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Pacific Cyclone and Tsunami Central (PCTC) provides secondary information for Pacific tsunamis and hurricanes. PCTC is also a non-profit organisation. Hurricane/typhoon and tsunami information is provided for all Pacific areas, north and south of the equator, east and west of 180º. -> Information will be posted on cyclones in the Atlantic basin if it has the potential to move into the Pacific or if the cyclone is impacting metric nations in the Caribbean. -> Information will be posted on cyclone and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean if there is a threat to coastline of Australia. Information for tsunamis is based off the NWS Tsunami Centre (NTWC and PTWC) Information for hurricanes is based off the NWS National Hurricane Center, Japan Meteorological Agency, RSMC Nadi and RSMC Brisbane tropical cyclone information. NOTICES: * Despite being an American page, all updates/forecasts are in metric, even for events impacting American interests. Very rarely you will see: Miles per hour, miles, inches of mercury for pressure, wave height in inches and Fahrenheit. 99% of forecasts/updates are in kilometres, kilometres per hour, millibars (sometimes kilopascals/kPa), metres for wave height, and Celsius; and for hurricanes - knots and nautical miles may be used. km/h to mph: MPH = (km/h) ÷ 1.6 * Unless otherwise stated, all times are in Pacific (UTC -7 during the summer; UTC -8 during the winter).
EXPERIMENTAL TRANSLATE FEATURE: Anything posted to the Pacific Cyclone and Tsunami Central page is generally posted in English. As a courtesy for those who understand little to no English, the PCTC is experimenting with an auto-translate feature that allows us to translate our posts into other languages. Translations may not be 100% accurate, so for the best and most accurate information, please refer to the original English post, which can be accessed by either changing language settings to English, or directly messaging the PCTC for an English translation.
Due to time constraints, we are unable to translate for every single language out there. As a result, we have established a criteria as to which bulletins/updates receive which translations, based on basin (Northeast Pacific, Northwest Pacific, South Pacific). The criteria is as follows: -> If a storm is impacting a nation where English, Spanish or Filipino are not official and/or spoken, translations will be provided. -> For any given event, anyone may request a translation for any language, provided that Facebook’s auto-translate feature has that particular language. If you wish to request a translation, please send a direct message to the Pacific Cyclone and Tsunami Central with the event you’d like us to provide translations for (i.e. an ongoing cyclone or tsunami event), and the language(s) you’d like us to provide translations for. When requesting, keep in mind your request will be honoured until the event is over (cyclone dissipates or tsunami threat is ended). However, if we receive requests for the same event (i.e. several people request us to provide a translation for a particular language during the same ongoing event), we may add the request to the defaults listed below. Defaults: Translations will be provided for the languages listed below by default. --> Spanish translations are provided regardless of basin. --> Filipino translations are provided for anything posted for the Northwest Pacific basin. --> If a storm is expected to impact Japan, a Japanese translation will be provided. --> If a storm is expected to impact China or Taiwan, a Chinese (simplified) translation will be provided. --> If a storm is expected to impact the Korean Peninsula, a Korean translation will be provided. (More languages will be listed as needed)
Once again, everything is experimental. The PCTC does reserve the right to cut off translations at anytime, although we will provide advanced notice. We will not invoke the right unless something goes seriously wrong. In extremely urgent events, we may not provide translations as to get the information disseminated in a quicker manner.
