tropical cyclone category indicators in the table below:

Category Colour (hexadecimal) Required syntax
Common classifications
Category 1 tropical cyclone 00FAF4 1
Category 2 tropical cyclone CCFFFF 2
Category 3 severe tropical cyclone FFFFCC 3
Category 4 severe tropical cyclone FFC140 4
Category 5 severe tropical cyclone FF6060 5
Australian region exclusives
Tropical low 5EBAFF TL or Low
South Pacific region exclusives
Tropical disturbance 80CCFF DI or Disturbance
Tropical depression 5EBAFF TD or Depression

Acknowledgement

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This template and its documentation has been adapted from the original template TC stats cell format created by Plastikspork.