diff --git a/scripts/package-boundaries.json b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
index 276b9e0db..93bdcf7e1 100644
--- a/scripts/package-boundaries.json
+++ b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
@@ -1340,6 +1340,7 @@
       "src/app/layers/alprCameras.js",
       "src/app/layers/bikeshare.js",
       "src/app/layers/cctv.js",
+      "src/app/layers/cyclones.js",
       "src/app/layers/earthquakes.js",
       "src/app/layers/firms.js",
       "src/app/layers/flights.js",
@@ -2075,6 +2076,7 @@
       "src/app/layers/alprCameras.js",
       "src/app/layers/bikeshare.js",
       "src/app/layers/cctv.js",
+      "src/app/layers/cyclones.js",
       "src/app/layers/earthquakes.js",
       "src/app/layers/firms.js",
       "src/app/layers/flights.js",
diff --git a/src/app/constructCatalog.js b/src/app/constructCatalog.js
index 7ed03d0d2..0437e1749 100644
--- a/src/app/constructCatalog.js
+++ b/src/app/constructCatalog.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createWeatherClock } from '../layers/weather/clock.js';
 import { createWeatherLayer } from '../layers/weather/index.js';
-import { createCyclonesLayer } from '../layers/cyclones/index.js';
+import { createApplicationCyclones } from './layers/cyclones.js';
 import { createWindLayer } from '../layers/wind/index.js';
 import { createLayerCatalog } from './catalog.js';
 import { LAYER_STATE_REGISTRY } from '../data/layerState.js';
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export function createApplicationCatalog({
           id: 'weather-lightning',
           clock: weatherClock,
         }),
-        createCyclonesLayer({ feed: sources.cyclones }),
+        createApplicationCyclones({ feed: sources.cyclones }),
         ...createInfrastructureLayers(localGeoJsonServices),
         createApplicationCables({ source: sources.cables }),
         createApplicationFirms({
diff --git a/src/app/layers/cyclones.js b/src/app/layers/cyclones.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d671a11eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/layers/cyclones.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { createCyclonesLayer } from '../../layers/cyclones/index.js';
+import * as context from '../../data/contextStore.js';
+
+/** Wire cyclone selection into the application shared-context owner. */
+export function createApplicationCyclones(options) {
+  const browserContext = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? { context } : {};
+  return createCyclonesLayer({
+    ...browserContext,
+    ...options,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/layers/cyclones/index.js b/src/layers/cyclones/index.js
index 666614176..2738bebe0 100644
--- a/src/layers/cyclones/index.js
+++ b/src/layers/cyclones/index.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export function createCyclonesLayer({
   feed,
   hitTestOverlay = hitTestWorldOverlay,
   overlayHost,
+  context = null,
   cesium = Cesium,
   createRendering = createCycloneRendering,
   matchMedia = globalThis.matchMedia?.bind(globalThis),
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ export function createCyclonesLayer({
     selectedId = null,
     selectionIntent = 'auto',
     navigationGeneration = 0,
+    selectedContextStormId = null,
+    selectedContextEntity = null,
     clickHandler = null,
     removeClickCapture = null;
   let enabled = false,
@@ -62,6 +65,46 @@ export function createCyclonesLayer({
   const notify = () => listener?.();
   const selected = () =>
     snapshot?.storms.find((storm) => storm.id === selectedId) || null;
+
+  function clearSelectedContext() {
+    context?.removeEntityContextsForLayer?.('weather-cyclones');
+    selectedContextStormId = null;
+    selectedContextEntity = null;
+  }
+
+  function publishSelectedContext({ announce = false } = {}) {
+    const storm = selected();
+    if (!storm || !context) {
+      if (!storm) clearSelectedContext();
+      return null;
+    }
+    selectedContextEntity ||= { show: true };
+    const record = context.registerEntityContext?.(selectedContextEntity, {
+      id: `cyclone:${storm.id}`,
+      layerId: 'weather-cyclones',
+      layerName: 'Cyclone advisories',
+      source: 'NOAA NHC / CPHC',
+      label: `Cyclone · ${storm.name}`,
+      latitude: storm.position.latitude,
+      longitude: storm.position.longitude,
+      properties: {
+        classification: storm.classification,
+        basin: storm.basin,
+        advisoryNumber: storm.advisoryNumber,
+        issuedAt: storm.issuedAt,
+        positionAt: storm.positionAt,
+        windKt: storm.windKt,
+        pressureHpa: storm.pressureHpa,
+        movement: storm.movement,
+        advisoryUrl: storm.advisoryUrl,
+      },
+    });
+    if (!record) return null;
+    selectedContextStormId = storm.id;
+    if (announce) context.selectEntityContext?.(selectedContextEntity);
+    return record;
+  }
+
   function select(id) {
     if (selectedId !== id) ++navigationGeneration;
     selectedId = id;
@@ -206,6 +249,7 @@ export function createCyclonesLayer({
       selectedId = null;
       selectionIntent = 'auto';
       ++navigationGeneration;
+      clearSelectedContext();
       rendering?.clear();
     },
     async update(_viewer, { signal } = {}) {
@@ -229,6 +273,7 @@ export function createCyclonesLayer({
           snapshot = next;
           selectedId = null;
           ++navigationGeneration;
+          clearSelectedContext();
           error = next.reason || 'Cyclone advisories unavailable';
           return true;
         }
@@ -251,6 +296,10 @@ export function createCyclonesLayer({
               : snapshot.storms[0]?.id || null,
           );
         else rendering.setSelection(selectedId);
+        if (selectedContextStormId) {
+          if (selectedId === selectedContextStormId) publishSelectedContext();
+          else clearSelectedContext();
+        }
         return true;
       } catch (cause) {
         if (controller.signal.aborted || request !== controller) return false;
@@ -260,6 +309,7 @@ export function createCyclonesLayer({
         snapshot = null;
         selectedId = null;
         ++navigationGeneration;
+        clearSelectedContext();
         return true;
       } finally {
         signal?.removeEventListener('abort', abort);
@@ -275,6 +325,7 @@ export function createCyclonesLayer({
       if (params.clear === true || params.stormId === null) {
         selectionIntent = 'cleared';
         select(null);
+        clearSelectedContext();
         notify();
       } else if (
         typeof params.stormId === 'string' &&
@@ -282,6 +333,7 @@ export function createCyclonesLayer({
       ) {
         selectionIntent = 'user';
         select(params.stormId);
+        publishSelectedContext({ announce: true });
         notify();
       }
       const storm = selected();
diff --git a/src/layers/cyclones/index.test.mjs b/src/layers/cyclones/index.test.mjs
index 4127871f4..7d796bef7 100644
--- a/src/layers/cyclones/index.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/cyclones/index.test.mjs
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ test('a click on a storm card or lead-hour label selects that storm without pick
 });
 function harness(
   feed = { getSnapshot: async () => snapshot() },
-  { reducedMotion = false } = {},
+  { reducedMotion = false, context = null } = {},
 ) {
   const applied = [],
     navigation = [],
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ function harness(
   };
   const layer = createCyclonesLayer({
     feed,
+    context,
     createRendering: () => rendering,
     matchMedia: () => ({ matches: reducedMotion }),
     openLink: (url) => opened.push(url),
@@ -401,6 +402,75 @@ function harness(
     },
   };
 }
+test('explicit cyclone selection publishes shared context without auto-claiming it', async () => {
+  let next = snapshot([storm(), storm('ep162026')]);
+  const records = new Map();
+  let selectedContext = null;
+  let selectedEvents = 0;
+  const context = {
+    registerEntityContext(entity, metadata) {
+      entity.__gevContextId = metadata.id;
+      const record = { ...metadata, entity };
+      records.set(metadata.id, record);
+      return record;
+    },
+    selectEntityContext(entity) {
+      selectedContext = records.get(entity.__gevContextId) || null;
+      selectedEvents += 1;
+      return selectedContext;
+    },
+    removeEntityContextsForLayer(layerId) {
+      for (const [id, record] of records) {
+        if (record.layerId === layerId) records.delete(id);
+      }
+      if (selectedContext?.layerId === layerId) selectedContext = null;
+    },
+  };
+  const h = harness({ getSnapshot: async () => next }, { context });
+  h.layer.enable();
+  await h.layer.update();
+
+  assert.equal(
+    selectedEvents,
+    0,
+    'the automatic first-storm row selection must not claim shared context',
+  );
+  assert.equal(records.size, 0);
+
+  h.layer.setParams({ stormId: 'ep162026' });
+  assert.equal(selectedEvents, 1);
+  assert.equal(selectedContext?.layerId, 'weather-cyclones');
+  assert.equal(selectedContext?.source, 'NOAA NHC / CPHC');
+  assert.equal(selectedContext?.label, 'Cyclone · Another system');
+  assert.equal(selectedContext?.latitude, 15.5);
+  assert.equal(selectedContext?.longitude, -125.8);
+  assert.equal(selectedContext?.properties.advisoryNumber, '10');
+
+  await h.layer.update();
+  assert.equal(
+    selectedEvents,
+    1,
+    'refresh updates the selected record without re-announcing the click',
+  );
+
+  next = snapshot([storm()]);
+  await h.layer.update();
+  assert.equal(
+    selectedContext,
+    null,
+    'a vanished user-selected storm must clear instead of transferring context to the fallback row',
+  );
+  assert.equal(records.size, 0);
+
+  h.layer.setParams({ stormId: 'ep152026' });
+  assert.equal(selectedEvents, 2);
+  h.layer.setParams({ clear: true });
+  assert.equal(selectedContext, null);
+  assert.equal(records.size, 0);
+
+  h.layer.destroy();
+});
+
 test('refresh preserves selection intent, including explicit clears and missing storms', async () => {
   let next = snapshot([storm(), storm('ep162026')]);
   const h = harness({ getSnapshot: async () => next });