Editing Subtropical cyclone (section)

==Australian east coast lows==
{{Main|Australian east coast low}}
[[File:ECL25_06_13.jpg|thumb|An Australian east coast low in June 2013]]
Australian east coast lows (known locally as east coast lows and sometimes as east coast cyclones<ref name="Leslie" >{{cite journal|last=Leslie|first=Lance M.|author2=Speer, Milton S. |title=Short-Range Ensemble Forecasting of Explosive Australian East Coast Cyclogenesis|journal=Weather and Forecasting|year=1998|volume=13|issue=3|pages=822–832|doi=10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0822:SREFOE>2.0.CO;2|bibcode = 1998WtFor..13..822L |doi-access=free}}</ref>) are [[extratropical cyclone]]s,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dowdy|first=Andrew J.|author2=Graham A. Mills |author3=Bertrand Timbal |author4=Yang Wang |title=Changes in the Risk of Extratropical Cyclones in Eastern Australia|journal=Journal of Climate|date=February 2013|volume=26|issue=4|pages=1403–1417|doi=10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00192.1|bibcode=2013JCli...26.1403D|doi-access=free}}</ref> the most intense of these systems have many of the characteristics of subtropical cyclones.<ref name="Dowdy11">{{cite book|last=Dowdy|first=Andrew J.|title=CAWCR technical report; 37|year=2011|publisher=CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology|isbn=978-1-921826-36-8|chapter-url=http://www.cawcr.gov.au/publications/technicalreports/CTR_037.pdf|author2=Graham A. Mills|author3=Bertrand Timbal|editor=Day K. A.|access-date=7 April 2013|chapter=Large-scale indicators of Australian East Coast Lows and associated extreme weather events|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411044703/http://cawcr.gov.au/publications/technicalreports/CTR_037.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2013}}</ref> They develop between 25° south and 40° south and within 5° of the Australian coastline,<ref name="Leslie" /> also typically during the winter months.<ref name="Holland" >{{cite journal|last=Holland|first=Greg J.|author2=Lynch, Amanda H. |author3=Leslie, Lance M. |title=Australian East-Coast Cyclones. Part I: Synoptic Overview and Case Study|journal=Monthly Weather Review|year=1987|volume=115|issue=12|pages=3024–3036|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1987)115<3024:AECCPI>2.0.CO;2|bibcode = 1987MWRv..115.3024H |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Lim">{{cite journal|last=Lim |first=Eun-Pa |author2=Simmonds, Ian |title=Explosive Cyclone Development in the Southern Hemisphere and a Comparison with Northern Hemisphere Events |journal=Monthly Weather Review |year=2002 |volume=130 |issue=9 |pages=2188–2209 |doi=10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2188:ECDITS>2.0.CO;2 |bibcode=2002MWRv..130.2188L |doi-access=free }}</ref> Each year there are about ten "significant impact" maritime lows.<ref name="BOMECL" >{{cite web|title=About East Coast Lows|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/sevwx/facts/ecl.shtml|publisher=Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=6 April 2013|archive-date=2 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402033212/http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/sevwx/facts/ecl.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bomb (meteorology)|Explosive cyclogenesis]] is seen on average just once per year, but these storms cause significant wind and flood damage when they occur.<ref name="Holland" /> Australian east coast cyclones vary in size from [[Mesoscale meteorology|mesoscale]] (approximately 10&nbsp;km to 100&nbsp;km) to [[Synoptic meteorology|synoptic scale]] (approximately 100&nbsp;km to 1,000&nbsp;km).<ref name="GuyCarp" >{{cite web|title=Australian East Coast Storm 2007: Impact of East Coast Lows|url=http://www.guycarp.com/portal/extranet/insights/reportsPDF/2007/Australian%20East%20Coast%20Storm%20Report%202007.pdf;JSESSIONIDGCPORTALWCPORTALAPP=SnxFRhyT61F516ykRxppJk2fpTnb44CVvrBLN6Phh36jhlJ38vpj!2079543398?vid=1|publisher=Guy Carpenter|access-date=7 April 2013|date=October 2007|archive-date=28 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128104153/https://www.guycarp.com/insights.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hopkins" >{{cite journal|last=Hopkins|first=Linda C.|author2=Holland, Greg J. |title=Australian Heavy-Rain Days and Associated East Coast Cyclones: 1958–92|journal=Journal of Climate|year=1997|volume=10|issue=4|pages=621–635|doi=10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0621:AHRDAA>2.0.CO;2|bibcode = 1997JCli...10..621H |doi-access=free}}</ref> These storms which mostly affect the southeast coast should not be confused with [[Australian region tropical cyclone climatology|Australian region tropical cyclones]] which typically affect the northern half of the continent instead.