Talk:2025–26 Australian region cyclone season: Difference between revisions

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Tropical Cyclone Outlooks: BMKG, BOM

JTWC: Indian Ocean // South Pacific Ocean

Tropical Cyclone Ocean Warnings:

BMKG: 01 // 02

BOM: Western 1 // Western 2 // Northern 1 // Northern 2 // Eastern 1 // Eastern 2

JTWC (South Indian Ocean): 01 // 02 // 03

JTWC (South Pacific Ocean): 01 // 02 // 03

Tropical Cyclone Technical Bulletins:

BOM: Western 1 // Western 2 // Northern 1 // Northern 2 // Eastern 1 // Eastern 2

Tropical Cyclone Formation Alerts:

JTWC (South Indian Ocean): 01 // 02 // 03

JTWC (South Pacific Ocean): 01 // 02 // 03

Archives: BMKG // JTWC

BOM: Western // Northern // Eastern

BOM analysis, including unpublished BOM designations: BUFR // ECMWF validator

I thought I would step in with this post since there has been some confusion over the last day about the tropical low that briefly existed in Jakarta’s AOR, which has since been classified as Tropical Depression 01 by Reunion and as TC 01S by the JTWC. It has not been classified as TL 01U by the BoM – probably because it was in Jakarta’s AOR and not forecast to dip into BoM’s AOR. We have to include it in this article for now though since TCWC Jakarta called it a TL.Jason Rees (talk) 08:47, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A recent AN/I thread had consensus to convey the following general warning.

The hard work of WikiProjects Weather and WikiProject Tropical Cyclones in covering weather phenomena is acknowledged and appreciated. However, their members are collectively reminded:

— Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe|🤷) 20:02, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m cross-posting this from the project talk page to make sure it gets more eyes. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:29, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I hope OreoStar-fait, you should know the timeline update. No whole articles is using UTC time except Pacific typhoon and Atlantic/Pacific hurricane season, whole cyclone season was used the local time as the update. MAS0802 13:56, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can somebody please make a draft for Fina? Zoom Earth says it could affect Darwin, so make a draft please. Jiiiiiiiii (talk) 21:58, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We’ll wait for a few days cause there is currently some uncertainty Owen is the best GG (talk) 22:34, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Even if someone starts the draft, it could be a good place to gather sources in the event it does. The storm could affect Indonesia as well. Worst comes to worst the information in the draft can be incorporated into the storm section. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:53, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great, maybe we should start a draft Owen is the best GG (talk) 23:28, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I created a draft. It is pretty empty, so feel free to edit anything about the cyclone here. Jiiiiiiiii (talk) 02:42, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pls improve the draft guys so it can be submitted I am now here as a new user (talk) 18:43, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The main problem so far is the short met history, per the request on the draft page, so that’s what y’all should be focusing on if you want to publish the article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:06, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The met history should generally not be a copy paste of the season article and should go into more detail – the sources are already there, so you can add information from there (don’t do close paraphrasing though). The JTWC advisories might also be of interest. Z E T A^C 00:23, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

fina was a notable storm having reached category 4 on the australian and the saffir simpson scale its nearing landfall MOBMAN61 (talk) 11:57, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Look in the section above this. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 14:58, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Cyclone Fina I left some suggestions on the talk page in case you want to improve it. Z E T A^C 15:12, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t really think we should add what TCWC Jakarta monitors unless they 1) mention it on their TC outlook or 2) BOM has also designated it and mentioned it has formed. They also usually use the JTWC invest designations. Would need thoughts of others, especially @Jason Rees:. Regards, 👦 13:17, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nino Marakot: I need to be careful in my response here, as I am not 100% sure on how TCWC Jakarta’s system works. When I first pinged to this conversation, TCWC Jakarta was and still are talking about Bibit Siklon tropis 91S, which translates from Indonesian into English as “Tropical Cyclone Seeds 91S”. It is worth noting, though, that the BoM are now calling this system Tropical Low 05U and the JTWC have upped it to 07S, both are calling for it to interact with 03U. The other TL’s that Jakarta monitored will need to be looked at carefully, as I am not sure that we want to monitor tropical cyclone seedlings.Jason Rees (talk) 20:29, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly see the wind speed. But I don’t know how to probatory the BMKG (TCWC Jakarta). MAS0802 05:54, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bibit Siklon Tropis classified as

1. Tropical Low

2. Potential Tropical Cyclone

3. Invest (JTWC)

So I think it should be monitoring as formation. What is your opinion about this? MAS0802 06:07, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fina affected Darwin as a category 2 equivalent tropical cyclone, is that alone enough to warrant an article? TyphoonHurricaneCyclone (talk) 07:54, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not really notable, also the impacts section were not really long to warrant an article. Regards, 👦 11:07, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Add more information to the storm section before splitting off the article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:26, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fina would be notable for being the earliest tropical cyclone to make landfall in Australia [1], being the strongest cyclone near Darwin since Cyclone Tracy [2][3], reaching category 4 strength on the Australian scale [4][5], and crossing the coast as a category 3, ‘significantly damaging’ the Berkely River Lodge [6]. I think that, because of this, the cyclone is notable, when there is significant content to warrant its own article. Mitchsavl (talk) 08:06, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mitchsavl: a small note, the first source doesn’t say Fina was the earliest TC in Australia, rather Northern Territory, and it was slightly behind Ines in 1973. All of this info can fit into the storm section, unless the season ends up becoming unusually active, and there becomes a need to trim down the season article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:44, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cyclone Bakung has little information and could be expanded (but doesn’t need it). We have already collected the track of the storm and we can make an overview based on just that, like what strength it was and how it was moving. Additional information from JTWC and BoM could also help with expanding the section. BoM’s latest climate update provides information about Bakung that is not in use (find it here). CycloneTheta (talk) 04:28, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical Low 03U became a cyclone at midnight UTC today. I will update the article in a few hours. CycloneTheta (talk) 02:19, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

its pretty useless MOBMAN61 (talk) 05:25, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My edit of Grant from a week ago remains the current state for the Grant section of the article. I will update it when I have time, but it would be nice if someone else does it. CycloneTheta (talk) 10:29, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Would anybody like a draft for Hayley? The storm already hit Australia, so it could get an article.

*_*JX*_* (talk) 15:27, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The area is relatively rural and sparsely populated, so we can wait a bit to see if there’s any notable impacts. Otherwise we’ll have to merge it like Fina’s article. HurricaneZeta^C 15:34, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed with the above. Start by expanding the storm section first. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:44, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@OreoStar-fait @MAS0802 I’ve seen both of you reverting on the page about this for a while now, so starting this here. When do we think the timeline should be updated – midnight in Australia or midnight in UTC? HurricaneZeta^C 19:46, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Midnight UTC. There’s multiple timezones throughout Australia and the basin (as well as all other basins for that matter), so it makes more sense to use UTC. To put the “universal” in UTC, per se. OreoStar-fait (talk) 19:52, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think Australia is much better. If you see the previous season, they used Australia time as well. UTC time will make you so confusing because no whole page that use UTC time. I know the UTC time will make sense too but I follow the previous season. Thanks. MAS0802 02:20, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

And also the article was used the Australian time too. MAS0802 02:23, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Here’s the deals. If they all want to change to UTC time. I will follow it too. But the article should re-write again because some article is using Australian time as well. MAS0802 06:32, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Could you give the local time and then provide UTC in brackets afterwards?

How I would format it:

First timestamp for day: dd month at hh:mm (UTC [prev/next day if applicable] hh:mm)

Alternatively: dd month at hh:mm (UTC +x)

Following timestamps: exclude dd month Mitchsavl (talk) 07:18, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Local time: UTC +11 (Melbourne/Sydney/Canberra) MAS0802 09:44, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The systems so far have been in the Northern Territory (using Australian Central Standard Time UTC+9 1/2), Western Australia (Australia Western Standard Time UTC+8), and near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (UTC +6 1/2). See: Time in Australia

I would suggest using the local time of the closest Australian state/territory (or region of other country) that is being impacted, in conjunction with UTC. The exception would be where the official information is listed in the local time of a specific region, and is being directly quoted. Mitchsavl (talk) 03:12, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Which time did you pick actually? Feel so confusing to me. MAS0802 03:20, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@HurricaneZeta I know UTC standard time is more consistent but you see the previous year that article using local time. So I mean rules is a rules, I didn’t change anything. MAS0802 01:08, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I reverted myself because I don’t want to get involved in this, but I think UTC is better since it’s used for the NHEM basins (for consistency). HurricaneZeta^C 01:09, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I recently uploaded an image of the storm off the Queensland coast and added it to the article. I noticed that the image got removed, and so I will not re add it. The image shows the storm as a monsoonal low, before it reached tropical cyclone status, but at this point it still had 50 knot (category 2 equivalent) windspeed, as it does currently.

I sourced the image from the Japan Meteorological Agency, and checked to ensure it is free to use. The link I retrieved it from is here. Mitchsavl (talk) 07:55, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This cyclone will landfall, so perhaps we can make an article about it? *_*JX*_* (talk) 13:53, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

While it will landfall, it has not yet done so, and we do not know how severe the damage will be. The section on this article is small as it is, so there is no need to split any content off this article. The existing redirect from Cyclone Koji (2026) to the section of this article should suffice. Mitchsavl (talk) 15:35, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If last bulletin issued, that means it not longer active until it re-intensified or re-development. If it re-development, it back active. MAS0802 15:33, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all partners in Wikipedia,

What’s your opinion about this? (Southern Hemisphere)

If y’all make the decision, we will follow the decision that y’all make.

For me, UTC as it is universal. The local time could be mentioned in parenthesis as it changes with the location. For instance, there is 3 time zone in Australia and the Indian bassin cover much more. Pierre cb (talk) 04:47, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

UTC, of course. I don’t see a need to complicate it for these basins (having to look at multiple different timezones) when the NHEM already uses UTC. HurricaneZeta^C 14:54, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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