User talk:Juan andrés
Hi. So, what you think? Simply write everything you have to say me, and don't worry about what you write and of course feel free to edit my mistakes. Trying to helping you: juan andrés 00:50, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Not busy anymore, only school; but I can answer swiftly and have more time. Thanks for your patience juan andrés 05:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Welcome!
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About doing tables
[edit]I am having trouble with tables...juan andrés 02:48, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi! and welcome to wikipedia, I read your Hurricane Mitch article in spanish, it's very complete :).Sarah sofía
I think it needs more information like the ACE, etc. juan andrés 22:52, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
About tropical cyclones project
[edit]Welcome to the Wikiproject: Tropical Cyclones!
[edit]From one member to another, I welcome you the Tropical Cyclone project. I see you have made some edits to some hurricane pages, and hope you can help in any way possible to the project. There are many different mini-projects going on right now, such as Season archives (adding more details to old seasons), Storm articles (Adding more information to tropical cyclone articles), or just helping out in general to wherever you see fit. If you have any questions, feel free to ask anywhere, from your own talk page to mine to the headquarters of the project located here. Have fun helping, and see you around. Hurricanehink 00:41, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Sign your comments
[edit]Remember to sign your comments. Jdorje 21:16, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
button bars
[edit]The button bars need to go in their own templates, like {{2005 Atlantic hurricane season buttons}}. Otherwise they are not useful since they can't be easily placed on each article. Jdorje 03:41, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- Go to {{1994 Atlantic hurricane season buttons}}, edit it to be what you want, then add it to the articles. Just like the 2005 articles do. Also, sign your messages! Jdorje 03:50, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- Nicely done. Now for my next question: are the button bars actually a good thing? Jdorje 04:11, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
You tagged it {{PD-self}}. However, you did not create this work, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration did. Please use {{PD-USGov-NOAA}} for these in the future. NSLE (T+C) 04:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
- When uploading, don't select a license, instead type {{PD-USGov-NOAA}} in a new line after your description. NSLE (T+C) 04:26, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Not sure who to talk to about this...
[edit]Well, it seems like Jdorje and E. Brown are gone. It seems now that you are one of the big 5 contributors to the tropical cyclone project (congrats!). Have a little question. In case you didn't know, a user named Weatherman90 has added links to numerous hurricane articles. Rather than getting a lot of people involved, I thought I'd ask you. Should the website he posted called the Hurricane Hut be allowed to stay? It seems unofficial, and much of the information wasn't used anywhere. Should the link he added (likely his website) be allowed to stay? Hurricanehink 17:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- Ok about the website. When I said that, I figured they were vacationing from the internet. E. Brown is back now, though. Hurricanehink 00:48, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
My RFA
[edit]![]() | Thanks for participating in my RfA. It passed with a final tally of 98/13/10, just two short of making WP:100. If you need my help with anything, don't hesitate to ask. |
Naconkantari e|t||c|m 23:25, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Barnstar
[edit]Thanks! No problem about the picture, and I assume you meant the Random Acts of Kindness star located here. I'm not sure what I did to deserve it, but I thank you and appreciate the kind words. I'm sure with time, you'll be getting plenty of awards, based on your already great works. Hurricanehink 02:09, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
- LOL, thanks :) Hurricanehink 02:20, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Summaries
[edit]When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labelled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:
The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.
When you leave the edit summary blank, some of your edits could be mistaken for vandalism and may be reverted, so please always briefly summarize your edits, especially when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you.
--Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:00, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Since your user page indicates that you can read and write speak Spanish, I would like to ask you for help. Could you please look for Spanish language information on Hurricane Joan and use it to expand the Joan article? Thank you. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 23:26, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
- Also, if you use it as a source, please be sure to cite it with a reference. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 23:29, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Cool, glad you could use them. Hurricanehink 01:15, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Response to "What Should I Expand?"
[edit]Impact needs to be expanded the most. Or aftermath. Today, I found out about a UN GA resolution about Joan. But the impact section needs to be expanded the most. Thanks for your help again. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 23:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Response to "...do I have to synthesize the information too?"
[edit]You can add as much information as you like. I changed all death toll totals to include only confirmed totals, as you suggested on Talk:Hurricane Joan. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 19:48, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Re: Picture
[edit]Great find! It's fine to be uploaded, as NASA is a sector of the US Government. Just use
![]() ![]() | This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy)
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under liscensing. Hurricanehink 02:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
- No problem. :) Hurricanehink 02:24, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Awesome! Feel free to add that whole thing in the Jose article. The sad part is there's probably not one English site that has any of that, so here's to filling the language gap. Hurricanehink 13:19, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I understand without spoiling it. All you have to do is rewrite that in an encyclopedic style, and work in some statistics from the NHC report. Hurricanehink 02:51, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Good copyedit. If possible, could you work some of the rainfall totals mentioned in the NHC report? They are located under the meteoroligical statistics section. For copyediting, yea, you could ask Jdorje, or anyone else around. Hurricanehink 11:42, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I meant on the damage the article said 500 million pesos damage in Veracruz and 350 million to highway infrastructure. Does that mean that 350 of the 500 million damage was to the roads? --Nilfanion 09:57, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Hurricane Beta
[edit]Quick question. Does this news article say that the hurricane caused 30 million lempiras in damage, or not? I'm trying to find a damage total for Beta, and it's pretty hard. Hurricanehink 23:07, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, and damn. Damage totals are hard to find! Any suggestions on what terms I should google? I tried "Huracan Beta" and "daños", and only find actual damage. Hurricanehink 23:23, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Cool, and good luck. I have just observed from experience that English sites typically suck for Hispanic tropical cyclones, especially in terms of damage totals. Plus, sources in Spanish are direct sources. English sources had to be translated first, and are potentially less accurate. Hurricanehink 23:35, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Very quick question
[edit]I am interested in the damage total for Hurricane Pauline. This site says the hurricane caused more than 80,000 millones de pesos. What is the equivalent of that in USD? I used this online converter site and got a total of $10 billion, though that sounds a little high. Thanks in advance. Hurricanehink 02:14, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
- That sounds about right, thanks. I'll add it in the article. Hurricanehink 00:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
- I have no idea about the season article. The four FA's I've helped on were storm articles. Maybe you should kep asking around. Sorry... Hurricanehink 00:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Sorry to bother again, but could you tell me what "Total de recursos" means in this site? According to my translator, it means total resources, but that doesn't make much sense in terms of money. Mainly, my question is does the site give a damage total for Hurricane Carlotta? Hurricanehink (talk) 22:21, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- Don't worry, school should come first. Thanks for the response, though. Hurricanehink (talk) 11:38, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Article formatting
[edit]Dear Tropical cyclone editor,
As a member of the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject, you are receiving this message to describe how you can better tropical cyclone articles. There are hundreds of tropical cyclone articles, though many of them are poorly organized and lacking in information. Using the existing featured articles as a guide line, here is the basic format for the ideal tropical cyclone article.
- Infobox- Whenever possible, the infobox should have a picture for the tropical cyclone. The picture can be any uploaded picture about the storm, though ideally it should be a satellite shot of the system. If that is not available, damage pictures, either during the storm or after the storm, are suitable. In the area that says Formed, indicate the date on which the storm first developed into a tropical depression. In the area that says Dissipated, indicate the date on which the storm lost its tropical characteristics. This includes when the storm became extratropical, or if it dissipated. If the storm dissipated and reformed, include the original start date and the final end date. Highest winds should be the local unit of measurement for speed (mph in non-metric countries, km/h in metric countries), with the other unit in parenthesis. The lowest pressure should be in mbars. Damages should, when available, be in the year of impact, then the present year. The unit of currency can be at your discretion, though typically it should be in USD. Fatalities indicate direct deaths first, then indirect deaths. Areas affected should only be major areas of impact. Specific islands or cities should only be mentioned if majority of the cyclone's effects occurred there.
- Intro- The intro for every article should be, at a minimum, 2 paragraphs. For more impacting hurricanes, it should be 3. The first should describe the storm in general, including a link to the seasonal article, its number in the season, and other statistics. The second should include a brief storm history, while the third should be impact.
- Storm history- The storm history should be a decent length, relatively proportional to the longevity of the storm. Generally speaking, the first paragraph should be the origins of the storm, leading to the system reaching tropical storm status. The second should be the storm reaching its peak. The third should be post-peak until landfall and dissipation. This section is very flexible, depending on meteorological conditions, but it should generally be around 3. Storm histories can be longer than three paragraphs, though they should be less than five. Anything more becomes excessive. Remember, all storm impacts, preparations, and records can go elsewhere. Additional pictures are useful here. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its peak, use a landfall picture in the storm history. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its landfall, use the peak. If the landfall is its peak, use a secondary peak, or even a random point in the storm's history.
- Preparations- The preparations section can be any length, depending on the amount of preparations taken by people for the storm. Hurricane watches and warnings need to be mentioned here, as well as the number of people evacuated from the coast. Include numbers of shelters, and other info you can find on how people prepared for the storm.
- Impact- For landfalling storms, the impact section should be the majority of the article. First, if the storm caused deaths in multiple areas, a death table would work well in the top level impact section. A paragraph of the general effects of the storm is also needed. After the intro paragraph, impact should be broken up by each major area. It depends on the information, but sections should be at least one paragraph, if not more. In the major impact areas, the first paragraph should be devoted to meteorological statistics, including rainfall totals, peak wind gusts on land, storm surge, wave heights, beach erosion, and tornadoes. The second should be actual damage. Possible additional paragraphs could be detailed information on crop damage or specifics. Death and damage tolls should be at the end. Pictures are needed, as well. Ideally, there would be at least one picture for each sub-section in the impact, though this sometimes can't happen. For storms that impact the United States or United States territories, this site can be used for rainfall data, including an image of rainfall totals.
- Aftermath- The aftermath section should describe foreign aid, national aid, reconstruction, short-term and long-term environmental effects, and disease. Also, the storm's retirement information, whether it happened or not, should be mentioned here.
- Records- This is optional, but can't hurt to be included.
- Other- The ideal article should have inline sourcing, with the {{cite web}} formatting being preferable. Always double check your writing and make sure it makes sense.
Good luck with future writing, and if you have a question about the above, don't hesitate to ask.
Hurricanehink (talk) 19:57, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #1
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary of the activities of the WikiProject over the past month and upcoming events over the next month. In addition monthly tropical cyclone activity will be summarized.
You have received this as you are a member of the WikiProject, please add your username in the appropriate section on the mailing list. If you do not add your name to that list, the WikiProject will assume you do not wish to receive future versions of The Hurricane Herald. Sorry if the newsletter breaks your talk page formatting.
Storm of the month
![Typhoon Chanchu near its peak intensity](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Chanchu_2006-05-17_0315Z_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Chanchu_2006-05-17_0315Z_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Tropical Storm Aletta existed in the eastern Pacific Ocean from May 25 to May 29, peaking as a 45 mph tropical storm.
New and improved articles
- New storm articles include: Typhoon Joan (1970), Hurricane Bonnie (1986), Tropical Storm Matthew (2004), Storm of October 1804, Typhoon Chanchu (2006) and Cyclone Olaf.
- New non-storm articles include: Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology, Dvorak technique and List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones.
- New Featured articles: 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Irene (2005) and Hurricane Claudette (2003)
- Articles which became A/GA class: Hurricane Katrina (A), Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans (A), Hurricane Felix (1995) (GA), Cyclone Percy (A), Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 (A), List of New Jersey hurricanes (A), Hurricane John (1994) (A), Tropical Storm Isabel (1985) (GA), Tropical Storm Odette (2003) (GA)
New articles and improvements wanted
- An article is requested on subtropical ridge
- The current collaboration of the fortnight is Hurricane Gilbert, please help improve this article.
- Improvements are requested to Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Andrew.
- The WikiProject is likely to submit Hurricane John (1994) and Hurricane Katrina to Featured Article Candidates in the near future, so please help improve them to featured standard.
Member of the month
![This isn't the generic barnstar, we just don't have a WPTC star yet…](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Original_Barnstar.png/50px-Original_Barnstar.png)
The May member of the month is TitoXD. The WikiProject awards this to him for his brilliant work in improving articles. TitoXD joined the WikiProject in October just after it had been founded. Since then he has contributed substantially to many articles, for example Hurricane Nora (1997), which is currently a Featured Article Candidate. He is also actively involved in the assessment of articles and so helps to improve many more articles.
Explanation of content
If you have a topic which is not directly related to any specific article but is relevant to the WikiProject bring it up on the Newsletters talk page, and it will probably be included in a future edition of The Hurricane Herald.
These two sections are decided by the community on the newsletter's talk page:
- Storm of the month: This is determined by a straw poll on the page. While all storms will be mentioned on the newsletter, the selected storm will be described in more detail.
- Member of the month: Nominations are made on the talk page, voting is by secret ballot; read the talk page for details. The winner receives the WikiProject's barnstar (when we make it).
Main Page content
- 2005 Atlantic hurricane season appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 1.
- Hurricane Floyd will appear on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 17.
- Entries from Dvorak technique, Typhoon Joan (1970), Typhoon Chanchu (2006), and Storm of October 1804 appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during May.
- Entries from 5 other articles relating to tropical cyclones had appeared in the Did you know column earlier in 2006.
Storm article statistics
Grade | April | May | June |
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![]() | 7 | 7 | 10 |
![]() | 4 | 5 | 7 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 5 |
B | 62 | 66 | 82 |
Start | 154 | 177 | 168 |
Stub | 13 | 12 | 10 |
Total | 240 | 263 | 282 |
percentage ≥Less than B | 69.6 | 71.6 | 63.1 |
The assessment scale
- The cyclone assessment scale is one of the bases of the new assessment scale for Version 1.0 of Wikipedia. It splits articles into several categories by quality, to identify which articles are "finished" and which ones still need to be improved.
- The assessment scale by itself counts of several grades:
- FA: reserved for articles that have been identified as featured content only.
- A: this grade is given to articles that are considered ready for Wikipedia:peer review. The way to get this grade assigned to an article is by asking other cyclone editors at the WikiProject's assessment page.
- GA: reserved for articles that have passed a good article nomination.
- B: these articles are "halfway there", and have most of the details of a complete article, yet it still has significant gaps in its coverage.
- Start: articles that fall in this category have a decent amount of content, yet it is weak in many areas. Be bold and feel free to improve them!
- Stub: these articles are mostly placeholders, and may in some cases be useless for the reader. It needs a lot of work to be brought to A-Class level.
- The way to use these assessments is by adding a parameter to the WikiProject template on the articles talk page ({{hurricane|class=B}} as an example). This feeds the article into a category which is read and parsed to create an assessment table, summary and log.
Re: Wilma
[edit]Wilma could definetly use some help, all around. Some places are too long, and some are too short. If you are going to do that, good luck to you. Hurricanehink (talk) 02:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
- First, the storm history should be shortened a lot. That should be mainly from the TCR. Most record-breaking stuff could go in a records section. For the preparations, you should just google it and hopefully get lucky. For impact, I suggest the same thing. You'd be surprised what you find. I know that sounds stupid, but that's how I wrote most of Floyd, Iniki, Mitch, Gloria, and Claudette. Oh yea, everything needs to be sourced. If you want some overall useful links, you should check here. Hurricanehink (talk) 03:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #2
[edit]The July issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:44, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #3
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.
Storm of the month
Other tropical cyclone activity
There were 10 other tropical cyclones worldwide in July, with activity in all 4 northern hemisphere basins.
- In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall on Nantucket on July 21 before bringing rain to Atlantic Canada.
- In the East Pacific, Hurricane Bud was a Category 3 hurricane that formed on July 10 and dissipated on July 15.
- Hurricane Carlotta twice became a minimal hurricane before degenerating into a remnant low on July 16.
- Hurricane Daniel reached Category 4 strength and was predicted to make landfall in Hawaii before it dissipated on July 26.
- Tropical Storm Emilia brought tropical storm-force winds to southern Baja California on July 26 and was forecast to become a hurricane but this did not occur.
- Tropical Storm Fabio formed late on July 31 but did not last long in the face of strong shear.
- In the West Pacific,Typhoon Ewiniar (Ester) formed on June 29 to the east of the Philippines, it reached Category 4 strength before making landfall in South Korea on July 10 as a tropical storm. It killed at least 36 people.
- Typhoon Kaemi (Glenda) formed on July 2 and passed over Taiwan before dissipating over mainland China on July 26. It brought heavy rain to Taiwan and the Philippines and killed at least 32 people in China.
- Typhoon Prapiroon (Henry) formed on July 28 but did not reach tropical storm strength until August.
- In the North Indian Ocean, Tropical Storm 03B formed on June 30 near the east Indian coast before making landfall on the Orissa coast on July 2.
Main Page content
- Entries from 3 articles: Tropical Storm Bilis (2006), National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region and List of South America tropical cyclones appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during July.
New articles and improvements wanted
- New articles are wanted for Fiji Meteorological Service and Papua New Guinea National Weather Service.
- While the individual storm articles are generally quite good, the project's core articles are quite poor. Please help improve tropical cyclone and its subpages.
- Cyclone Tracy has recently had featured status removed, please help improve this article back up to FA standards again.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The July member of the month is Hurricanehink. The WikiProject awards this to him for the superb quality of his work on articles. Hurricanehink joined the project in November and has significantly contributed to many of the project's Featured Articles including Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricane Mitch. In addition to his contributions Hurricanehink also works on the assessment and improvement of most articles within the project.
New and improved articles
- New storm articles include: Typhoon Aere (2004), Cyclone Vance, Hurricane Karl (2004) and 1916 Texas Hurricane.
- New non-storm articles include: List of Canadian hurricanes and National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region.
- New Featured articles: Tropical Storm Allison, Hurricane Esther (1961), Hurricane Irene (1999). Also, List of South America tropical cyclones became a Featured list.
- Articles which became A/GA class include: Tropical Storm Henri (2003) (A), Typhoon Vamei (GA), Cyclone Rosita (GA), Tropical Storm Harvey (2005) (GA) and Storm of October 1804 (GA).
Storm article statistics
Grade | May | June | July | August |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 |
![]() | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 5 | 18 | 24 |
B | 66 | 82 | 79 | 77 |
Start | 177 | 168 | 180 | 191 |
Stub | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Total | 263 | 282 | 303 | 322 |
percentage ≥Less than B | 71.6 | 63.1 | 62.0 | 61.8 |
Useful sources of tropical cyclone information
The following organizations provide helpful information for writing about tropical cyclones, both past and present.
- National Hurricane Center - Official forecasts for the Atlantic and East Pacific and a massive archive starting in 1958.
- Central Pacific Hurricane Center - Official forecasts for the Central Pacific and summaries of past storms.
- Joint Typhoon Warning Center - Unoffical forecasts for storms in the West Pacific and other regions. Has an archive of storm reports back to 1959.
- Japan Meteorological Agency - Official forecasts for the West Pacific.
- Naval Research Laboratory - A great source for satellite imagery of tropical cyclones.
- Hydrometeorological Prediction Center - Forecasts of weakening tropical cyclones in the United States and information and maps of rainfall in the US.
- National Climatic Data Center - Lots of information is available here, including satellite imagery. The Storm events archive is very useful for information on storms in the US and its territories.
In his April Tropical Cyclone Summary, Gary Padgett stated that he will extensively reference Wikipedia in his future summaries. I have communicated with him and he has stated that he is "very much interested in cooperating" with us. He has also provided me with a copy of Jack Beven's weekly summaries (covering 1991-1996). If you want a copy of them, email me.--Nilfanion (talk)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #4
[edit]Number 3, September 3, 2006
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. The WikiProject now has its own IRC channel.
Storm of the month
![Typhoon Saomai nearing its landfall in China](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Saomai_2006-08-10_0505Z_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Saomai_2006-08-10_0505Z_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Typhoon Saomai (known as Typhoon Juan to PAGASA) claimed at least 441 lives and caused over $1.5 billion in damage. After forming on August 4 near Chuuk, the storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Marianas, the Philippines, Taiwan and southeastern China. It started to intensify, and reached its official peak with winds of 95 knots (175 km/h, 110 mph) on August 9. The JTWC reported that it peaked as a Category 5 super typhoon the same day, a strength Chinese forecasters described as the most powerful to hit China in 50 years. Saomai maintained that strength until landfall on August 10 and dissipated inland the next day.
Other tropical cyclone activity
There were 16 other tropical cyclones during August, in the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Chris moved to the north of Puerto Rico before dissipating on August 5 near Cuba.
- Tropical Storm Debby formed near the Cape Verde islands on August 21 but had no effects on land.
- Hurricane Ernesto formed in the Caribbean on August 24 and affected Haiti and Cuba, before making landfalls in Florida and South Carolina. It killed at least 5 people.
- In the east Pacific, Tropical Storm Fabio dissipated on August 3 well away from land.
- Tropical Storm Gilma formed on August 1 and lasted for two days before dissipating.
- Hurricane Hector reached its peak as a Category 2 hurricane on August 18 well away from land.
- Hurricane Ileana became the second major hurricane of the east Pacific season when it reached Category 3 intensity on August 23.
- Hurricane John formed near to Mexico on August 28 and to the northwest near the coast. It prompted a series of warnings from Michoacán to Baja California Sur, where it made landfall in September.
- Hurricane Kristy was briefly a hurricane on August 31, but its proximity to Hurricane John caused it to weaken soon after.
- Hurricane Ioke became the most intense Central Pacific hurricane on record on August 26 with a minimum pressure of 920 mbar. After crossing the dateline and becoming Typhoon Ioke it passed just to the north of Wake Island at Category 4 strength.
- Typhoon Prapiroon (Henry) reached its peak as a minimal typhoon in the South China Sea. It killed 77 people when it made landfall in China.
- Severe Tropical Storm Maria formed on August 4 and threatened Japanese coast.
- Severe Tropical Storm Bopha (Inday) passed over Taiwan as a tropical storm on August 9.
- Tropical Storm Wukong passed over Kyūshū on August 18.
- Tropical Storm Sonamu (Katring) was a minimal storm that was absorbed by Wukong on August 20.
- Tropical Depression 13W formed near Hainan on August 23 and soon made landfall in Guandong.
Main Page content
- Hurricane Mitch appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on August 16.
- Entries from List of Delaware hurricanes, Fiji Meteorological Service, Tropical Storm Helene (2000), Atlantic hurricane reanalysis and Hurricane Kyle (2002) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during August.
- Hurricane Katrina appeared on the Main Page in the On this Day column on August 29.
New articles and improvements wanted
- Landfall (meteorology) and Rapid deepening should be expanded.
- Direct hit (meteorology) and Cyclogenesis should be created.
- 2006 storm articles should be updated in light of the Tropical Cyclone Reports.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The August member of the month is Nilfanion. The WikiProject awards this to him for his contributions in many diverse sections of the project. Nilfanion joined the Wikiproject in April and provides track maps for the project and has produced a featured picture. He has developed the tropical cyclone Commons Category scheme in the process. In addition he has produced a number of quality articles and is active in assessment.
New and improved articles
- New storm articles include Cyclone Thelma, Typhoon Ewiniar (2006), Tropical Storm Otto (2004), Cyclone Heta (2003), Hurricane John (2006), Hurricane Kyle (2002), Hurricane Ioke and Hurricane Ernesto (2006).
- New non-storm articles include List of Delaware hurricanes, Fiji Meteorological Service and Atlantic hurricane reanalysis.
- New featured articles, lists and pictures: 2003 Pacific hurricane season, List of Delaware hurricanes and Global tropical cyclone tracks.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 10 | 13 | 16 | 15 |
![]() | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
![]() | 5 | 18 | 24 | 28 |
B | 82 | 79 | 77 | 79 |
Start | 168 | 180 | 191 | 200 |
Stub | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Total | 282 | 303 | 322 | 337 |
percentage ≥Less than B | 63.1 | 62.0 | 61.8 | 61.7 |
Tropical cyclone imagery
When uploading an image of a tropical cyclone please
- Download the highest resolution image possible to your computer, not a thumbnail.
- If the image is free, upload it to Commons. In general, only upload to en.wikipedia if it is a Fair Use image. Wherever you upload, follow the instructions.
- Preferably, include a link to the source image, not just the source site.
- If you upload to Commons, add relevant Categories to the image, see the Commons category scheme. Make sure at least one category you add is the storm's category.
The following is a good image description:
{{Information
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|Author=The Naval Research Laboratory
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[[Category:Hurricane Ernesto (2006)]] [[Category:NRL images of tropical cyclones|Ernesto (2006)]]
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #5
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. The WikiProject has its own IRC channel.
Storm of the month
![Hurricane Ioke at peak strength](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ioke_2006-08-24_2155Z.jpg/150px-Ioke_2006-08-24_2155Z.jpg)
Hurricane Ioke is the most intense hurricane on record in the Central Pacific. After forming on August 19 to the south of Hawaii, Ioke moved to the northwest and hit Johnston Atoll as a Category 2 hurricane. It strengthened further as it moved to the west, reaching Category 5 strength on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale three times, twice in the Central Pacific and once in the Western Pacific. After the storm entered the Western Pacific it directly hit Wake Island. The storm finally became extratropical on September 7 but its extratropical remnants affected Alaska. Overall damage from Hurricane Ioke was light.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- 4 hurricanes formed in the Atlantic: Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Gordon, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Isaac. Florence affected Bermuda and Newfoundland, and Gordon had effects in the Azores and Europe. Isaac is currently forecast to affect Newfoundland as an extratropical storm.
- The east Pacific saw three hurricanes and a tropical storm develop. Hurricane John and Hurricane Lane were both major hurricanes which hit Mexico, whilst Hurricane Kristy and Tropical Storm Miriam stayed clear of land. In addition, two tropical depressions formed in the Central Pacific.
- There were 4 typhoons in west Pacific during September. Typhoon Shanshan, Typhoon Yagi and Typhoon Xangsane formed in the west Pacific and Typhoon Ioke entered the basin from the east. Shanshan killed at least 9 people in Japan and Typhoon Xangsane, which is still active, killed at least 72 in the Philippines.
- Two tropical cyclones formed in the North Indian Ocean during September. Severe Cyclonic Storm Mukda formed in the Arabian Sea but did not affect land and Tropical Cyclone 05B formed in the Bay of Bengal before making landfall in India. However, the deadliest tropical system of September was a depression in the Bay of Bengal that killed more than 170 people in Bangladesh.
New and improved articles
- New storm articles include: Harry Cane of 1667, Hurricane Florence (2006), Hurricane Abby (1968) and Hurricane Lane (2006).
- New non-storm articles include: Monsoon trough, List of Pennsylvania hurricanes and Tropical cyclogenesis.
- New Good Articles include: Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane John (2006), Typhoon Saomai (2006) and Tropical Storm Danielle (1992).
Main Page content
- Hurricane Katrina appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on September 29.
- There were no Did you know mentions. Please check for an interesting fact in any new articles and submit it to Template talk:Did you know.
New articles and improvements wanted
- Pacific hurricane, Pacific typhoon, North Indian tropical cyclone...
- There are many many stub and start class articles on many topics, please improve these!
- How about David Roth (meteorologist)?
Storm article statistics
Grade | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
![]() | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
![]() | 18 | 24 | 28 | 33 |
B | 79 | 77 | 79 | 84 |
Start | 180 | 191 | 200 | 201 |
Stub | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 |
Total | 303 | 322 | 337 | 352 |
percentage ≥Less than B | 62.0 | 61.8 | 61.7 | 60.8 |
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The September member of the month is Thegreatdr, David Roth. David Roth is a meteorologist at the wpc, who as part of his work there is producing Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Data. Dozens of the maps he has created are used in Wikipedia articles. He has produced a number of valuable articles to the project such as tropical cyclone rainfall climatology and Atlantic hurricane reanalysis, and significantly expanded several seasonal articles such as 1982 Pacific hurricane season.
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #6
[edit]Number 6, November 5, 2006
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. The WikiProject has its own IRC channel.
Storm of the month
![Xangsane to the east of the Philippines](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Typhoon_Xangsane_27_sept_2006.jpg/150px-Typhoon_Xangsane_27_sept_2006.jpg)
Typhoon Xangsane, known as Typhoon Milenyo in the Philippines was a destructive typhoon that affected the Philippines and Indochina. The storm caused severe flooding and landslides in the regions it affected and was responsible for at least 279 deaths and $747 million (USD) in damage, mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam. Xangsane formed to the east of the Philippines and rapidly intensified, striking Samar Island as a Category 4 typhoon. It weakened over the Philippines, but again reached Category 4 strength in the South China Sea. After its landfall in Vietnam, the typhoon dissipated, with its remnant crossing Indochina and entering the Bay of Bengal.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Hurricane Isaac, which formed in September, hit Newfoundland with minimal effects on October 2. It was the only Atlantic storm in October.
- One hurricane, Hurricane Paul, formed in the eastern Pacific and hit Mexico. There were also two tropical storms, Norman and Olivia, and two tropical depressions in the basin.
- In addition to Typhoon Xangsane, two further typhoons and two tropical storms developed in the west Pacific. Typhoon Soulik and Tropical Storms Bebinca and Rumbia both stayed clear of land, whilst Typhoon Cimaron hit the Philippines killing at least 19 people there, before it dissipated in the South China Sea.
- The North Indian Ocean saw one storm, Cyclonic Storm Ogni form in the Bay of Bengal.
- The 2006-2007 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season got underway, with Tropical Cyclone Xavier forming to the west of Fiji. There were two further tropical depressions in the South Pacific and a tropical disturbance in the South Indian Ocean.
New articles and improvements wanted
- Articles are wanted for Hurricane Flossy (1956), Tropical Storm Debbie (1965) and Tropical Storm Beryl (1994).
- The articles on the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres, such as those on the NHC, JMA and CPHC, all need work.
- Likewise the articles on meteorologists such as Lixion Avila are poor.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The October Member of the Month is Coredesat. Coredesat joined the WikiProject in March and has contributed to many diverse areas within the project. He has written two featured articles on Atlantic storms and a number of good articles on current typhoons. However, the article he is most proud of is a disambiguation page, a sorely neglected portion of the project.
Main Page content
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Global_tropical_cyclone_tracks-edit2.jpg/120px-Global_tropical_cyclone_tracks-edit2.jpg)
- Global tropical cyclone tracks appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Picture on October 3.
- Entries from Hurricane Alberto (2000), Typhoon Xangsane (2006), Tropical Storm Bertha (2002) and Hurricane Bob (1985) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during October.
New and improved articles
- New storm articles include: Hurricane Alberto (2000), Tropical Depression Nine (2003), Hurricane Paul (2006) and Tropical Storm Peter (2003).
- A non-storm article was made on Pacific hurricane.
- New featured content: List of Delaware hurricanes, 2004 Atlantic hurricane season and 2004 Atlantic hurricane season.
- Significantly improved articles include: Hurricane Erika (2003) (A), Hurricane Linda (1997) (GA), Hurricane Ophelia (2005) (GA), Subtropical Storm Nicole (2004) (GA) and Hurricane Danny (2003).
Storm article statistics
Grade | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
![]() | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
![]() | 24 | 28 | 33 | 48 |
B | 77 | 79 | 84 | 83 |
Start | 191 | 200 | 201 | 210 |
Stub | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 |
Total | 322 | 337 | 352 | 375 |
percentage ≥;Less than B | 61.8 | 61.7 | 60.8 | 58.9 |
Tropical cyclone scales
The various agencies which report on tropical cyclones use a variety of different scales to measure the storms strength. The most familiar of these is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and this is the de facto standard in the project and should be used everywhere. However, as it is only official in the Atlantic and East Pacific, other local scales should be used when discussing storms in other regions and given primacy over the Saffir-Simpson Scale. The Saffir-Simpson scale is based on 1-minute averages, but other scales are generally based upon 10-minute averages, which are approximately 15% lower.
This table provides a useful-at-a-glance comparison of the various scales currently in use. Further complications arise due to the fact different agencies obtain different estimates for the same storm at the same time, so be careful to use the most appropriate source agency.
1990 PHS
[edit]Well, to "bump" it up to GA class, it has to pass a GA nomination. If you think it's ready, place {{GAnominee}} at the top of the page and add it to the list of GA candidates under meteorology. Hurricanehink (talk) 18:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
- Good work to the article. Hurricanehink (talk) 23:09, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #7
[edit]Number 7, December 22, 2006
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. This shortened late issue covers just global tropical cyclone activity in November, to prevent the next newsletter from being too large.
Tropical cyclone activity
- One hurricane, Hurricane Sergio, formed in the eastern Pacific. Sergio was the longest lasting November Pacific hurricane recorded. Two other tropical cyclones, Tropical Storm Rosa and a tropical depression formed in the basin. None of the systems affected land.
- An unusual extratropical cyclone developed in the northern central Pacific, resembling a subtropical cyclone at its peak.
- A total of three typhoons formed in the western Pacific, and all the storms followed a similar track across the Philippines. Typhoon Cimaron formed at the end of October and lasted into November, killing 19 people. Typhoon Chebi existed during the middle of the month and was the weakest of the three causing minor damages. The most devastating storm of the month, Typhoon Durian hit the Philippines on November 30, killing at least 720 people in the island nation.
- Two named cyclones developed in the Southern Hemisphere, Tropical Cyclone Yani in the South Pacific and Moderate Tropical Storm Anita in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Two unnamed depression also formed in the South Pacific. None of these storms affected land.
Editorial
The lateness of this edition is due to me being on an wikibreak and no-one taking up the slack. My wikibreak was the result of a lightning strike damaging my internet connection and frying my router, and the time taken for the replacement to arrive. As this issue is almost 3 weeks later than planned, only the monthly cyclone activity for November has been included. The next letter will be produced for January 7, 2006 and will be larger than normal to cover both month's Wikipedia news and December's tropical activity. There will be no Member or Storm of the month in January, to reduce the length; and the newsletter will return to normal in February.--Nilfanion (talk) 21:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Re: GA nom failed in 1991
[edit]You need to write in a way so that it follows the information from an existing source (like the best track), or find sources for what's written. Hurricanehink (talk) 22:02, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, that's fine then. You just have to source the individual paragraphs. Hurricanehink (talk) 00:41, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #8
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. The WikiProject has its own IRC channel.
Tropical cyclone activity
- Three tropical cyclones existed in the West Pacific during December. Typhoon Durian (Reming) was the deadliest and strongest of the three, killing over 800 people, in the Philippines and Vietnam and peaking at Category 4 strength. Typhoon Utor lasted formed on December 7 and lasted for 7 days, passing over the Philippines and causing severe floods in Malaysia. The final storm of the year, Tropical Storm Trami, lasted for three days and did not affect land.
- The Southern Hemisphere saw a number of storms develop during December. The most significant was Cyclone Bondo, which hit Madagascar on December 23. Cyclone Anita dissipated early in the month, having formed in November and Cyclone Clovis developed on December 30 before reaching its peak in January. All of these storms were in the Southwest Indian Ocean, the only other cyclone was Cyclone Isobel that formed on December 31 to the north of Western Australia.
The Portal Portal:Tropical cyclones is designed as the entry point to the WikiProject's work and is recognised as a Featured Portal. The structure emulates that of Wikipedia's Main page and needs updating in a similar manner. The following are the key sections that need editorial attention:
- Selected article: This is one of the articles of the project, rotated on a weekly basis. These are selected from the better-quality articles and discussed at Portal talk:Tropical cyclones/Selected article.
- Selected picture: This is chosen from the pictures used in the articles and is rotated monthly. It is selected in a similar manner to the article on Portal talk:Tropical cyclones/Selected picture.
- Did you know: This is rotated as new articles are created and contains an interesting fact from a few of the new articles.
- Active tropical cyclones: The currently active tropical cyclones are listed here, and are linked to appropriately.
- Tropical cyclone news: Recent events in Tropical cyclone activity, such as formation, landfalls and dissipation of storms.
- Anniversaries: This significant anniversaries for each day in the last week. Unlike the others it refreshes automatically, but should be updated if a new significant event occurs.
- Things you can do: Unlike the other sections which are reader orientated, this is aimed at editors to give suggestions of articles to work on.
Please keep all of these sections up-to-date and refresh them as new tropical cyclones develop and articles are created. Also please keep the suggestions to editors current and fresh.
New articles and improvements wanted
These tasks are those listed at Portal:Tropical cyclones/Things you can do:
- Requests: Original-content tropical cyclone articles: Papua New Guinea National Weather Service, Herbert S. Saffir, Hurricane Ginny (1963)
- Copyedit: Rapid deepening
- Wikify:
- Merge: See here
- Cleanup: Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma, Cyclone Leon-Eline
- Expand: Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Hurricane Carla, Hurricane Gilbert, Typhoon Nina (1975), 1970 Bhola cyclone, Typhoon Tip
- Stubs: Intertropical Convergence Zone, Kamikaze (typhoon), Typhoon Paka, Harry Cane of 1667, Hurricane Edna, Hurricane Janet More...
- Update: Tropical Storm Beryl (2006)
Main Page content
- Entries from 9 project articles, including Tropical cyclone observation, Bill Proenza, Hurricane Tanya (1995) and Hurricane Erin (2001) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during the past two months.
- 1970 Bhola cyclone and Cyclone Tracy appeared on the Main Page in the On this Day column on November 13 and December 24, respectively.
New articles
- November
- Storm Articles included: Typhoon Muifa (2004), Hurricane Helene (2006), Hurricane Allison (1995) and Cyclone Heta.
- Non-storm articles included: Effects of Hurricane Isabel in New Jersey, South Pacific convergence zone and 1969 Pacific hurricane season.
- December
- Storm Articles included: Hurricane Tanya (1995), Tropical Storm Dean (1995) and Tropical Storm Beryl (2000)
- Non-storm articles included: Storm (novel), Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, List of fictional tropical cyclones and Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center.
Improved articles
- Featured articles: Hurricane Edith (1971), Hurricane Fabian, Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina, Tropical Storm Bill (2003), 1995 Pacific hurricane season, Effects of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina, Hurricane Erika (2003), Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004) and Tropical Storm Edouard (2002).
- Featured lists: List of Baja California hurricanes and List of retired Pacific hurricane names.
- Two articles were promoted to A-Class: Tropical cyclone and Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware.
- There were a total of 32 new good articles including: Tropical cyclogenesis, Atlantic hurricane reanalysis, Hurricane Keith, Hurricane Fico, Tropical Storm Dean (2001) and Tropical Storm Arlene (2005).
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #9
[edit]Number 9, February 4, 2007
The Hurricane Herald
Storm of the month
![Cyclone Clovis approaching Madagascar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Tropical_Cyclone_Clovis_2006-07.jpg/150px-Tropical_Cyclone_Clovis_2006-07.jpg)
Other tropical cyclone activity
The only activity during January was in the Southern Hemisphere, with a total of 5 cyclones existing throughout the month.
- Dora, the second cyclone the Southwest Indian Ocean formed late in January well to the east of Réunion; and reached tropical cyclone strength at the start of February.
- The two storms in the South Pacific, Zita and Arthur followed very similar tracks to the east of the Dateline. The JTWC estimated that Zita reached its peak on January 23 and Arthur briefly had hurricane force winds two days later.
- Cyclone Isobel formed between Indonesia and Australia late in December and headed south, making landfall in Western Australia on January 3 as a minimal Tropical Cyclone.
New articles and improvements wanted
- Articles are wanted for each of the tropical cyclone breakpoints (see this list).
- An article is wanted for Tropical Storm Debbie (1965).
- The Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons articles need splitting into the 3 component basins.
- This sandbox for Typhoon Durian badly needs completion, please help.
- Large chunks of the project's imagery needs proper categorization.
- The number of stubs has markedly increased in the past few months, please improve them.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The January member of the month is Chacor, formerly known as NSLE. Chacor joined the project in November 2005, and has contributed to a wide variety of articles across the project. Recently he has generally focussed on the West Pacific and did most of the work on the first Good article in that basin: Typhoon Ewiniar (2006). He has also started the much needed process of splitting the Southern Hemisphere seasonal articles. Finally, Chacor is probably the user who maintains the quality of the most visible part of the project, the current activity.
Main Page content
- Hurricane Juan appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on January 29.
- Entries from 3 articles: 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Hurricane Ignacio (2003) and Hurricane Bob (1979) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during June.
New and improved articles
- The WikiProject has its first Featured topic on Retired Pacific hurricanes.
- New Featured articles: Hurricane Ismael, Hurricane Juan and the Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware and Maryland and Washington D.C..
- New Wikipedia:Good articles: 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Hurricane Iwa, Hurricane Alice, Hurricane Kenna and 1936 Atlantic hurricane season.
- New articles include: Hurricane Ignacio (2003), Hurricane Cindy (1963), Hurricane Isaac (2006) and Chris Landsea.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 |
![]() | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 48 | 57 | 74 | 75 |
B | 83 | 78 | 71 | 76 |
Start | 210 | 200 | 193 | 195 |
Stub | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Total | 375 | 375 | 379 | 389 |
percentage Less than B | 58.9 | 57.3 | 55.1 | 54.2 |
A quick note: When you create a new article please list it in the appropriate section on the project's page and add a fact from the article to the Portal. Thanks.
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #10
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.
Storm of the month
![Cyclone Favio near Madagascar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Favio_2007-02-20_1115Z.jpg/150px-Favio_2007-02-20_1115Z.jpg)
Cyclone Favio developed well to the east of northern Madagascar on February 12 and moved to the southwest as it developed. The storm did not significantly intensify until February 19 when it was just off the soutern coast of Madagascar, but rapidly intenstified soon after to its peak with 185 km/h (115 mph) winds. Favio turned to the northwest and hit Mozambique worsening the floods already occuring in the country. Favio claimed at least 4 lives and destroyed thousands of homes.
Other tropical cyclone activity
There were a total of 6 tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere during February. Five of these, including Favio, were in the South West Indian Ocean.
- The only other storm in the Australian region was Cyclone Nelson which formed at the end of January in the Gulf of Carpentaria before it hit Queensland.
- Cyclone Dora was active in January and reached its peak as an annular cyclone on February 3 with 185 km/h (115 mph) winds.
- Cyclone Gamede was an unusally large storm that prompted the highest level of cyclone warning on Réunion and brought strong winds to the island on February 27, causing a bridge to collapse.
- Neither Enok towards the start of the month or Humba near its end, had any impact on land.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The February member of the month is Miss Madeline. Miss Madeline is responsible for many of the projects featured lists such as List of Category 5 Pacific hurricanes and List of California hurricanes. She has also put serious work into many of our Pacific hurricane articles since she joined the project as one of its founding members. Recently she has worked on 1996 Pacific hurricane season, bringing it from a stub-class article to a Good article candidate.
New and improved articles
- New featured content: Hurricane Erika (1997), Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C., Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma, 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Hurricane Isabel and List of Florida hurricanes (pre-1900).
- New Good articles include Hurricane Pauline, Hurricane Isis (1998), 1939 Pacific typhoon season, Typhoon Tip and 1983 Atlantic hurricane season.
- New articles include Hurricane Isis (1998), Hurricane Debby (1982), Hurricane Adolph (2001), Hurricane Alberto (1982) and Tropical Depression One (1992).
Main Page content
- Entries from 6 articles: Hurricane Flossy (1956), Hurricane Able (1951), Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma, Effects of Hurricane Wilma in the Bahamas, Tropical Depression One (1992) and Tropical cyclone basins appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during February.
New articles and improvements wanted
- Articles are wanted on Pacific typhoon, North Indian cyclone, diffluence, Outflow (meteorology) and Central dense overcast.
- Improvements are wanted to Subtropical cyclone, Japan Meteorological Agency, Intertropical Convergence Zone, 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Andrew.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 19 | 23 | 25 | 28 |
![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 57 | 74 | 75 | 80 |
B | 78 | 71 | 76 | 78 |
Start | 200 | 193 | 195 | 194 |
Stub | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Total | 375 | 379 | 389 | 398 |
percentage Less than B | 57.3 | 55.1 | 54.2 | 52.8 |
Comments wanted on project talk Many discussions that potentially have far reaching impact for the whole project are carried out on the project's talk page. However, only a fraction of our active contributors actually engage in those discussions. If you add the project page to your Watchlist and keep an eye on discussions there to monitor upcoming changes, even if you don't participate in those discussions it would help both yourself and the project as a whole. For instance, at the moment the primary infobox templates such as {{Infobox hurricane}} are in the process of being deprecated and replaced by new versions which do the role more effectively.
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #11
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.
Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.
Storm of the month
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Isabel_RVA_tree_split.jpg/150px-Isabel_RVA_tree_split.jpg)
Hurricane Will developed from a tropical wave to the east of the Caribbean Sea and intensified. It crossed over Jamaica and re-emerged over water a few days later. The storm intensified into a hurricane and an eye began to develop. Will became a major hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall on the vulnerable Gulf Coast of the United States soon after. To date, Hurricane Will has claimed over 350 lives and is directly responsible for about $5 billion of damages; of which an unknown amount was insured. Despite the damage, it is not expected that the name will be retired by WMO.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- After threatening the Eastern Seaboard for some time, Hurricane Hink has turned away and the NHC has cancelled all warnings associated with the storm.
- The 2007 Pacific typhoon season began with Tropical Storm Kong-rey forming on March 31.
- There were a total of 7 cyclones in the southern hemisphere: Becky in the South Pacific, Indlala and Jaya in the Southwestern Indian Ocean and Odette, George, Jacob and Kara in the Australian region. Indlala killed at least 80 and left over 100,000 homeless; whilst Cyclone George was the worst storm to affect Port Hedland in over 30 years.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The April member of the month is HurricaneIrene. Irene began contributing to tropical cyclone articles on Wikipedia in August 2005, but ran out of steam and left after barely 2 weeks. However, Irene's influence on the project has been wide-reaching. Her efforts led directly to two articles attaining featured status and her legacy inspired many of our most active editors to write a plethora of good articles on a wide range of storms.
New and improved articles
- The was one new featured article: Hurricane Kenna
- New Good articles include: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, Hurricane Florence (1988), Tropical cyclone observation and 1996 Pacific hurricane season.
- New storm articles include: Hurricane Lili (1990), Tropical Storm Alberto (1988), Cyclone George and Typhoon Durian.
- New non-storm articles include: Tropical cyclone naming, list of cyclones in Western Australia, Hurricane evacuation route and Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting.
Main Page content
- Hurricane Iniki appeared on the Main Page as Today's featured article on March 15.
- Entries from 2 articles: Hurricane Katrina (1981) and Hurricane Guillermo (1997) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during March.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 23 | 25 | 28 | 29 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 74 | 75 | 80 | 82 |
B | 71 | 76 | 78 | 80 |
Start | 193 | 195 | 194 | 209 |
Stub | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Total | 379 | 389 | 398 | 419 |
percentage Less than B | 55.1 | 54.2 | 52.8 | 53.9 |
The Main Page
The WikiProject has a narrow scope, so it is not surprising that our articles are not frequently selected for Today's featured article. Most destructive cyclones are likely to be mentioned on the In the news column. We have no real control over that, but we should submit suggestions when appropriate.
However, we can do a more lot more to place our content in the other major section of the main page: The Did you know column. In the past month we created over 30 articles. Of these only 2 were even submitted as suggestions for DYK. We can do much better, please submit DYK entries for new articles when you do the initial assessment.
Mathematics CotW
[edit]Hey Juan, I am writing you to let you know that the Mathematics Collaboration of the week(soon to "of the month") is getting an overhaul of sorts and I would encourage you to participate in whatever way you can, i.e. nominate an article, contribute to an article, or sign up to be part of the project. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks--Cronholm144 22:46, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
WPTC Active Members
[edit]Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #12
[edit]Number 12, January 10, 2008
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This edition of the newsletter, after an extended hiatus, covers December 2007 and the first ten days of January 2008.
Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.
Storm of the month
Tropical Storm Olga was a rare Atlantic December tropical cyclone. The fifteenth named storm of the season, it developed near Puerto Rico on December 11, and quickly struck the Dominican Republic. There, it brought heavy rainfall and severe damage, and caused more than 40 deaths. Casualties were also reported in Puerto Rico and Haiti. The storm greatly weakened as it crossed Hispaniola, degenerating into a remnant low pressure area in the Caribbean Sea on December 13. The remnants of Olga passed near the Yucatán Peninsula before turning northward and bringing rainfall to Florida.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Three named tropical cyclones occurred in the South-West Indian Ocean, the strongest of which being Moderate Tropical Storm Celina
- Two named tropical cyclones occurred in the Australian region, including Tropical Cyclone Helen which struck Australia
- Two named tropical cyclones occurred in the South Pacific ocean, including Tropical Cyclone Elisa which is currently active. Cyclone Daman was the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide during the time period, reaching a pressure of 925 hPa before impacting Fiji.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The December member of the month is Mitchazenia. Mitchazenia has been a project member since 2006. He has created several tropical cyclone related articles, including the good article Subtropical Storm One (1982). Mitchazenia significantly contributed to 1983 Atlantic hurricane season, which is currently a featured article candidate.
New and improved articles
- There were four new pieces of Featured content : 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Danny (1997), Meteorological history of Hurricane Ivan, and List of North Carolina hurricanes (1980-present)
- New Good articles include:
- New storm articles include: Cyclone Inigo, Hurricane Ava (1973), Hurricane Marco (1996)
- New non-storm articles include: Effects of Hurricane Ivan in the Lesser Antilles and South America, Maximum sustained wind, List of North Carolina hurricanes (pre-1900)
Main Page content
- Tropical Storm Allison appeared on the Main Page as Today's featured article on December 19.
- Entries from 2 articles: Hurricane Rick (1997) and 2006 Central Pacific cyclone appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during December and early January.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 30 | 30 | 31 | 33 |
![]() | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
![]() | 105 | 106 | 109 | 112 |
B | 80 | 78 | 82 | 86 |
Start | 213 | 212 | 211 | 208 |
Stub | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Total | 438 | 440 | 447 | 454 |
percentage Less than B | 50.0 | 49.3 | 48.5 | 47.1 |
Categories and more The project has gone under somewhat of a revamping. We have a new, more realistic goal. The members list has been dropped from 89 to 34. This newsletter is to inform users of a change in policy with categories. Previously, an Atlantic and Pacific storm article would have both Category:Atlantic hurricanes and Category:Category 3 tropical cyclones. However, the two were combined, resulting in Category:Category 3 Atlantic hurricanes. The same is done with Pacific hurricanes. Tropical storm articles are dealt with either Category:Eastern Pacific tropical storms or Category:Atlantic tropical storms.
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #13
[edit]Number 13, February 2, 2008
The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
Cyclone Gene formed on January 26 over the open south Pacific Ocean. It drifted southward, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Gene on January 28 as it moved across the Fijian archipelago. There, it brought heavy rainfall, which caused the worst flooding in several years. Half of the country was left without power, and the cyclone killed seven people in Fiji. The storm turned southwestward, developing a cloud-filled eye and quickly strengthening by the end of the month.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- One tropical cyclone formed in the Western North Pacific Ocean west of The Philippines, which was analyzed by Japan Meteorological Agency as a depression; it tracked southwestward and did not significantly affect any land areas.
- In addition to Cyclone Gene, Tropical Storm Elisa and Cyclone Fuma occurred in the South Pacific ocean during the month, along with three tropical depressions.
- The only tropical cyclone in Australian region during the month was Tropical Cyclone Helen, which struck Australia.
- Four tropical cyclones, three of which named, existed in the Southwest Indian Ocean during the month. The most notable was Cyclone Fame, which caused twelve deaths after striking Madagascar.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The January member of the month is Ajm81. A tropical cyclone editor since he first joined in October 2005, Ajm81 plays a vital role in the project. Unlike other editors, who mainly edit articles, Ajm81 maintains and updates the track maps across the project. We thank Ajm81 for his timely contributions, and may he have some well-deserved downtime after the last tropical cyclone report is released.
New and improved articles
- There were six new pieces of Featured content : 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, List of storms in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, List of North Carolina hurricanes (pre-1900), 1983 Atlantic hurricane season, 1988 Atlantic hurricane season, and Hurricane Lane (2006)
- New Good articles include: Hurricane Cleo, Hurricane Gracie, 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane
- New storm articles include: Tropical Storm Danielle (1980), Hurricane Elida (2002), Cyclone Elita, Cyclone Indlala
- New non-storm articles include: 2006 central Pacific cyclone, List of United States hurricanes
Main Page content
- Entries from 8 articles: Hurricane Ava (1973), Cyclone Inigo, Hurricane Greg (1999), Hurricane Henri (1979), Hurricane Kenneth (2005), Hurricane Elida (2002), Cyclone Elita, and Hurricane Naomi (1968) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during January.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 30 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
![]() | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
![]() | 106 | 109 | 112 | 114 |
B | 78 | 82 | 86 | 99 |
Start | 212 | 211 | 208 | 214 |
Stub | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Total | 440 | 447 | 454 | 472 |
ω | 3.02 | 3.01 | 2.98 | 2.98 |
percentage Less than B | 49.3 | 48.5 | 47.1 | 46.0 |
Wikiwork and 1000 articles In January 2008, the WikiProject began using a system called Wikiwork, or ω. It weighs the overall quality of the project's articles, and a lower number means a greater total quality. The weighed ω, as used above, is a relative number that can be used to compare groups of this article. As of this publication, the relative ω of the project is 3.404, corresponding to between Start and B class. However, when limiting it solely to storm articles, the number drops to 2.98, which is slightly better than B class. During the month, a new statistics page was created.
Additionally, during the month, Mitchazenia pointed out that we received our 1,000th article with the creation of Cyclone Elita.
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #14
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
![Cyclone Ivan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ivan_16_feb_2008_0645Z.jpg/150px-Ivan_16_feb_2008_0645Z.jpg)
Cyclone Ivan formed on February 7 and subsequently executed a loop to the west-southwest. Encountering favorable conditions, it strengthened to attain peak winds on February 17 before striking northeastern Madagascar. It degenerated into a remnant low pressure area as it crossed the island, and briefly re-organized into a weak tropical depression before dissipating on February 22. Ivan caused heavy damage in Madagascar, leaving 190,000 people homeless and causing over 83 deaths.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- In the South Pacific ocean, Cyclone Gene persisted from the previous month; a tropical depression also occurred in the month.
- Tropical Cyclone Nicholas was the only named storm during the month in the Australian region, which struck Western Australia. Two tropical lows occurred during the month, the latter of which later formed into Tropical Cyclone Ophelia.
- Four storms occurred in the Southwest Indian Ocean, including two from the previous month and the aforementioned Cyclone Ivan. Cyclone Hondo became the strongest cyclone worldwide in the month, and after becoming extratropical it regenerated over ten days later about 1750 miles (2800 km) to its west-northwest.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The February member of the month is RattleMan, for his lasting dedication and continual support of the project. During February, the user worked on improving the timeline articles for the previous season. RattleMan often updates the sections on storms in season articles, and helps to maintain the southern hemisphere articles.
New and improved articles
- There were 6 new pieces of Featured content : Hurricane Felix (featured picture), Hurricane Isis (1998), Tropical Storm Alberto (2006), Hurricane John (2006), Tropical cyclone, and Hurricane Isabel (featured picture)
- New Good articles include: Hurricane Gracie, Hurricane Ava (1973), Hurricane Flossy (1956)
- New storm articles include: 1935 Yankee hurricane, Hurricane Ginny, Cyclone Agni, 1917 Pinar del Río hurricane
- New non-storm articles include: List of North Carolina hurricanes (1950-1979)
Main Page content
- Today's Featured Article: Hurricane Isis (1998) appeared on the Main Page in the Today's Featured Article on February 15
- Entries from 3 articles: Hurricane Naomi (1968), Hurricane Darby (1992), and Hurricane Hernan (2002) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during February.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 31 | 33 | 33 | 36 |
![]() | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
![]() | 109 | 112 | 114 | 123 |
B | 82 | 86 | 99 | 96 |
Start | 211 | 208 | 214 | 216 |
Stub | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
Total | 447 | 454 | 472 | 485 |
ω | 3.01 | 2.98 | 2.98 | 2.96 |
percentage Less than B | 48.5 | 47.1 | 46.0 | 45.8 |
percentage GA or better | 33.1 | 33.9 | 33.1 | 34.3 |
Improvements During the month, a total of 15 new articles were added, though the net increase in start or stub articles was only three. The highest quality set of articles for a basin is for the Eastern Pacific Ocean, of which half of its articles are either a good article or better; all of its retired storm articles are good or better. However, the basin has a lower total number of articles, and the Atlantic basin has a higher overall total of good articles.
There is a drive to increase the number of featured topics, which is located on the project talk page.
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #15
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
![Cyclone Jokwe](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Jokwe_07_mar_2008_1045Z.jpg/150px-Jokwe_07_mar_2008_1045Z.jpg)
Cyclone Jokwe was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since Cyclone Favio struck in the previous year. The tenth named storm of the 2007-08 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Jokwe was first classified as a tropical depression on March 2 over the open Southwest Indian Ocean. It tracked west-southwest, crossing northern Madagascar as a tropical storm on March 5 before intensifying into a tropical cyclone on March 6. Jokwe rapidly intensified to reach peak winds of 195 km/h (120 mph), before weakening slightly and striking Nampula Province in northeastern Mozambique. It quickly weakened while paralleling the coastline, though the storm restrengthened as it turned southward in the Mozambique Channel. Late in its duration, it remained nearly stationary for several days, and steadily weakened due to wind shear before dissipating on March 16.
The storm caused minor damage in northern Madagascar. In Mozambique, the cyclone affected 165,000 people, and left at least sixteen fatalities. Cyclone Jokwe destroyed over 9,000 houses and damaged over 3,000 more, with the heaviest damage in Angoche and the Island of Mozambique in Nampula Province. The storm also caused widespread power outages and crop damages.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- There were no named tropical cyclones in the South Pacific ocean, though a tropical depression developed near Vanuatu in the third week of the month.
- Late in the month, Cyclone Pancho developed in the Australian region, reaching peak winds of 90 knots. In addition, Cyclone Ophelia lasted from late February through early March.
- In addition to Cyclone Jokwe, there were two named tropical cyclones in the Southwest Indian Ocean; Cyclone Kamba became an Intense Tropical Cyclone over open waters, and Tropical Storm Lola formed and dissipated near Mauritius late in the month.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The March member of the month is CapeVerdeWave, whose first edit was to a tropical cyclone article, back in January 2006. CapeVerdeWave has been a steady and active member of the project, writing several articles on Category 5 hurricanes as well as working on the often forgotten older hurricanes. The user also has contributed to some older season articles, and recently helped update the project after the recent hurricane re-analysis. We thank him for his continued dedication.
New members
New and improved articles
- There were 6 new pieces of Featured content : Typhoon Paka, List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States, Effects of Hurricane Ivan in the Lesser Antilles and South America, List of retired Pacific typhoon names (JMA), Tropical Storm Vamei, and List of New York hurricanes
- New Good articles include: Hurricane Beulah, Hurricane Ione, Hurricane Isidore
- New storm articles include: 1945 Southeast Florida hurricane, Hurricane Fox (1952)
- New non-storm articles include: Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Florida, List of North Carolina hurricanes (1900-1949)
Main Page content
- Today's Featured Article: 1933 Atlantic hurricane season appeared on the Main Page in the Today's Featured Article on March 27
- Entries from 1 article: 1917 Pinar del Río hurricane appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during March.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 33 | 33 | 36 | 38 |
![]() | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
![]() | 112 | 114 | 123 | 130 |
B | 86 | 99 | 96 | 91 |
Start | 208 | 214 | 216 | 211 |
Stub | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Total | 454 | 472 | 485 | 487 |
ω | 2.98 | 2.98 | 2.96 | 2.94 |
percentage Less than B | 47.1 | 46.0 | 45.8 | 45.2 |
percentage GA or better | 33.9 | 33.1 | 34.3 | 36.1 |
Project News: Updates on the Best Track - Atlantic and North Indian Ocean, and more
In February, the Hurricane Research Division released its reanalysis for the Atlantic Ocean from 1915 to 1920. Highlights include the addition of eight storms, as well as the removal of one storm. The winds in the 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane were increased to 130 knots, and the 1916 Texas hurricane was increased to a Category 4 hurricane.
According to an email sent to the India Meteorological Department, there will be an online version of the North Indian Ocean best track from 1877 to 2006, scheduled to be released in two months; it is unknown if it will cost money to access.
In unrelated news, the project was featured on the Signpost; Mitchazenia was interviewed, and talked about the past, present, and future of the project.
At the end of the month, there were five different Featured content candidates (FXC's) by five different editors; two were featured article candidates, two were featured list candidates, and one was a featured picture candidate. The have been a few times in which there were four FXC's from four different editors, most recently in February and early March of 2008.
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:42, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #16
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
![Typhoon Neoguri on April 17](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Neoguri_2008-04-17_0550Z.jpg/130px-Neoguri_2008-04-17_0550Z.jpg)
Typhoon Neoguri was the earliest tropical cyclone on record to strike China. It formed on April 13 to the east of the Philippines, and once entering the South China Sea, environmental conditions allowed for quick strengthening. Neoguri attained its peak intensity of 150 km/h (90 mph) as it approached the island of Hainan, though rapidly weakened due to unfavorable conditions. The system made landfall in southern China on April 19, causing three deaths and moderate damage totaling over ¥296 million (2008 RMB, $42 million 2008 USD). The typhoon left 40 fishermen missing in the South China Sea.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- A weak tropical depression formed near New Caledonia in the South Pacific ocean early in the month, and another tropical depression developed in the basin later in the month.
- Two named storms formed in the Australian region during the month, including Tropical Cyclone Durga, which was the first ever cyclone named by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tropical Cyclone Rosie co-existed with Durga for much of its duration.
- Cyclone Nargis developed in the North Indian Ocean late in the month, and reached its peak intensity early in May; further details will be covered in the next newsletter.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The April member of the month is VOFFA. Though not officially a project member, VOFFA is an important user to the project, having maintained and updated the talk page archives on tropical cyclones worldwide; activity includes adding warnings and discussions for all storms. The user is particularly active during the off-season of the Atlantic basin, when article activity on tropical cyclones typically declines.
New members
New and improved articles
- There were six new pieces of Featured content : Cyclone Elita, List of North Carolina hurricanes (1900-1949), Tropical Storm Barry (2007), List of North Carolina hurricanes, Lists of North Carolina hurricanes (FT), and Image:KatrinaNewOrleansFlooded edit2.jpg
- New Good articles include: Tropical Storm Fay (2002), 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, 1939 California tropical storm
- New storm articles include: Hurricane Ileana (2006), Hurricane Madeline (1998), Hurricane Lester (1998)
- New non-storm articles include: Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak, Timeline of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season
Main Page content
- Entries from 9 articles: Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Alabama, Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Georgia, Cyclone Jokwe, Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Mississippi, Tropical Storm Arthur (1996), Cyclone Gamede, Cyclone Glenda, Hurricane Cosme (2007), and Typhoon Neoguri (2008) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during April.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 33 | 36 | 38 | 40 |
![]() | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
![]() | 114 | 123 | 130 | 131 |
B | 99 | 96 | 91 | 103 |
Start | 214 | 216 | 211 | 208 |
Stub | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
Total | 472 | 485 | 487 | 499 |
ω | 2.98 | 2.96 | 2.94 | 2.92 |
percentage Less than B | 46.0 | 45.8 | 45.2 | 43.5 |
percentage GA or better | 33.1 | 34.3 | 36.1 | 35.9 |
Project News
There is discussion on the status of articles on non-notable storms in the Merging page of the project. Comments are welcome.
A Wikipedia traffic counter was launched earlier this year. In the month of February, the article on Hurricane Katrina was viewed just over 200,000 times, making the article the 496th most viewed article on the English Wikipedia during the month.
During the month, Hurricane Camille was demoted from GA status, continuing the trend of good articles degrading in status on notable storms; other occurrences include the FA removal of Cyclone Tracy and 1900 Galveston Hurricane. If anyone has any ideas how to fix the problem, feedback and ideas are appreciated.
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #17
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
![Cyclone Nargis](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Nargis_2008-05-01_0440Z.jpg/150px-Nargis_2008-05-01_0440Z.jpg)
Cyclone Nargis was the costliest and deadliest natural disaster in the history of Burma (Myanmar). It formed on April 27 in the central Bay of Bengal, and after initially tracking north-northwestward it turned to the east. Quickly strengthening to reach peak winds of at least 165 km/h (105 mph), Nargis made landfall in the Ayeyarwady Division of Burma on May 2 near peak intensity. The cyclone killed at least 80,000 people and potentially over 300,000. Passing near the metropolis of Yangon, the cyclone destroyed thousands of buildings, and damage was estimated at over $10 billion (USD). In the wake of the storm, the ruling military junta of Burma initially refused foreign aid, and after they allowed foreign assistance, the government was criticized for its poor handling of the aftermath of the storm.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Northwestern Pacific Ocean – Typhoon Rammasun was the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide during the month, though it did not affect land. Tropical Storm Matmo formed east of Luzon in the middle of the month and lasted for three days. Severe Tropical Storm Halong (Cosme) was the deadliest storm in the Pacific basin, causing 58 deaths and $94 million (USD) in damage after hitting Luzon on May 17. At the end of the month, Typhoon Nakri formed and reached peak intensity over open waters before becoming extratropical in early June.
- Eastern Pacific Ocean – Tropical Storm Alma was was the easternmost forming Pacific tropical cyclone on record. Forming from a trough on May 29, it became a strong tropical storm before making landfall near León, Nicaragua, killing at least two people.
- 2008 Atlantic hurricane season– Tropical Storm Arthur formed from the remnants of Tropical Storm Alma as it made landfall on Belize, causing flash flooding and at least nine fatalities.
New and improved articles
- There were three new pieces of Featured content : 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, List of United States hurricanes, Tropical Depression Ten (2007)
- New Good articles include: Cyclone Gamede, Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Georgia, 1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Lili, 1959 Mexico Hurricane
- New storm articles include: Hurricane Alma (1996), Hurricane Gladys (1975), Hurricane Liza (1968)
- New non-storm articles include: Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak, List of Maryland and Washington, D.C. hurricanes (1980–present), 1851 Atlantic hurricane season
Project News
Several other languages are active in the realm of tropical cyclone articles, though as much as ours. The French Wikipedia has 76 storm articles, the Spanish Wikipedia has 99 storm articles, and the Portuguese Wikipedia has 116 storm articles. Each of the projects have several storm articles we do not have, and the coverage on non-notable storms outside of the Atlantic is better, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere.
During the month, User:Potapych finished working on Template:Infobox Hurricane Small, which is used for the small Infoboxes in season articles; he has updated several season article already with the changes.
Main Page content
- Cyclone Nargis appeared early in the month in the In the news column
- Entries from three articles: Hurricane Madeline (1998), Hurricane Alma (1996), and Hurricane Liza (1968) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during May.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Feb | Mar | Apr | May |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 36 | 38 | 40 | 41 |
![]() | 8 | 8 | 8 | 17 |
![]() | 123 | 130 | 131 | 129 |
B | 96 | 91 | 103 | 101 |
Start | 216 | 211 | 208 | 209 |
Stub | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Total | 487 | 487 | 499 | 506 |
ω | 2.96 | 2.94 | 2.92 | 2.88 |
percentage ≥Less than B | 45.8 | 45.2 | 43.5 | 43.1 |
percentage ≥GA or better | 34.3 | 36.1 | 35.9 | 367.0 |
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The May member of the month is Juliancolton. Joining the project in November 2007, Julian has become an active member of the project, working on new articles in the Atlantic basin. He has created two featured lists (List of Maryland and Washington, D.C. hurricanes (1980–present) and List of New York hurricanes), and rewrote the article on 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, which became featured during May. Juliancolton is currently working on a featured topic for Hurricane Dennis and its effects by region.
New members
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:49, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #18
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
![Satellite image of Typhoon Fengshen](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Fengshen_2008-06-21_0455Z.jpg/120px-Fengshen_2008-06-21_0455Z.jpg)
Typhoon Fengshen was the deadliest Pacific typhoon since Typhoon Durian in November of 2006. The sixth named storm of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season, Fengshen developed on June 18 to the east of the Philippines, and after attaining typhoon status it stuck the island of Samar. It intensified while passing through the archipelago, reaching winds of over 175 km/h (110 mph) before passing near Metro Manila. Fengshen later weakened in the South China Sea, and it dissipated on June 26 after moving ashore in China.
The typhoon killed over 1,300 people, including 800 when the MV Princess of the Stars capsized during the storm. Damage totaled $247 million (USD), with over 300,000 houses damaged or destroyed. The damage total included $70 million (USD) in crop damage.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season — Two tropical depressions form during the month, including one in each sub-basin. The second depression hit Bangladesh, which added to flooding and damage across the area.
- Northwestern Pacific Ocean – In addition to Fengshen, Typhoon Nakri became extratropical early in the month.
- Eastern Pacific Ocean – Hurricane Boris and Tropical Storm Cristina form and co-exist well to the southwest of Mexico in the last week of the month through early July.
- 2008 Atlantic hurricane season– Tropical Storm Arthur dissipates over the Yucatán Peninsula early in the month.
New and improved articles
- There was one new piece of Featured content : List of Maryland and Washington, D.C. hurricanes (1980–present)
- New Good articles include: Hurricane Kyle (2002), Cyclone Bola, Hurricane Guillermo (1997)
- New storm articles include: Hurricane Jimena (2003), Hurricane Huko (2002)
- New non-storm articles include: 1968 Atlantic hurricane season, 1999 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Effects of Hurricane Charley in South Carolina, List of unnamed tropical cyclones
Addition of C-class
During the month, C-class was added to the assessment scheme. The project has begun the process of integrating C-class, though as of this publication only 8 articles in the project are at that level. A preliminary solution would be to very strictly define B-class with six criteria, with one proposal to automatically re-assess all B-class articles as C-class until they are confirmed to have passed the criteria. Discussion and participation are welcome on the issue.
As a result of the addition of C-class, the ω (WikiWork) rating for C-class is now 3.5, to keep in line with the previous system we used.
During the month, the project published a page on its style for articles. The purpose for the page, as quoted from the top of the page, is to document a few existing unwritten guidelines for Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones.
Main Page content
- 2006 Atlantic hurricane season appeared as Today's Featured Article on June 10
- Typhoon Fengshen (2008) appeared early in the month in the In the news column
- Entries from articles: 1851 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Patsy (1959), Effects of Hurricane Charley in South Carolina, 1968 Pacific hurricane season, Hurricane Huko (2002), Hurricane Ivo (2007) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during June.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 38 | 40 | 41 | 41 |
![]() | 8 | 8 | 17 | 18 |
![]() | 130 | 131 | 129 | 135 |
B | 91 | 103 | 101 | 96 |
C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Start | 211 | 208 | 209 | 208 |
Stub | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Total | 487 | 499 | 506 | 510 |
ω | 2.94 | 2.92 | 2.88 | 2.87 |
percentage ≥Less than C | 45.2 | 43.5 | 43.1 | 42.5 |
percentage ≥GA or better | 36.1 | 35.9 | 37.0 | 38.0 |
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The June member of the month is User:Potapych. Though not officially a member of the project, Potapych is active on hurricane pages, having developed the new small infobox template introduced last month. After developing the new template, Potapych updated season articles across the board to accommodate the new template.
New members
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:39, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #19
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
![Hurricane Bertha near peak intensity](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Bertha_07_july_2008_1630Z.jpg/150px-Bertha_07_july_2008_1630Z.jpg)
Hurricane Bertha was a rare early season Cape Verde-type hurricane and the easternmost forming July tropical storm on record. Bertha became the longest-lived pre-August Atlantic tropical cyclone on record and the longest-lived tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Basin since Ivan in 2004. The second named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Bertha developed from a tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa on July 1. After initially remaining weak while tracking westward, Bertha began to strengthen on July 6, and the next day it quickly intensified to reach peak winds of 120 mph (195 km/h). The hurricane weakened during the day on July 8, and after turning to a northwest drift, it passed within 40 miles (64 km) of Bermuda on July 14 before moving northeast away from the island. Bertha became extratropical on July 20 to the east of Newfoundland, after causing minimal damage and three indirect drowning deaths.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Northwestern Pacific Ocean – After several weeks of no activity, Typhoon Kalmaegi developed in the middle of the month, passing near northern Luzon before turning to the north and making landfalls on Taiwan and China; the typhoon caused heavy crop damage and 18 deaths. Later in the month, Typhoon Fung-Wong caused further flooding in Taiwan and China. In addition to the two named typhoons, PAGASA issued advisories on Tropical Depression Gener early in the month.
- Eastern Pacific Ocean – Four named storms developed in the basin during the month, of which three became hurricanes; Hurricanes Elida, Fausto, and Genevieve, as well as Tropical Storm Douglas, all remained offshore, though in the middle of the month a tropical depression brought rainfall to Mexico after hitting near Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán. Hurricane Boris and Tropical Storm Cristina continued from the previous month.
- Atlantic Ocean– In addition to Hurricane Bertha, two other tropical cyclones developed in the month. Tropical Storm Cristobal formed off the coast of Florida, bringing rainfall and gusty winds to coastal North Carolina and later Nova Scotia. The most damaging Atlantic tropical cyclone during the month was Hurricane Dolly, which formed on July 20 in the western Caribbean Sea. After tracking northwestward through the Gulf of Mexico, it reached peak winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) before moving ashore on South Padre Island, Texas. The hurricane caused flash flooding from heavy rainfall, with damage in the United States estimated at $1.2 billion; across its path Dolly caused 21 deaths, including 17 from landslides in Guademala, as well as two indirect fatalities.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The July member of the month is User:Plasticup. Joining the project in August of 2007, Plasticup first became an asset in working on the active article series on Hurricane Dean. After a period of inactivity, the user returned to produce two featured articles this month, both interesting meteorological histories. Additionally, Plasticup has focused some attention to articles in the 2005 season. Keep up the good work!
New members
New and improved articles
- There were five new pieces of Featured content : 1998 Pacific hurricane season (FT), Tropical Storm Chantal (2001), Meteorological history of Hurricane Dean, 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, and Meteorological history of Hurricane Gordon (1994)
- New Good articles include: Atlantic tropical cyclone, Cyclone Bola, Maximum sustained wind, Hurricane Henriette (2007)
- New storm articles include: Great Barbados hurricane, 2002 Oman cyclone, Tropical Storm Kiko (2007)
- New non-storm articles include: Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne, Maximum potential intensity
Main Page content
- Typhoon Paka appeared as Today's Featured Article on July 5
- Typhoon Kalmaegi and Hurricane Dolly appeared in the In the news column during the month
- Entries from 2 articles: Meteorological history of Hurricane Gordon (1994) and 1891 Martinique hurricane, appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during July.
Storm article statistics </noinclude>
Grade | Apr | May | Jun | Jul |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 40 | 41 | 41 | 42 |
![]() | 8 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
![]() | 131 | 129 | 135 | 139 |
B | 103 | 101 | 96 | 15 |
C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 98 |
Start | 208 | 209 | 208 | 202 |
Stub | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Total | 499 | 506 | 510 | 524 |
ω | 2.92 | 2.88 | 2.87 | 2.94 |
percentage ≥Less than C | 43.5 | 43.1 | 42.5 | 40.5 |
percentage ≥GA or better | 35.9 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 |
Project News
During July, there were two large changes to the operations of the WikiProject. First, WPTC adopted and helped develop the WP 1.0 B-Class criteria, and was among the first projects to use a "forced" B-Class rubric as part of their assessment schemes. This means that all the articles tagged with {{hurricane|class=B|...}}
are automatically reassessed as {{C-Class}}, unless all the values in the checklist are marked as passed. In other words, to mark an article as B-Class, the banner needs to be changed to
{{hurricane |class=B |B1=yes |B2=yes |B3=yes |B4=yes |B5=yes |B6=yes | ... }}
B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6 stand for each of the six points in the WikiProject's rubric. The banner also has the capability to mark why an article doesn't meet the new B-Class standards: Typing the following in an article's talk page
{{hurricane |class=B |B1=no |B2=yes |B3=yes |B4=yes |B5=yes |B6=yes | ... }}
will assess an article as C-Class, and mark that the article is not a B because of bad references.
Articles assessed as B's before the introduction of the forced checklist were automatically reassessed as C's, but they're awaiting new reviews to check if they still meet the new B criteria. These articles are listed on Category:Tropical cyclone articles with incomplete B-Class checklists. Currently, there's 117 articles in the category—let's try to shrink that number to zero before the next edition of the Herald!
The other major change to the WikiProject was the addition of three task forces: the storm articles task force, season articles task force, and the tropical meteorology articles task force. These three task forces allow WPTC to see the progress of the different areas of the WikiProject. Currently, all 1,076 WPTC articles have been assigned to one of the three task forces, but any unsorted articles will be placed in Category:Unsorted tropical cyclone articles as they're tagged with {{hurricane}}
.
In order to categorize an article, the banner needs to be modified from {{hurricane|...}}
to:
{{hurricane |storms-task-force=yes | ... }} {{hurricane |seasons-task-force=yes | ... }} {{hurricane |meteo-task-force=yes | ... }}
which will sort the pages into the storms, seasons, and tropical meteorology task forces, respectively.
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:34, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #20
[edit]Number 20, September 6, 2008
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of August 2008.
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Storm of the month
![Hurricane Gustav at landfall in western Cuba at peak strength](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Hurricane_Gustav_30_Aug_2008_1605z.jpg/150px-Hurricane_Gustav_30_Aug_2008_1605z.jpg)
Hurricane Gustav was a deadly and damaging hurricane which formed late in the month in the Caribbean Sea. It first struck Haiti on August 26 as a minimal hurricane, where it killed 76 people and damaged or destroyed over 10,000 houses. Gustav turned to the southwest, moving over Jamaica where it killed 11 people. The hurricane rapidly intensified to reach peak winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) before making landfall on western Cuba; in the country, Gustav damaged or destroyed over 100,000 houses, though no deaths were reported due to well-executed evacuations. In the Gulf of Mexico, Gustav weakened due to its previous land interaction, and on September 1 it made landfall in south-central Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane, where it caused heavy damage. Across its path, the hurricane caused 101 deaths, with an initial damage total of $20 billion.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Atlantic Ocean– In addition to Gustav, three other tropical cyclones formed. Early in the month, Tropical Storm Edouard caused light damage when it moved ashore along Texas. In the middle of the month, Tropical Storm Fay formed over Hispaniola and later crossed over Cuba into the Gulf of Mexico; throughout the Caribbean it caused 25 deaths. Fay struck southwestern Florida, moved across the state, turned to the west, and moved across the Florida panhandle, making a record four landfalls on the state. The storm dropped 27.65 inches (702.1 mm) of rain in Melbourne, making Fay the fourth wettest Florida tropical cyclone. In the end of the month, Hurricane Hanna formed northeast of the Lesser Antilles; its impact will be covered in the next month's summary.
- Eastern Pacific Ocean – Four named storms developed in the basin during the month, including Tropical Storm Kika, which was the first Central Pacific tropical cyclone since Ioke in 2006. Hurricane Hernan was the strongest hurricane of the month in the basin, reaching Category 3 status while remaining away from land. Tropical Storm Iselle lasted for a few days, but did not affect land. Tropical Storm Julio made landfall on Baja California Sur, producing heavy rainfall and causing two deaths.
- Northwestern Pacific Ocean – The month began with Tropical Storm Kammuri forming and hitting southern China; the storm killed 140 people, mostly in neighboring Vietnam, and damage totaled $120 million (USD). Tropical Storms Phanfone and Vongfone lasted for a few days out at sea, before Typhoon Nuri formed and struck northern Luzon, causing 12 deaths.
- 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season – A depression formed and struck Odisha.
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
The August member of the month is Cyclonebiskit, who has been on Wikipedia since April. The user helped maintain the current season articles as well as storm articles. Cyclonebiskit has written one GA, and wrote much of one of the recent tropical cyclone articles.
New members
New and improved articles
- There were eight new pieces of Featured content : Hurricane Vince (2005), Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne, 2005 Azores subtropical storm, Timeline of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Barry (2001), Timeline of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, and Hurricane Kyle (2002)
- New Good articles include: Effects of Hurricane Charley in South Carolina, Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting
- New storm articles include: Tropical Storm Andrew (1986), Tropical Depression Nine (2000), Tropical Storm Norman (2006)
- New non-storm articles include: List of off-season Atlantic hurricanes, Meteorological history of Tropical Storm Allison, 1967 Pacific hurricane season, List of Maryland hurricanes (1950–1979), and Effects of Hurricane Noel in the United States
Main Page content
- Hurricane Gloria appeared as Today's Featured Article on August 13
- Tropical Storm Kammuri (2008) and Hurricane Gustav appeared on In the news during August.
- Entries from articles: Tropical Storm Kiko (2007), List of off-season Atlantic hurricanes, Tropical Storm Andrew (1986), and Meteorological history of Tropical Storm Allison appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during August.
Storm article statistics
Grade | May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 41 | 41 | 42 | 46 |
![]() | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
![]() | 129 | 135 | 139 | 147 |
B | 101 | 96 | 15 | 15 |
C | 0 | 3 | 98 | 99 |
Start | 209 | 208 | 202 | 197 |
Stub | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
Total | 506 | 510 | 524 | 537 |
ω | 2.88 | 2.87 | 2.94 | 2.92 |
percentage ≥Less than C | 43.1 | 42.5 | 40.5 | 39.5 |
percentage ≥GA or better | 37.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 39.3 |
Version 0.7
This month, several of the WikiProject's articles were selected for the Version 1.0 Editorial Team's Version 0.7 static release. The article selection occurs using an automated process using WikiProjects' quality and importance assessments. For WPTC, this means that 29 articles will be part of this release, an increase from 13 in the previous release. It should be noted that these numbers are based on preliminary data that can change based on updates to the database and corrections to the selection algorithm and WP:1.0's cut-off score.
The list of articles chosen for the release can be seen here. Of the selection, almost half of the articles are already featured, and eleven are good articles. There one B-Class article (1970 Bhola cyclone, two C-Class articles (Hurricane Andrew, Cyclone Nargis), and two Start-Class articles (Pacific typhoon, Hurricane Rita). As these articles will be published in a CD, it is imperative that the project improve them quickly.
The full list of all the WikiProject's articles is also available here. According to that list, WPTC's highest-scoring article—Tropical cyclone—has a score of 1969, which is very good as Canada, the selection's highest-scoring article, has a score of 2,409. That said, Extreme wind warning is the least important article we have, with a score of 227, so we may have to improve it a little bit so it isn't that low...
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:16, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #21
[edit]The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of September 2008.
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As a result of an extended Wikibreak, I will not be able to work on the next month's newsletter. Other users are welcome to get it together. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:53, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Storm of the month
![Hurricane Ike over the Gulf of Mexico](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ike_2008-09-12_1705Z.jpg/150px-Ike_2008-09-12_1705Z.jpg)
Hurricane Ike was among the costliest Atlantic hurricanes on record, based on a preliminary damage estimate of $31.5 billion (USD). The ninth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2008 season, Ike developed on September 1 in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Maintaining a generally westward track throughout its duration, Ike reached Category 4 status on the Saffir-Simpson scale, moving across the Turks and Caicos Islands at that intensity before weakening and crossing Cuba; heavy damage was reported in Cuba, which was still recovering from Hurricane Gustav just weeks prior. Gustav later moved across the Gulf of Mexico and struck near Galveston, Texas, where its effects were estimated as the costliest hurricane in Texas history. Further inland, the storm brought high winds and widespread damage, and its impact reached as far as Canada. Throughout its path, Gustav caused over 100 deaths, mostly in Texas and Haiti, and several hundred remain missing.