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Archive 6: January 2008 - January 2009
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Other tropical cyclone activity
- One The Philippines, which was analyzed by Japan Meteorological Agencyas 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 oceanduring the month, along with three tropical depressions.
- The only tropical cyclone in Tropical Cyclone Helen, which struck Australia.
- Four tropical cyclones, three of which named, existed in the Southwest Indian Oceanduring the month. The most notable was Cyclone Fame, which caused twelve deaths after striking Madagascar.
Member of the month
The January member of the month is
New and improved articles
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- 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
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- Entries from 8 articles: Did you knowcolumn during January.
Storm article statistics
| Grade | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan |
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30 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
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9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
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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) 16:40, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
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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
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 Hurricane Ava (1973), Hurricane Flossy (1956)
- New storm articles include: 1917 Pinar del Río hurricane
- New non-storm articles include: List of North Carolina hurricanes (1950-1979)
Main Page content
- Today's Featured Article: Today's Featured Article on February 15
- Entries from 3 articles: Did you knowcolumn during February.
Storm article statistics
| Grade | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb |
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31 | 33 | 33 | 36 |
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8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| GA
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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
There is a drive to increase the number of featured topics, which is located on the project talk page.
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
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Storm of the month
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 Vanuatuin the third week of the month.
- Late in the month, Cyclone Ophelialasted from late February through early March.
- In addition to Cyclone Jokwe, there were two named tropical cyclones in the Tropical Storm Lola formed and dissipated near Mauritiuslate in the month.
Member of the month
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.
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- There were 6 new pieces of List of retired Pacific typhoon names (JMA), Tropical Storm Vamei, and List of New York hurricanes
- New
- New storm articles include: 1945 Southeast Florida hurricane, Hurricane Fox (1952)
- New non-storm articles include: List of North Carolina hurricanes (1900-1949)
Main Page content
- Today's Featured Article: Today's Featured Article on March 27
- Entries from 1 article: Did you knowcolumn during March.
Storm article statistics
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| 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
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
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:41, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
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Storm of the month
Other tropical cyclone activity
- A weak tropical depression formed near South Pacific oceanearly in the month, and another tropical depression developed in the basin later in the month.
- Two named storms formed in the . 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
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.
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New and improved articles
- There were six new pieces of 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: Did you knowcolumn during April.
Storm article statistics
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33 | 36 | 38 | 40 |
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9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| GA
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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,
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:57, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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, 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.
- 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 1959 Mexico Hurricane
- New storm articles include: Hurricane Alma (1996), Hurricane Gladys (1975), Hurricane Liza (1968)
- New non-storm articles include: 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,
Main Page content
- In the newscolumn
- Entries from three articles: Did you knowcolumn during May.
Storm article statistics
| Grade | Feb | Mar | Apr | May |
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36 | 38 | 40 | 41 |
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8 | 8 | 8 | 17 |
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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
The May member of the month is
New members
- HkCaGu
- Leolisa1997
- Itfc+canes=me
♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
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Storm of the month
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 List of Maryland and Washington, D.C. hurricanes (1980–present)
- New
- New storm articles include: 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
- Today's Featured Article on June 10
- In the newscolumn
- Entries from articles: Did you knowcolumn during June.
Storm article statistics
| Grade | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
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38 | 40 | 41 | 41 |
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8 | 8 | 17 | 18 |
| GA
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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
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) 03:36, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #19
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Storm of the month
Other tropical cyclone activity
- PAGASAissued 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
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 Meteorological history of Hurricane Gordon (1994)
- New
- 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
- Today's Featured Article on July 5
- In the newscolumn during the month
- Entries from 2 articles: Did you knowcolumn during July.
Storm article statistics </noinclude>
| Grade | Apr | May | Jun | Jul |
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40 | 41 | 41 | 42 |
| A
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8 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| GA
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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
{{hurricane|class=B|...}} are automatically reassessed as {{C-Class}}, unless all the values in the checklist{{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
{{hurricaneIn 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) 03:33, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
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Number 20, September 6, 2008
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Storm of the month
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
- 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
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
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New and improved articles
- There were eight new pieces of
- New Good articles include: Effects of Hurricane Charley in South Carolina, Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting
- New storm articles include: Tropical Depression Nine (2000), Tropical Storm Norman (2006)
- New non-storm articles include: Effects of Hurricane Noel in the United States
Main Page content
- Today's Featured Article on August 13
- In the newsduring August.
- Entries from articles: Did you knowcolumn during August.
Storm article statistics
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41 | 41 | 42 | 46 |
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| GA
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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 |
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This month, several of the WikiProject's articles were selected for the
The list of articles chosen for the release can be seen here. Of the selection, almost half of the articles are already
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...
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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #21
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of
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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
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Newfoundland.
- ACE index. Early in the month, Tropical Storm Karina lasted for two days without affecting land. A few days later, Tropical Storm Lowell formed and later affected the Baja California peninsulaand mainland Mexico as a tropical depression; its remnants merged with the remnants of Ike.
- Western Pacific Ocean– Five named storms developed in the western Pacific, beginning with Typhoon Sinlaku which became a powerful cyclone before weakening and bringing heavy rainfall to Taiwan; there, it caused 11 deaths and heavy damage, and it later affected Japan. The second storm of the month was Typhoon Hagupit, which caused $1 billion (USD) in damage and 68 deaths when it struck China. Typhoon Jangmi was next, which brought further damage and deaths to Taiwan. Two more tropical storms developed during the month; Mekkhala formed in the South China Sea and caused heavy damage in Vietnam, while Higos moved across the Philippines and later struck China.
- North Indian Ocean– One deep depression formed during the month, which moved ashore in the Indian province of Odisha; it caused 25 deaths from heavy rainfall.
Member of the month
The September member of the month is CrazyC83, who has been a steady editor within the project for the past few years. Lately, the user's contributions include maintaining the current season articles, which is the biggest workload for the project. In the past, however, CrazyC83 was very active in writing articles, and was a proponent for all storms in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season getting articles. Of note was his contributions to Hurricane Juan, which brought it to featured status and later to the main page.
New and improved articles
- There were six new pieces of FT), and Hurricane Dean
- New Tropical Storm Erick (2007)
- New storm articles include: Tropical Storm Miriam (2006)
- New non-storm articles include: Ocean Prediction Center, Effects of Hurricane Katrina in Florida
Main Page content
- Image:Hurricane Isabel 18 sept 2003 1555Z.jpg appeared as the picture of the day on September 18
- In the newsduring September.
- Entries from 7 articles: Did you knowcolumn during September.
Storm article statistics
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| B | 96 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| C | 3 | 98 | 99 | 107 |
| Start | 208 | 202 | 197 | 201 |
| Stub | 9 | 10 | 15 | 19 |
| Total | 510 | 524 | 537 | 571 |
| ω | 2.87 | 2.94 | 2.92 | 2.92 |
| percentage ≥Less than C |
42.5 | 40.5 | 39.5 | 38.5 |
| percentage ≥GA or better |
38.0 | 38.0 | 39.3 | 39.8 |
Project News
Overall, the project has had a relatively uneventful month. One of the most noteworthy events was the selection of 32 tropical cyclone-related articles, that were chosen as part of Wikipedia 0.7. Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of English Wikipedia articles due to be released on DVD, and available for free download, later this year. While many of the selected articles are of featured or good quality, several require substantial cleanup and expansion.
In other news, a handful of changes to project standards have taken place. Per a consensus on
New members
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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #23
Number 23,
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of
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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
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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
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| GA
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| 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
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