Talk:Timeline of the 2007 Pacific typhoon season

JTWC times
I'm thinking that we should use operational JTWC times in all cases. JTWC warnings are three hours behind operational (like the NHC). However in the Atl and EPac we use actual warning times until the TCRs come out then change to operational six-hour best-track. Thoughts on a middle ground? – Chacor 01:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Agree, because it's simply more practical to use operational times all the way through. Even though the warnings are released at a certain time, the information is for 3 hours before. -  SpL o T  // 02:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thing is, it could very well be upgraded, at say 1 hour before release (two hours after operational). – Chacor 02:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Officialness and UTC Time
Is it fair to say JTWC is unofficial for the U.S. military? All national agencies and JTWC (for the U.S.) are official within their countries. In addition, the JTWC also has civilian responsibility--Micronesia--which is not mentioned in the text.

Does it make any sense to use 12-hour clocks for UTC? If it isn't local time, a 24-hour clock (0000, 0600, etc.) is only appropriate. HkCaGu 22:14, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, NWS WFO Guam has responsibility for Micronesia, not the JTWC. As for "unofficial advisories" I'd say that's a wording issue - its advisories, while indeed official for US Military, are unofficial in a broad sense for the region (although they still are used widely by many news outlets). As for UTC time, it doesn't make a difference either way as long as it gets the meaning across. – Chacor 01:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * But JTWC makes the track forecast, which is used by NWS Guam. (Just like the US military uses NWS NHC/CPHC forecast tracks.) So JTWC is the designated "official US (and RMI/FSM/RoP) forecast" under NHOP. As to UTC, any operational meteorologist (or of any other profession that use UTC) can tell you that UTC is never used with AM/PM because it is meaningless (in terms of morning, afternoon, evening, which is what AM/PM implies). HkCaGu 15:32, 2 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The UTC issue still makes no difference to me, but if you feel strongly about it, fix it. -  SpL o T  // 16:19, 2 September 2007 (UTC)