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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #23
Number 23,
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of
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
Hurricane Paloma
Hurricane Paloma was the second most powerful November hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin, behind Hurricane Lenny in 1999. It was the third and final major hurricane to hit Cuba in 2008, being the first time that three major hurricanes have struck Cuba in one season. It also marked the first time that at least one major hurricane formed in every month of the hurricane season from July to November, with only June not having a major hurricane this season.
Hurricane Paloma was also the last Tropical Depression of the 2008 season, and caused at least $1.4 billion in damage and was responsible for at least one direct death.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Eastern Pacific Ocean– Tropical Storm Polo was the only Tropical Storm to form during November and December.
- Western Pacific Ocean – There were five tropical depressions during the last two months of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season. Though only four of them developed into Tropical storms with only Dolphin becoming a Typhoon.
- North Indian– There were three Tropical Depressions during the last two months of the 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, however there were only two that officially became Tropical Storms being named Khai-Muk and Nisha.
- South Indian– Cyclone Bernard was the first cyclone of the year to move into the Australian Region from the Southwest Indian Ocean. Forming on early on November 19 it quickly intensified into a Moderate Tropical Storm the next day, however as it moved westward it weakened into a Tropical Depression and moved into Australia's Bureau of Meteorology's area of responsibility and dissipated later on November 21.
- Australian - There were four tropical lows during November and December with Tropical Low ex Bernard moving into the Australian Region from the South-West Indian Ocean. Two of the Lows developed into Tropical Cyclones being named Anika and Billy respectively. Anika intensified into a category two cyclone whilst Cyclone Billy became a Severe Tropical Cyclone after it had affected Northern Australia.
- The 2008–09 South Pacific cyclone season got off to an slow start during November and December, with three Tropical Disturbances forming during December. Only one of the tropical disturbances developed into a tropical depression.
Member of the month
The November/December member of the month is
New members
- DavidWS * Ramisses * Renereynoso * VeronicaPR * Neutralhomer * VOFFA * Catalan * HurricaneSpin * HERB * NuclearWarfare
New and improved articles
- There were new pieces of Tropical Storm Erick (2007), Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007), Timeline of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season
- Good topic.
- New Tropical Storm Dorothy (1970), Tropical Storm Hermine (1998), Cyclone Gene
- New storm articles include: Hurricane Karl (1998)
- New non-storm articles include: Timeline of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season, 2009 Pacific typhoon season, Timeline of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season
Main Page content
- Facts from 2008's Did You Know?section of the Main Page during November.
- Hurricane Paloma appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section.
- Facts from 1998's Did You Know?section of the Main Page during December.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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FA | 47 | 49 | 49 | 50 |
A | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
GA | 161 | 187 | 198 | 202 |
B | 17 | 13 | 21 | 22 |
C | 107 | 119 | 118 | 122 |
Start | 201 | 204 | 210 | 210 |
Stub | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 |
Total | 571 | 613 | 631 | 642 |
ω | 2.92 | 2.88 | 2.87 | 2.87 |
percentage ≥Less than C |
38.5 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 35.4 |
percentage ≥GA or better |
39.8 | 42.1 | 42.2 | 42.2 |
Project News
During the last two months there have been several important discussions of which some are still seeking contributions from members. These include discussions about:
- Project Importance - Is it better to rate Storm Importance by basin or by overall importance? - There seems to be a consensus to rate storm importance on a case by case basis, though there still needs to be a bit more discussion on this matter.
- Prominent units within TC articles: Imperial or SI? - Which should be the prominent unit outside the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Basins, Knots or MPH? Generally people think that Knots should not be used except in the general science articles and infoboxes.
- ACE - Where and how, should it be used? - We have decided that it should not be used outside the Atlantic or the Eastern Pacific hurricane Seasons. A debate is still ongoing with a view too get rid of it all together.
- JMA Tropical Depressions Should we include them with the season articles or not? - The general consensus so far seems to be that we should include them in the season articles though this debate is still ongoing.
We discovered during December that the
–Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 03:09, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
new WP:RDREG userbox
Reference desk regular . |
The box to the right is the newly created userbox for all
]Marc Bureau
Hi. You've recently made contributions to the Marc Bureau article. Would you like to add your opinion on the article name itself on the talkpage? Thanks. LarRan (talk) 23:25, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #24
Number 24, March 7
The Hurricane Herald
This is the bi-monthly newsletter of
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Storm of the month
Other tropical cyclone activity
- PAGASA. It formed on January 3 to the east of the Philippines, producing heavy rainfall and flooding on Mindanaoisland. Never organizing much, the depression dissipated a few days after forming, causing one death and destroying 305 houses. The next month, Tropical Depression Bising formed near Palau and, moving westward, later passed through the Philippines as a remnant low; rainfall from the system produced mudslides, though no major damage was reported.
- Cyclone Gael killed two people on Réunionwhile tracking for ten days east of Madagascar; at the time it was the 2nd strongest cyclone of the season. Lastly, Tropical Storm Hina persisted for about five days, nearly reaching tropical cyclone status before weakening.
- Australia- During the previous two months their have been nine Tropical Lows with four of them becoming a Tropical Cyclone whilst the remants of Cyclone Innis briefly moved into the Australian Region from the South Pacific. Cyclones Charlotte, Dominic, Ellie, and Freddy all caused damage to Australia and or the Indonesia Islands.
- Innisalso developed, each having minor effects on land.
Member of the month
The member of the month is... HurricaneSpin HurricaneSpin is a relativly new member of the project who has helped the project out by finding photos of Tropical Cyclones and uploading them to Commons. He is still getting to grips with the project but is coming on in leaps and bounds thus we have decided to make him the Member of the Month, for January and February 2009.
New members
- Chukonu xbow
- La Pianista
- Leolisa1997
- X!
New and improved articles
- There were 12 new pieces of Featured content: Typhoon Tip, Hurricane Linda (1997), Tropical Storm Keith (1988), Tropical Storm Kiko (2007), Hurricane Daniel (2006), Timeline of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season, Timeline of the 2005 Pacific hurricane season, Timeline of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season, Timeline of the 2007 Pacific hurricane season
- New Hurricane Beta (2005), 1952 Groundhog Day tropical storm
- New storm articles include: Hurricane Bonnie (1986), Hurricane Henriette (1995), Hurricane Howard (2004), Typhoon Conson (2004), Typhoon Prapiroon (2006), Typhoon Yagi (2006), and Cyclone Cliff
- New non-storm articles include: 1854 Atlantic hurricane season
Main Page content
- Entries from several articles, including Did You Know?section of the Main Page during January and February.
- Today's Featured Articleon January 27.
- 2009 Fiji floods appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Oct | Nov | Dec | Feb |
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FA | 49 | 50 | 50 | 56 |
A | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
GA | 190 | 198 | 202 | 239 |
B | 13 | 21 | 22 | 14 |
C | 119 | 118 | 122 | 122 |
Start | 204 | 210 | 210 | 198 |
Stub | 19 | 16 | 17 | 28 |
Total | 613 | 631 | 642 | 669 |
ω | 2.88 | 2.87 | 2.87 | 2.80 |
percentage ≥Less than C |
36.4 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 33.0 |
percentage ≥GA or better |
42.1 | 42.2 | 42.2 | 46.6 |
Project News
The project reached a milestone in the last two months in terms of article quality for all articles within the project. For the first time, the percentage of
In an attempt to improve articles, there is talk of forming a collaboration between a few Wikipedians. The current project is to improve
Additionally, there is a recent
Jason Rees (talk) 01:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Greetings Silly Darwinist!
U been answered boy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008_September_18
You best respond with evidence, not ur darlusional feelins. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.113.72.231 (talk) 16:50, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
- Not sure what you are talking about. That (old old archived discussion) is about global cooling events. Climate change has nothing to do with Darwin or evolution. Maybe if you can phrase your question more clearly I'll be able to answer you. Plasticup T/C 18:40, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #25
Number 25, April 4 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of mailing list . This newsletter covers March 2009.
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 Hamish indirectly caused a major environmental disaster along the Queensland coastline, when strong waves from the cyclone damaged the hull of a cargo ship, spilling 260 tonnes of fuel and oil into the ocean. The oil washed onto the coastline, endangering the environment prompting a costly cleanup. Offshore, the fishermen went missing after the boat was lost; one person was found, although the other two remained missing and were presumed dead. As the storm remained offshore, overall damage directly from the storm was minor, primarily from strong waves. Other tropical cyclone activity
Member of the month The member of the month is... Ramisses, has been a member of the Project since January 2008. He is a usefull editor who helps to make the trackmaps for the current season articles, as well as numerous other storms, from previous seasons. We just hope he is able to keep on top of the trackmaps when the busy part of the year comes! New members New and improved articles
Main Page content
Storm article statistics
Project News As part of the above discussion, there is a request for all active members to sign a list to affirm they are still active members in the project. If you don't sign the list, or if you don't consider yourself active anymore, your name will be placed on the inactive members list on May 1st. Hurricanehink has organised a challenge to try and improve some of the Tropical cyclone articles. The rules are that you must take either an seasonal or a storm article from one of the eight basins we have, that is either a Stub, Start class or a brand new article and improve it to at least GA status. However to avoid several articles on cyclones that did not affect land, Hurricanehink has limited the challenge to storms/seasonal articles of Mid-importance or higher. Their is an exception to this rule for the Central Pacific as Cyclones rarely form in this basin. - For full details of the challenge see the Project's Talkpage Project member list |
Jason Rees (talk) 01:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Good to see you around
Welcome back (kinda)! I blocked that IP for 1 week.
Yeah, it should be interesting seeing how hurricane season turns out. WPTC is dead for the most part, so everyone could use a bit of inspiration. I look forward to working with you in the coming weeks/months. Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 19:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Tropical cyclone WikiProject newsletter #26
Number 23, June 7
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of
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Storm of the month
Other tropical cyclone activity
- 2009 Pacific typhoon season - In the two month period, there were four tropical cyclones, all within a short time period and small area. Tropical Depression Crising moved through the Philippines but didn't develop. Typhoon Kujira formed over the Philippines, causing 29 deaths and almost $30 million in damage, before becoming the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. While Kujira was active, a tropical depression formed and dissipated over the open ocean, while Typhoon Chan-hom developed and organized in the South China Sea, eventually crossing Luzon and causing 60 deaths and heavy damage.
- North Indian - Aside from Aila, Cyclone Bijli formed in April, making landfall on Bangladesh and killing 7 people.
- South Indian– Cyclone Jade was the final Cyclone to form. Jade formed on April 5th from a tropical disturbance it quickly intensifed and bcame a category one tropical cyclone on the SSHS before making its first of three landfalls on Madagascar. Jade then dissipated on April 11 after causing fifteen deaths.
- Australian Region - Cyclone Kirrly formed on April 25 in the Arafura Sea to the north of Australia within 5 degrees of the equator which is an unusual area of formation. It quickly reached its peak before making landfall on eastern Indonesia.
- South Pacific - As the last newsletter was published Tropical Cyclone Lin was just devloping as Tropical depression 14F. Lin eventually went on to affect Fiji and Tonga causing at least $1000 worth of damage. Tropical Disturbance 15F also formed this month within the Solomon Islands. It moved eventually moved into the Australian Region but was not monitored by TCWC Brisbane as anything higher than an area of low pressure.
Member of the month
The member of the month is Jason Rees, who joined Wikipedia in 2007, and has written nine tropical cyclone GA's. Jason primarily focuses on Southern Hemisphere storms, as well as the Western Pacific. He has plans for featured topics for several seasons, but for now, he is a regular member of the project who adds his input in discussions on the talk page. We thank Jason for his work, and we look forward to more articles!
New members
- User:Kyle1278
- User:Bbabybear02
- User:Darren23
New and improved articles
- There were no new pieces of Featured content
- New Good articles include: 1973 Pacific hurricane season, Hurricane Kiko (1989), Tropical Storm Carlos (2003)
- New storm articles include: Hurricane Dalilia (1989), Typhoon Wipha (2007)
- New non-storm articles include: Timeline of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season
Main Page content
- Hurricane Ismael was Today's Featured Article on April 25
- Facts from the Did You Know?section of the Main Page during April and May.
- Typhoon Chan-hom (2009) and Cyclone Aila appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section.
Storm article statistics
Grade | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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FA | 47 | 49 | 49 | 50 |
A | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
GA | 161 | 187 | 198 | 202 |
B | 17 | 13 | 21 | 22 |
C | 107 | 119 | 118 | 122 |
Start | 201 | 204 | 210 | 210 |
Stub | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 |
Total | 571 | 613 | 631 | 642 |
ω | 2.92 | 2.88 | 2.87 | 2.87 |
percentage ≥Less than C |
38.5 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 35.4 |
percentage ≥GA or better |
39.8 | 42.1 | 42.2 | 42.2 |
Project News
There is debate as usual with regards to notability, as well as the status of the project in general, but nothing new is going on.
During the last week, some editors have organized a page —
Somewhat tying into the bettering of project articles, the basin article challenge is still ongoing. Hurricanehink is currently in the lead with a GA in 2 basins. Cyclonebiskit is in 2nd, with one GA in the EPAC. The challenge is still open to anyone, and it is not so much a race, rather a challenge just to get a fairly important GA in each basin.
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #27
The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of mailing list . This newsletter covers June 2009.
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From the editors
In recent months, the project has become increasingly inactive; with only a few active participants, we need your help for the upcoming hurricane season! Feel free to contact Hurricanehink (talk · contribs), Juliancolton (talk · contribs), Jason Rees (talk · contribs), or Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) for more information. Thanks! Storm of the month
In ¥655 million (US$95.8 million) and agricultural losses in Taiwan reached NT$ 400 million (US$12.1 million).
Other tropical cyclone activity
Member of the month The member of the month is Cool3 (talk · contribs). Though only a new member, Cool3 has contributed hundreds of sources and hours of research to several articles, two of which are now featured. The project thanks him for his high-quality work. New members In addition, three users re-joined the project after being listed as inactive: New and improved articles
Main Page content
Article statistics
Project News featured articles were promoted during June, including Wind . Additionally, about 28 new articles were created and assessed.
As of 01:42, 4 July 2009 (UTC), there are three noticeboard for more info.
A discussion is ongoing at the project talk page ( original research , official designations are sometimes ambiguous. Comments are welcome. There is also a discussion on how the project rates its articles on the importance scale.
Tropical cyclones at associated Wikimedia projects
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–Juliancolton | Talk 02:09, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Re:Question on the Four Award
I guess so; IMO yes. I believe it would be against the spirit of the four award to retain it if GA nomination was skipped but you carried it to FA status, as it's practically the same. Still, not sure what the others think... I'll start a thread on the four award talk page regarding this to see what consensus is. ♠TomasBat 22:58, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
- Per below, it seems consensus was that in such a case it would be ineligible... :/ ♠TomasBat 00:55, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
WP:FOUR reply
see
I've completed the review of the article. There are numerous issues with the article that need to be addressed, I don't think this article meets B-class criteria either. I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow you to reply to comments. Cheers, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 14:17, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Nice job on the corrections, just one thing left before I can pass the article. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:35, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #28
The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of mailing list . This newsletter covers July 2009.
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From the editors
In recent months, the project has become increasingly inactive; with only a few active participants, we need your help for the upcoming hurricane season! Feel free to contact Juliancolton (talk · contribs), Jason Rees (talk · contribs), or Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) for more information. Thanks! Storm of the month Hurricane Carlos was the third named storm of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Depression Four-E formed on July 10, and was quickly upgraded to Tropical Storm Carlos. On July 11, the storm strengthened into a minimal Category 1 hurricane. Following a series of intensity fluctuations, Carlos peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). The storm subsequently began to weaken, and on July 16, Carlos degenerated into a remnant low. The cyclone had no known effects on land. Other tropical cyclone activity
Member of the month The member of the month is Plasticup (talk · contribs). Plasticup was inactive for most of the winter; however, upon returning this month, he quickly resumed work. Among his recent works are Meteorological history of Hurricane Gustav, a Good Article, and Tropical Storm Gamma (2005), a Good Article nominee. Plasticup was also designated member of the month in July 2008. New members There were no new members in July. However, four users re-joined the project after being listed as inactive: New and improved articles
Main Page content Hurricane Ioke appeared on the main page in the Today's Featured Article section on July 22. Tropical Storm Hallie (1975) appeared on the main page in the Did You Know? section on July 13 and July 24, respectively.
Article statistics
Project News Featured List candidates pertaining to tropical cyclones.
SchuminWeb (talk · contribs) pointed out towards the end of the month that hurricane disambiguation pages are often over-categorized. Efforts are currently underway to address this. A discussion is underway at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season/archive1 regarding the use of HURDAT as a reference. Input is appreciated. Tropical cyclones at associated Wikimedia projects
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–Juliancolton | Talk 02:59, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Note
Namaste, Plasticup. I'm posting to let you know that I have listed you as an editor who had an unsuccessful RfA in the not-too-recent, not-too-distant past on the talk page for RfA's
Proposal to raise FT criteria to requiring 50% featured
Hi, there is currently
- This passed, so your FT(s) need more articles featured by 1 September 2010, or else they will become GTs - rst20xx (talk) 20:54, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #29
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From the editors
The project has gone since August without a newsletter, due to a lack of interest in its publication and development. This issue aims to catch up on major events and milestones since late summer 2009, and set a series of goals for the upcoming hurricane seasons. Your help in writing future issues is appreciated. Tropical cyclone activity Typhoons Member of the month Thegreatdr (talk · contribs) is thanked for his tireless improvement of high-profile tropical cyclone and general meteorology articles; his production of rainfall maps for individual storms; and for his willingness to share his expertise where needed. Thegreatdr is largely responsible for the project's continued success, and has been instrumental in resolving many debates and discussions. Members New and improved articles Featured content. Timeline of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, 1910 Cuba hurricane, Tropical Storm Marco (2008), Hurricane Bob (1985), Hurricane Gert (1999), Hurricane Rick (2009), 1941 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Grace (1991), Cyclone Orson, Image:ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg.jpg, and Image:Effects of Hurricane Charley from FEMA Photo Library 7.jpg Ongoing major article improvement projects include: potential featured topic for off-season Atlantic hurricanes, potential featured topic for 2006 Pacific hurricane season, creation of sub-articles for Hurricane Floyd , and merging of marginally-notable storm articles.
Goals for the upcoming season Nonetheless, the project should encourage new editors to get involved; for this purpose the standard Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Invite template may be used. The project should also make an effort to evaluate existing recognized content. A nominated for demotion, or alternatively, improved and updated.
Main Page content Today's Featured Article: Cyclone Orson on September 22, Hurricane Fabian on January 30, and Hurricane Lane (2006) on March 22
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Revision to Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri articles
I noticed that you have revised either
I intend to revise those articles following the
Thank you.
Vyeh (talk) 14:55, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Reviewer granted
Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).
Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not
When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious
If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:39, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter #31
Number 31, September 10, 2010
The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
Hurricane Frank is the storm of the Month.
Tropical Depression Nine-E formed on August 21 south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It developed into a tropical storm the following morning. On August 23, Frank continued to intensify, but later faced shear and entered a period of weakening. However, on August 24, as shear decreased, it began to reorganize and strengthen again, becoming a hurricane on August 25. Two days later, Frank weakened into a tropical storm. Rapidly weakening overnight, NHC issued that it have been degraded into an remnant low. The area of low pressure associated with Frank was absorbed with another area of disturbed weather which later developed into Tropical Depression Ten-E.
Throughout Central America, Hurricane Frank produced torrential rain that resulted in at least 30 fatalities, most of which took place in Nicaragua and Honduras. In Guatemala alone, damage from the system was estimated to be up to $500 million. In Mexico, six deaths were reported. A total 30 homes were destroyed with 26 others damaged. Two major roads were damaged with another road blocked due to a landslides. Several rivers overflowed their banks as well. Losses from the storms totaled millions of dollars. Water Currents form a nearby volcano were damaged as well.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Atlantic Ocean– In the Atlantic Ocean, around three storms and one depression formed. Tropical Depression Four early on August 2. Early the next day, the depression strengthened further into a tropical storm and was named "Colin". Tropical Storm Colin was downgraded to a tropical depression late morning on August 8. Tropical Depression 5 formed on August 10, with no improvement, it dissipated within 24 hours. Tropical Depression Six developed near the Cape Verde Islands on August 21, the first of the series of Cape Verde-type storms. On August 22 the system attained tropical storm status, thus earning the name "Danielle" The next day it attained hurricane status, becoming the second of the season and strengthened further to a Category 2 hurricane. On August 27, Hurricane Danielle strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane, becoming the first major hurricane of the season, and further strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane shortly after.Danielle later weakened to a Category 3, then Category 2 hurricane, and later became a Category 1 Hurricane due to an eyewall replacement cycle, while avoiding land areas. It became extratropical early on August 31 southeast of Newfoundland without having directly impacted land. It was fully absorbed by a larger extratropical low on September 4 over Greenland. On August 25, Tropical Depression 7 formed east of Hurricane Danielle. Later that day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Earl. On August 29, 2010 Earl strengthened to become the season's third hurricane. Earl then quickly intensified to become the season's second major hurricane on August 30. The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 hurricane after an eyewall replacement cycle before becoming a Category 4 again. Earl made landfall in the Canadian Maritime Provinces, twice in Nova Scotia and once in Prince Edward Island (PEI) at hurricane intensity. On August 30, when gale-force winds and better organization resulted in the development of Tropical Storm Fiona, skipping tropical depression status. It struggled to develop further, however, as it was hindered by high wind shear from the outflow of the much larger and stronger Earl.
- Eastern Pacific Ocean– Three depressions formed in the Month of August. A tropical depression formed on August 5. slowly intensified, reaching tropical storm status on August 6. On August 9, it was downgraded into a tropical depression. On August 10th Estelle dissipated. Tropical Depression Eight-E formed on August 20. However, the depression weakened slightly overnight. The depression continued to weaken and the National Hurricane Center issued its final advisory on August 22. Tropical Depression Nine-E formed on August 21 south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It developed into a tropical storm the following morning. On August 25 it became a hurricane. Two days later, Frank weakened into a tropical storm. Rapidly weakening overnight, NHC issued that it have been degraded into an remnant low. Throughout Central America, Hurricane Frank produced torrential rain that resulted in at least 30 fatalities, most of which took place in Nicaragua and Honduras. In Guatemala alone, damage from the system was estimated to be up to $500 million. In Mexico, six deaths were reported. A total 30 homes were destroyed with 26 others damaged. Two major roads were damaged with another road blocked due to a landslides. Several rivers overflowed their banks as well. Losses from the storms totaled millions of dollars. Water Currents form a nearby volcano were damaged as well.
- Western Pacific Ocean– Eight depression formed in the Month of August. Early on August 4, After Domeng, had merged with the low pressure area PAGASA reported that Domeng had intensified into a tropical storm and reached its 10-minute peak sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (40 mph). In Luzon, heavy rain produced by the storm led to a few landslides, prompting road closures. Offshore, three people drowned after their boat capsized amidst rough seas produced by Domeng. Later that day PAGASA reported that Domeng had weakened into a tropical depression, before reporting early the next day that after it had passed through the Babuyan Islands, Domeng had weakened into an area of low pressure. Early on August 6, the JTWC reported that a tropical disturbance formed within the monsoon gyre about 800 km (500 mi) southeast of Taipei, Taiwan. During that day the JMA started to monitor the depression before the JTWC designated it as Tropical Depression 05W. The depression was then upgraded into a tropical storm by the JMA and named "Dianmu". After moving northward for several days, it turned northeastward and struck southern South Korea. Dianmu weakened as it crossed the Korean peninsula and emerged into the Sea of Japan. Heavy rains produced by the storm resulted in one fatality after a cargo ship sank amidst rough seas produced by the storm. This marked the first time in nine years that a rain-related fatality took place in the capital city of Seoul. More than 3,000 homes were destroyed in eastern China after heavy rains from the outer bands of Dianmu struck the region. The storm made landfall on Japan; exiting the country within five hours. Heavy rains were reported through out the islands. Nearly a week after the two ships sank off the coast of the Philippines, 31 crew members remain missing and are presumed dead after numerous coast guard rescue attempts. Damage from the storm on Jeju Island amounted to 5 billion won ($4.2 million USD). Early on August 17, an area of low pressure formed about 415 km (260 mi), northeast of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. On the evening of August 18, as it crossed Babuyan Islands, the disturbance's low level center (LLC) weakened due to land interaction and high vertical wind shear. It regenerated on August 20 when it was located about 280 km (175 miles), to the west of Dagupan City, Pangasinan. Early on the next day, the LLCC of the disturbance became partially exposed due to a Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough (TUTT) that was developing off Luzon at that time. On the afternoon of that day, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the system into a tropical depression. The next day, they further upgraded the depression into a tropical storm and named it "Mindulle". At the same time, the JTWC reported that Tropical Depression 06W has intensified into a tropical storm. Thousands of fishermen were urged to return to port. According to Vietnamese officials, contact was lost with 10 vessels on August 24 and the 137 fishermen on the ships were listed as missing. Rainfall, peaking at 297 mm (11.7 in),[59] led to significant flooding and agricultural losses. A Tropical depression formed on August 26, it survived for three days with no change in strength. it rapidly traveled northwest and dissipated on August 29. On August 28, the JMA upgraded the system to a Tropical Storm and was named "Lionrock". Early of september 1, Lionrock made a Fujiwhara effect with Namtheun, whilst Lionrock maintained it's strength while Namtheun was absorbed. Lionrock made landfall on the east coast of Guangdong Province, China, just north of the city of Shantou. It then started to dissipate and weaken into a tropical storm and moved over Guangzhou, Guangdong's capital. Lionrock soon lost it's intensity as it went over Guangdong. Midday of August 29, the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on the system as a Low Level Circulation Centre had become organized. On the morning of that same day, the JTWC announced that the system had quickly developed into a tropical storm and assigned the designation "08W". Intensification continued, then by midday of August 30, the JMA reported that the depression had intensified into a tropical storm and assigned it the international designation "Kompasu". In addition, PAGASA also announced that the low pressure in the northeast of Batanes had formed and assigned it a local name, "Glenda". At the same time, the JTWC also upgraded Kompasu into a category 1 typhoon. On the next day, Kompasu crossed the island of Kadena and rapidly intensified into a category 2 typhoon equivalent. On September 1, Kompasu was upgraded by JTWC as a category 3 typhoon equivalent, becoming the strongest typhoon of the season. The storm later weakened to a category one typhoon in the Yellow Sea, before veering northeast and making landfall on Ganghwa Island, northwest of Incheon and Seoul, killing at least four people.[61] Kompasu was the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul metropolitan area in 15 years. On August 27, an extensive cloud formed in the waters east of Taiwan. On August 28, it developed into a low pressure. At 18:00, near Yaeyama Islands, the Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded the low pressure into a tropical depression. There were two tropical cyclones developing on both sides of 09W (namely Lionrock and Kompasu), and Typhoon Kompasu had a relatively stronger intensity, causing 09W moved southwest to Taiwan Strait. On August 30, it caused heavy rain in northern Taiwan. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau could only issue a tropical depression warning since it had not strengthened to a tropical storm. At 20:00, 09W suddenly intensified into a tropical storm, and was named Namtheun. However, due to the development of another stronger tropical storm Lionrock at South China Sea, the increase of intensity of Namtheun was difficult. In the evening hours of August 31, Namtheun weakened into a tropical depression north of Taiwan Strait. Whilst Lionrock maintained it's strength while Namtheun was absorbed. Late on August 28, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center reported that an area of low pressure system associated with a tropical disturbance had developed about 1,000 mi (1,600 km) to the southwest of Honolulu in Hawaii. Isolated thunderstorms were developing in association with the small low-level circulation. During the next day the disturbance moved towards the west and moved into the western Pacific where the JMA immediately designated it as a tropical depression. The depression was expected to bring inclement weather to Majauro and nearby atolls, although the system significantly weakened before reaching the area.
Member of the month
The October member of the month is CrazyC83. Since joining the project near its inception, CrazyC83 has been involved in bringing twenty two articles to Good Article status and one article to Featured Article Status. Not only this, he is been working with the [[2010 Atlantic hurricane season 24/7. Our Favorite member Jason Rees looks like he has gone on a short break with the west, but he still continues with the east.
New members
- Marcusmax
- Nascar1996
- Knowledgekid87
- Pookeo9
- Cucurbitaceae
- Anirudh Emani
New and improved articles
- Hurricane Edith (1963)
- Timeline of the 1990–91 South Pacific cyclone season
- Timeline of the 1989–90 South Pacific cyclone season
- Timeline of the 2003–04 South Pacific cyclone season
- 1776 Pointe-à-Pitre hurricane
- Typhoon Linda (1997)
- Tropical Storm Irma (1978)
- Hurricane Fernanda (1993)
- Tropical Depression One (1993)
- Tropical Storm Laura (1971)
- Tropical Depression Sixteen-E (2004)
- Cyclone Clare
- Hurricane Debbie (1969)
- Hurricane Inga (1969)
- Typhoon Angela (1989)
- Hurricane Paine (1986)
- Tropical Storm Alice (1953)
Storm Basics
- A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain.
- While tropical cyclones can produce extremely powerful winds and torrential rain, they are also able to produce high waves and damaging storm surge as well as spawning tornadoes.
- The term "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively in tropical regions of the globe, and their formation in maritime tropical air masses.
- Many tropical cyclones develop when the atmospheric conditions around a weak disturbance in the atmosphere are favorable. The background environment is modulated by climatological cycles and patterns such as the Madden-Julian oscillation, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, and the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation.
Storm article statistics
Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 3 | 14 | 82 | 60 | 159 | ||
FL | 1 | 4 | 30 | 39 | 74 | ||
FM | 21 | 21 | |||||
A | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
GA | 10 | 64 | 405 | 663 | 1,142 | ||
B | 9 | 29 | 59 | 60 | 157 | ||
C | 12 | 91 | 245 | 264 | 612 | ||
Start | 2 | 62 | 350 | 416 | 3 | 833 | |
Stub | 6 | 74 | 96 | 176 | |||
List | 2 | 9 | 58 | 559 | 411 | 1,039 | |
Category | 921 | 921 | |||||
Disambig | 2 | 11 | 55 | 68 | |||
File | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||
Portal | 2 | 202 | 204 | ||||
Project | 98 | 98 | |||||
Redirect | 2 | 8 | 40 | 93 | 143 | ||
Template | 1 | 6 | 27 | 441 | 475 | ||
Other | 3 | 3 | |||||
Assessed | 40 | 277 | 1,271 | 1,741 | 2,394 | 414 | 6,137 |
Unassessed | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
Total | 40 | 277 | 1,273 | 1,744 | 2,396 | 415 | 6,145 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 10,423 | Ω = 3.38 |
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Tropical cyclone storm articles by quality statistics
Tropical cyclone season pages by quality | |
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Quality | |
Total | |
Assessed | 0 |
Total | 0 |
Project News
The Newsletter has been properly restarted by
Editorial Member Award
This month the editorial member award has been disputed to
Former Featured Articles
- Cyclone Tracy – October 18, 2004 TFA
- Galveston Hurricane of 1900 – April 16, 2005 TFA
- 2004 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Floyd – June 17, 2006 TFA
- Hurricane Katrina – September 29, 2006 TFA
Former Featured Pictures
- Image:Cyclone Gafilo.jpeg – August 6, 2006 POD
- Image:Global tropical cyclone tracks-edit2.jpg – October 3, 2006 POD
- Image:Felix from ISS 03 sept 2007 1138Z.jpg – July 18, 2008 POD
- Image:Hurricane Isabel 18 sept 2003 1555Z.jpg – September 18, 2008 POD
- Image:Hurricane Isabel eye from ISS (edit 1).jpg – September 18, 2009 POD
- Image:Hurricane Katrina Eye viewed from Hurricane Hunter.jpg – November 24, 2005 POD
- Image:KatrinaNewOrleansFlooded edit2.jpg – August 29, 2008 POD
- Image:Searching for bodies, Galveston 1900.ogg – September 8, 2009 POD
- Image:A big tip in Galveston2.jpg – September 8, 2010 POD
- Image:Effects of Hurricane Charley from FEMA Photo Library 7.jpg
- Image:ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg.jpg
The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter#32B
Number 32B, October 20, 2010
The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
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Early on September 14, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had formed east of Taiwan. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center soon designated the depression as 12W with PAGASA naming it Inday shortly thereafter. Later on the same day, the tropical depression was upgraded to a tropical storm and was officially given the name Fanapi by the JMA. On September 16, the storm further intensified into a severe tropical storm. That same day, the JMA further upgraded it into a typhoon. Fanapi turned west and intensified into a category 1 typhoon that night. On the following day, the storm further intensified into a category 2 typhoon. On September 18, the storm further intensified to a Category 3 typhoon and moved straight into Taiwan. It made landfall in Hualien County at 8:40 a.m. (10.40am AEST) on September 19, with winds of 162 kilometres (101 mi) and across the island at a speed of 20km/h. Shortly after its landfall, it moved south and again turned east and rapidly weakened into a Severe Tropical Storm. It had a Category 1 equivalent strength at that time. At 06:00 PM (Local time), the typhoon went back into the ocean. Post Storm Analysis proved that the system stayed on land for 9 hours approximately. The storm made its second landfall at Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China, at a Category 1 Typhoon intensity. The Storm caused a large scale damage to Taiwan. In the early hours of September 21, Fanapi weakened into a tropical depression over Guangdong province, China. On Septemner 22, Fanapi dissipated completely.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Tropical Storm Fiona
- Tropical Storm Gaston
- Tropical Storm Hermine
- Hurricane Igor
- Hurricane Julia
- Hurricane Karl
- Tropical Storm Lisa
- Tropical Storm Matthew
- Tropical Storm Nicole
- Hurricane Otto
- Hurricane Paula
- Tropical Depression Ten-E
- Tropical Depression Eleven-E
- Tropical Storm Georgette
- Severe Tropical Storm Malou (Henry)
- Tropical Storm Meranti
- Typhoon Fanapi (Inday)
- Typhoon Malakas
- Tropical Depression #22
- Tropical Depression 14W
- Typhoon Megi (Juan)
- Depression BOB 02
- Deep Depression BOB 03
New members
- TropicalAnalystwx13
- Hylian Auree
- Rehman
- Alekhya Emani
Articles Requiring Help
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- Cyclone Gwenda (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hurricane Olaf (2003) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Typhoon Sudal (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Typhoon Roy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Main and Important Articles
Member of the month
Jason Rees is the member of the month - October 2010
- Jason is been awarded the member of the month - October 2010 for his excellent work at the construction of Tropical cyclone related articles. He is excellent when it comes to referencing. His work at the article Typhoon Fanapi (2010)is remarkable.
To do
- Improve the 14 WPTC core articles to FA status
- Finish List of Pacific typhoon seasons
- Expand every season article worldwide to mention every storm in the season
- Expand the articles in Category:Tropical cyclone articles to be expanded
- Get every article on the vital articles list to GA status
Storm article statistics
Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | Other | ??? | Total | |
FA | 6 | 12 | 64 | 66 | 148 | ||
A | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | ||
GA | 8 | 22 | 126 | 259 | 415 | ||
B | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 53 | ||
C | 5 | 23 | 87 | 97 | 212 | ||
Start | 5 | 58 | 232 | 239 | 4 | 538 | |
Stub | 1 | 17 | 94 | 59 | 171 | ||
Current | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
Future | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Category | 524 | 1 | 525 | ||||
Disambig | 7 | 581 | 588 | ||||
Template | 167 | 1 | 168 | ||||
Assessed | 29 | 141 | 637 | 770 | 1,294 | 27 | 2,898 |
Unassessed | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Total | 29 | 141 | 637 | 771 | 1,294 | 29 | 2,901 |
Project News
- The 2011 Northern Hemisphere cyclone season articles are awaiting creation.
- A replacement for Template:Infobox hurricane current has been discussed.
- Hurricane Earl (2010) dab issue solved.
- List of tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Earl (1998) being discussed for deletion.
- Flattening MODIS real time images discussed.
- List of Tropical Storms David, Hurricane Humberto, Tropical Storm Alex discussed.
- NASA GRIP (Genesis and Rapid Intensification Project) explained.
- Book:Greatest Category 5 Hurricanes, which is related to this project, has been nominated for deletion.
- Early hurricane season names brought up a large discussion.
- Format for season articles discussed
- Use of colour in charts on season articles duscussed
- new map icon discussed
- Lists on Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons discussed
- several of our SWIO categories have been nominated for CFD
- moving of storm articles and the year in retired storm articles decided
- Storm Article titles discussed
Main page appearance
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on December 9, 2010. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 9, 2010. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 (talk · contribs). If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbh®tchTalk © Happy Holidays 05:52, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Main page appearance: Hurricane Vince
This is a note to let the main editors of Hurricane Vince know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on July 28, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 28, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:
1842 Spain hurricane. It dissipated over Spain, bringing much needed rain to the region, and its remnants passed into the Mediterranean Sea. (more...)
Precious
2005 Atlantic hurricane season
Thank you for all the details you left us about the
Two years ago, you were the 196th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, changed to br'erly style, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:54, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
Four years ago, you were recipient no. 196 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:15, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for today's 2005 Azores subtropical storm! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
... and for today's
... seven years now --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:29, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
Possible removal of AWB access due to inactivity
Hello! There is currently a
2005 Azores subtropical storm scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the
Nomination for deletion of Template:Longest lived Atlantic tropical cyclones
Template:Longest lived Atlantic tropical cyclones has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Steel1943 (talk) 05:45, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
38th edition of The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month and other tropical activity
Member of the month (edition) – TheAustinMan TheAustinMan has been involved with WPTC since 2009. Since the last newsletter, TheAustinMan worked on the Storm of the Month (Barry), as well as 1915 Galveston hurricane, Typhoon Alice (1979), 1937 Atlantic hurricane season, 1944 Jamaica hurricane, and the 1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane. A prolific editor, TheAustinMan has contributed to three featured articles and 46 good articles. Thank you for your contributions! New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter in June/July 2019 More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue in May 2019. Sorted chronologically. Struckout users denote users who have left or have been banned.
To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions! Current assessment table Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
good articles , meaning it is possible we get to our 1000th GA by the end of the year. There are only 62 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 363 C-class articles, 717 start-class articles, and 141 stub-class articles, with 26 lists and 9 current articles. The number of lists may decrease further as the "Tropical cyclone X" articles continue to be reclassified as set index articles. These figures mean that more than half of the project is rated a GA or better - including the lists/current/future articles, there are 1283 articles that are below GA status, versus 1325 that are GA or better.
Sourcing guidelines, by TheAustinMan The core content policies on Wikipedia ( WP:SCIRS .
Reports, bulletins, and other products issued by reliable source and can be referenced, readers often find difficulty interpreting them. Consider using IBTrACS, a more easily understandable track database, which is endorsed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), for this information. Because the Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF) used by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center and National Hurricane Center is liable to change frequently in realtime, they should not be used for currently active storms. Forecasts from these agencies and RSMCs should only be used to cite the forecasts themselves; in other words, they can only be used to describe what was expected to occur, and never to describe what did occur.
Maps and other graphics published by meteorological agencies may be used to describe events (see the associated due weight .
Storm effects are typically referenced with a wide array of published sources. These may include news organizations, risk assessment organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGO), government agencies, and impact databases. So long as they are Routine calculations of damage and casualty figures (for instance, adding casualties from different countries) are acceptable as long as they arise from reliable sources.
Latest WikiProject Alerts The following are the latest article developments as updated by AAlertBot, as of the publishing of this issue. Due to the bot workings, some of these updates may seem out of place; nonetheless, they are included here. Featured list candidates
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History of WikiProject Tropical cyclones The article for hurricane (tropical cyclone) was created on December 2, 2001. On October 3, 2002, User:Ed Poor created an article for Hurricane Lili while the storm was active and near peak intensity; since then, 163 other people have edited the article to help make it a . In March 2004, User:BigT27 created an article for the hyperactive 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, then the 3rd most-active Atlantic hurricane season on record. On August 14 of that year, an article was created for Hurricane Iniki, the first non-Atlantic storm, and on August 31, the 1900 Galveston hurricane became the first TC-related . On October 4, 2004, Cyclone Tracy became featured, which was the 2nd FA in the project. A week later, User:Golbez created the article for 2004 Pacific hurricane season, which was the first season article for the EPAC. On May 19, 2005, Template:Infobox Hurricane, which standardized the infobox that appears in every storm article. On July 20, User:Skywayman created the article for the 2005 Pacific typhoon season, which became the third basin to get season articles. On July 31, User:Holderca1 created the article for 2004-05 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season – for the first several years on Wikipedia, the SHEM was handled in a singular article, but was split into SWIO, AUS, and SPAC beginning on April 16, 2007, and finished on April 21, 2013. During the hyperactive 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, articles were created quickly for the most powerful storms, including Hurricane Dennis which quickly became an FA.
On August 26, 2005, Atlantic hurricane seasons reached back to the beginning of recordkeeping (before 1600s) due to a collaboration of several editors; User:RattleMan created the first season article for the North Indian Ocean; User:Miss Madeline successfully nominated List of California hurricanes for featured list; and Jdorje created a a standardized storm path template .
In 2006, a series of users improved articles worldwide to featured article status. Professional met David Roth joined the project, and in the same year, the NOAA and NHC copied some material from Wikipedia, including track maps, and the Tropical Cyclone Report for featured topic in the project. It was joined by the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season in March 2007.
In 2008, further collaborations helped make the article for Tropical Storm Erick (2007) became featured on December 14, 2008. The storm lasted for a short amount of time over open waters, and as such, it was the shortest featured article anywhere on Wikipedia. Users questioned whether the storm was notable enough to have such a detailed article, but the article described the storm in articulate detail. After an AFD and two featured article review (and a series of low-notability storms being merged), Erick was delisted as a featured article on March 2, 2013.
In the period from 2008 to 2013, users created task forces for various basins, articles for all of the seasons in the Atlantic and EPAC, and enough high-quality articles that more than half of all storm/season articles were good or featured articles. In January 2008, there were 1000 articles in the entire project. On January 1, 2014, Hurricane Fay (2014) . By March 2016, every basin had at least 100 storm articles, multiple featured articles, and season articles of various quality.
This section lists content that have become featured, articles and lists, since the past newsletter in mid-April 2019.
featured list was promoted:
WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments
New articles since the last newsletter include:
New GA's include: WikiProject To-Do
Project Goals & Progress The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page.
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New articles since the last newsletter include:
New GA's include:
The good topics .
Project Goals & Progress The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page.
New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue in May 2019. Sorted chronologically. Struckout users denote users who have left or have been banned.
To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions! Latest WikiProject Alerts The following are the latest article developments as updated by AAlertBot, as of the publishing of this issue. Due to the bot workings, some of these updates may seem out of place; nonetheless, they are included here. Featured list candidates
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Storm of the month and other tropical activity for September
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for October
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for November
Member of the month (edition) – ChocolateTrain ChocolateTrain first joined Wikipedia in April 2017. An Australian native, he is already a prolific writer on the Australian basin, and is responsible for half the edits to the current Australian cyclone season. ChocolateTrain wrote good articles on Cyclone Lili (2019) and Cyclone Nora, plus several articles that are C-class. We thank ChocolateTrain for his edits, and hopes he keeps writing about southern hemisphere storms! From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from August 1, 2019–March 17, 2020 in chronological order.
From August 1, 2019–March 17, 2020, one featured list and three featured articles were promoted:
Current assessment table Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
good articles . There are only 63 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 374 C-class articles, 733 start-class articles, and 150 stub-class articles, with 32 lists, and 9 current articles. These figures mean that slightly more than half of the project is rated a GA or better - including the lists/current/future articles, there are 1320 articles that are below GA status, versus 1334 that are GA or better.
There is a discussion about getting rid of redirect and list-class articles.
WikiProject To-Do
Collaborating - AKA the right kind of sharing, by User:Hurricanehink There are other kinds of collaborations. Recently, users TropicalAnalystwx13 wrote Tropical Storm Kirk (2018) together. Each year, the season articles are written by many editors, by folks who add the latest satellite imagery or track. There are others who document the storm's journey, and what impacts they left. When a major storm is threatening a landmass (especially the United States), users edit from IP addresses far and wide to add the latest information. Unfortunately, some of these big storm articles languish, because they're written in real time without historical perspective, and the websites might no longer be up and running a few years later. Don't get me wrong, I know the excitement of being the first to write on Wikipedia when the NHC classifies something. However, there are lots of older articles that end up half-finished, or with broken weblinks. Thankfully we have the web archive.
We see the disruption that Covid-19 is causing in our world right now. Yea, it sucks to have everything canceled, for schools and bars and gyms and restaurants to be shut down. Some people experience that same feeling every few years when a hurricane/typhoon/cyclone strikes. It's easy writing/researching about these furious beasts of nature when we're in the comfort of our own home/office/library/school. And sometimes it's uncomfortable seeing how we rebuild. After every storm, there is help, often from the government. Politics have made my country turn fearful and hateful, and so I have to choose my words carefully. When nature is at its worst, my government is there after when people need it the most, providing financial assistance, logistical support, and a sense of national unity. This pandemic is making a lot of people fearful of the unknown, how bad that unstoppable force will be. A lot of us may be stuck at home right now with a sense of fear and too much time on our hands. Consider, then, the spirit of collaboration, working together to document the world around us. If you're reading this, you are likely interested in meteorology. Go improve an article then. Now. Do it. :P Stop reading this and find an article you're interested in, and make it better. <3 Tropical cyclones by year tropical or subtropical cyclones. We (the thousands of editors who are writing the first draft of history in the middle of Earth's biggest climate crisis in many millennia) are writing the first draft of history. There might be edit wars, conflicts over whether a source is reliable, and maybe even a controversy surrounding a sharpie, Alabama, and a NWS weather map (see also Hurricane Dorian–Alabama controversy, AKA Sharpiegate). 2019 has featured several significant storms: Cyclone Idai, one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere. Cyclone Kenneth was the strongest cyclone to strike Mozambique. In February, Typhoon Wutip was the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the month of February.
The storms in 2019 represent about 0.116% of the known tropical cyclones on Wikipedia. We're aware of around 12,000 tropical cyclones; about one-third were in the Western Pacific, where storms have killed more than 1.4 million people. Storms in the western Pacific date back to the year 957, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. In the Atlantic, we know of 2,443 tropical cyclones, dating back to 1494, and Christopher Columbus's 2nd voyage to the New World; however, paleotempestological evidence] of storms date back to 1330 BC. In the eastern Pacific, storms date back to 1537, when a hurricane struck Mexico and was recorded by a missionary. Storms in the South Pacific Ocean date back to 1568, and in the South Indian Ocean to 1615. Wikipedia coverage in the North Indian Ocean goes back to 1721. Storm of the month and other tropical activity for December
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for January Cyclone Tino was part of a broader convergence zone that affected ten South Pacific countries. Tino formed on January 11, and passed near Fiji on January 17 with winds of 120 km/h (75 mph), where two people were left missing. Tino became extratropical two days later.
Storm of the month and other tropical activity for February Cyclone Damien struck Western Australia near Karratha on February 8, having originated from a monsoon trough five days later. Damien caused localized flooding and power outages.
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