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U changed hurricane maria death toll 2 112–8,498, but u didn’t change the 2017 atlantic hurricane season death toll. Pls change it. NOT VANDALISM! JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION 2602:306:8BB9:4E20:6143:2F81:B952:873C (talk) 14:44, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of PSR J1856+0245 for deletion

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Controbutions

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I feel like I may be too young to write articles and that my articles that I write will end up being deleted. I want to share my knowledge of science with everyone but I don't think I write very good articles. Is there anything I should do? CooperScience (talk) 04:40, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, I have little experience with creating add one such as info boxes to improve my articles.

Creating new articles is much more difficult than many of the routine tasks of improving Wikipedia. It's also less likely to be productive if you're inexperienced, as the article may end up getting deleted. I suggest that you stick to improving existing articles until you have more experience (age is irrelevant). Look at the edit history of any good existing article: you'll see that only a tiny fraction of the work was done by the creator of the article. Maproom (talk) 07:18, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

XTE J1118+480

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While attempting to fix my page's issues, the starbox was removed and everything was stuffed into a box. Now my article looks like random, garbled junk! What can I do to fix it, or can anyone fix it? CooperScience (talk) 20:03, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Image without license

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Katrina

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I would strongly suggest that you look at the press release i linked too before reverting again, NHC's TCR on Katrina has for now been superseded by the press release released by NHC.Jason Rees (talk) 18:12, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for showing me this. I didn't see that this had been released. -CooperScience

Image dispute

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I have observed the edit war between you and the other user and I honestly don't know which image is better at this time, but I do know that since you are attempting to change the image it is up to you to make a case for doing so on the article talk page. That is standard Wikipedia procedure. Edit warring is not acceptable even if you are correct. I'm going to warn the other user as well. I encourage you both to discuss the issue and reach an agreement. 331dot (talk) 21:34, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (March 2)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by MatthewVanitas was:
Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at Tropical Storm Selma (2017) instead.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
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I went ahead and created the page. Sorry, I just got too excited. CooperScience (talk) 20:26, 12 March 2018 (UTC)CooperScience[reply]

Sources

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When you are changing damage totals can you make sure you source it in the actual article and not just leave edit summaries like "Per most recent NOAA estimate" or "Damage fixes for Tomas and Matthew." Thanks.Jason Rees (talk) 20:16, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I will make sure that I remember to do that. Thank you for letting me know CooperScience (talk) 20:25, 12 March 2018 (UTC)CooperScience[reply]

It is also not good enough to "note that these values are what is listed on the pages" as we can not verify the damages on the List of Retired Atlantic hurricane names. Also how do I know that the damage totals in the articles are correct or sourced? On a side note, I do not like playing hard-ball over this but the list of Retired Atlantic hurricane names was built up by me, using the damage totals I could reliably source. There are some differences in damage totals, but as time allows we need to go through it and check them and source it up carefully.Jason Rees (talk) 22:52, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. I thought that we should go by the estimates on the pages, sorry again. CooperScience (talk) 23:12, 12 March 2018 (UTC)CooperScience[reply]

Ideally we should but we have to remember that Wikipedia is not a source for Wikipedia, which is why we need to be copying over the external sources. As a result, I thought that I would pass you this Referencing for beginners guide.Jason Rees (talk) 11:44, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for giving me this source, and I will make sure to find the right sources when I make edits. CooperScience (talk) 18:48, 14 March 2018 (UTC)CooperScience[reply]

Re:Civil

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Just because I said something in passing that you perceive as profanity doesn't make it explicitly problematic. I did not made a personal attack. Wikipedia is not censored. YE Pacific Hurricane 20:17, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

At least think before you say such a thing, please. CooperScience (talk) 20:24, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Edit: I think I realize what it meant. Sorry for accusing you of such a thing. CooperScience (talk) 19:30, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A cheeseburger for you!

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Cheeseburgers are really delicious. I hope you like this one HorsesAreNice (talk) 19:28, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, HorsesAreNice! Unfortunately, I don't eat meat, so I cannot eat the cheeseburger. I will put it in a digital display case, though. CooperScience (talk) 19:30, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Selma (2017)

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tropical Storm Selma (2017) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Nova Crystallis -- Nova Crystallis (talk) 05:02, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thank you for taking the time to review it! I'm not feeling that it will pass, but I will continue to build on it and improve it to make it better. Cooper 19:23, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

New Satellite Images

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Can you upload some updated satellite pictures of these Atlantic Hurricane Storms:

  • Hurricane Hortense(1996)
  • Hurricane Elena(1985)
  • Hurricane Alicia(1983)
  • Hurricane Frances(1980)
  • Hurricane Jeanne(1998)
  • Hurricane Karl(1998)
  • Hurricane Karen(2007)
  • Hurricane Barry(1983)
  • Hurricane Lili(1984)
  • Hurricane Diana(1990)

Any of these storms with a updated image would be great — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.171.224.177 (talk) 09:12, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I will order them through NOAA CLASS and have them proccessed. User:Oof-off is helping me with some of these images. Cooper 22:34, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Retired names

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Please note that the retirement sections do not provide a running commentary on what names have been retired. This includes noting that Irene was replaced by Irma which is going to be retired itself after it was used in 2017.Jason Rees (talk) 18:09, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If thats true, then why is the same content in the 2002, 2003, and 2004 seasons? There is no rule that does not allow stating that the name that replaced the retired name was itself retired. Cooper 19:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
Im fairly sure its true and even then its pretty trivial in my opinion, since the name that a name gets replaced with is retired on a regular basis especially in the South Pacific.Jason Rees (talk) 19:31, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The South Pacific has different and less rigorous retirement standards, and there are smaller lists of names. You can't compare the Atlantic to the South Pacific. It is no "running commentary", it is simply giving additional useful information. Cooper 19:48, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
I firmly disagree that it is usefull information and feel it is trivial especially since you can compare the Atlantic to South Pacific.Jason Rees (talk) 19:59, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless, it is useful information, and you should not be telling people what they can or cannot put in articles. Cooper 20:02, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
As I keep saying it isnt useful information and is trivial. Also im telling you what the project consensus has been for years - if you wish to challenge it then take it to the project page.Jason Rees (talk) 20:04, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You saying its trivial is simply an opinion, not fact. Why should this information be allowed on the other seasons yet not on this one? You shouldn't be so judgmental on this.
I dont think it should be in any of the articles as it is trivial and im seriously tempted to remove it but that would breach WP:Point.Jason Rees (talk) 20:08, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Selma (2017)

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The article Tropical Storm Selma (2017) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Tropical Storm Selma (2017) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Nova Crystallis -- Nova Crystallis (talk) 22:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Selma (2017)

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Happy Wiki Brithday!

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Happy wiki brithday Cooper! I hope you have been having a good time on Wikipedia. Tardis459 (talk) 11:57, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thank you Tardis! I am having a good time on Wikipedia. I didn't know I'd been here for so long! Cooper 12:07, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No problem Cooper. Tardis459 (talk) 18:54, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please Create a Tropical storm Arlene (1999) page

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Hi Cooper i upset that i cant seem why Arlene has no pages. May you please cerate that page it will be nicer for people that really like storms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tardis459 (talk • contribs) 16:15, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Tardis! I certainly can try, although I might not be able to find enough information on it to create an article. Cooper 16:39, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you cooper! :). Tardis459 (talk) 16:45, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New Images

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Hey Cooper. Thanks for the new images they have more clear images and is better. Tardis459 (talk) 15:56, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can you add a new image fore Kate 1985? Tardis459 (talk) 15:57, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also can you get new images on these web pages.

Hurricane Ivan 2004

Hurricane Charley 2004

Hurricane Frances 2004

Hurricane Katrina 2005

Tropical Storm Henrri 1985

Hurricane Bonnie 1998

Hurricane Lili 2002

Hurricane Bob 1991

Hurricane Juan 2003

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Mitch

Hurricane Matthew 2016 Tardis459 (talk) 17:02, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Weather Underground

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FYI NHC is a part of NOAA which trumps Weather Underground, since Weather Underground would have got their data from NOAA.Jason Rees (talk) 19:48, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thanks for letting me know. I'm not sure why there is conflicting data, though. Cooper 19:54, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There are a number of reasons, Check HURDAT 2 against the various tropical cyclone reports, human error, Operational data being used instead of post anaylsis.Jason Rees (talk) 15:05, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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03L 1980

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FYI 03L 1980 = Bonnie.Jason Rees (talk) 23:54, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for clarifying that. I had been wondering about it for a while. Cooper 23:57, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
All you had to do was read Bonnies section.Jason Rees (talk) 00:29, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Satellite image edit warring

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Hurricane Hector

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Sorry, I didn't know you were working on a draft for Hector. Mine has already been published here and somewhat expanded upon. Im going to be adding more information to it later today. I would appreciate it if we could combine efforts to get a decent article fleshed out in the coming days. Thanks... FigfiresSend me a message! 18:49, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh... It's fine. I don't know how to effectively merge content, so if you could go ahead and help on that I'd really appreciate it. Cooper 19:12, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical Cyclone Barnstar

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  • Thanks Figfires! I will do whatever people do with barnstars. I'll do an image for an old storm if you'd like, just let me know if you ever need one. Cooper 01:10, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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In general, links found earlier in the article should not be in the "See also" section. The very first line of Hurricane Michael says This article is about the 2018 Atlantic hurricane. For other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Michael (disambiguation). power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:12, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adrian incident

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Hello. I just want to tell you that Adrian had become post-tropical on May 11. Then why put on a 10? Adrian dissipated on 11 at 00z in the post-analysis, and the operational analysis tells that Adrian becomes post-tropical at 15z on 11. Please reconsider. - Nino Marakot (talk page) 08:27, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Operational analysis here -----> https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2017/ep01/ep012017.public.008.shtml

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The Hurricane Herald is the arbitrarily periodical newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006; it has been almost thirteen years since that time. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from February 26–April 13, 2019. This edition's editor and authors are Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) and KN2731 (talk · contribs).

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Storm of the month (Cyclone Idai) and other tropical activity

Cyclone Idai was the deadliest tropical cyclone in the southern hemisphere since 1975, leaving over 1,000 fatalities. It was also the costliest in the South-West cyclone basin, causing $1 billion in damage. Idai paralleled the disaster caused by Cyclone Leon-Eline in 2000, which killed about 700 people along with weeks of preceding floods. Similarly, Idai first struck Mozambique on March 4, moving over land for five days before emerging into the Mozambique Channel. It eventually struck near Beira, Mozambique as an intense tropical cyclone.

Idai was one of a record-breaking nine intense tropical cyclones in the 2018–19 season, four of which occurred since the last newsletter was released in February. The others include Cyclone Haleh, Savannah, and Joaninha. Only Joaninha affected land – the small island of Rodrigues. Savannah entered the basin from the adjacent Austrailan basin, having killed 12 people in Indonesia. In the Australian region, there were two tropical lows, cyclones Trevor and Veronica, as well as the presently active (but dissipating) Wallace. Cyclone Pola, active as of the publication of the previous newsletter, dissipated after affecting islands in the South Pacific. In the western Pacific Ocean, a tropical depression struck the Philippine island of Mindanao.

Outside of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, there was a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone – Tropical Storm Iba, which lasted for five days off the coast of Brazil. Iba was the first fully tropical cyclone named by Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center.

New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter in February 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 February 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.

Editorial for welcoming new users, by Hurricanehink

Every year, editors new and old help maintain the new season of season articles. The older users are likely used to the standards of the project, such as how to Wikilink and reference properly. Newer users might make mistakes, and they might make them over and over again if they don't know better. If anyone (who happens to read this) comes across a new user, please don't bite, because with enough pushback, they'll decide that this group of editors is too mean, and unfun. This is all a volunteer project, no one can force anyone to do anything. We're all on here because of our love of knowledge and tropical cyclones. If you find someone new, consider using the official WPTC welcome template - Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Welcome.

I also encourage that if you know any tropical cyclone researchers, please speak up and try recruiting them to edit. Veteran editors can't keep editing forever. Life gets busy, and the real world beckons!

Member of the month (edition) – Cyclonebiskit

User:Cyclonebiskit has been editing Wikipedia since 2008, and currently has 28 featured articles or lists, of which 23 were related to tropical cyclones, including Cyclone Waka, Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak, and the Meteorological history of Hurricane Patricia. Cyclonebiskit also wrote or contributed to 163 GA's. In March 2019, Cyclonebiskit worked alongside Hurricane Noah (the previous member of the month) and other editors to expand the article for Cyclone Idai. Cyclonebiskit logged 118 edits to the storm of the month, and added more than 35 kb of info to the article - together, Hurricane Noah and Cyclonebiskit wrote 71.5% of the article. Thank you Cyclonebiskit for your contributions - happy editing!

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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.
As of this issue, there are 149 featured articles and 69 featured lists. There are 141 A-class articles, but that number is subject to change, depending if we mandate that all A-class articles have an A-class review first. There are 948 good articles, meaning it is possible we get to our 1000th GA by the end of the year. There are only 61 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 357 C-class articles, 717 start-class articles, and 139 stub-class articles, with 28 lists and 8 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 nearly half of the project is rated a GA or better - including the lists/current/future articles, there are 1312 articles that are below GA status, versus 1307 that are GA or better. If the project remains productive, then it won't be long before we reach the milestone of having half of the project be rated "good" or better.

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Tutorial Question

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Can you please teach me how do you make GOES images? I know how to make them but they usually aren't that perfect.

Thanks! --SaiTheCyclone (talk) 02:19, 25 May 2019 (UTC)SaiTheCyclone[reply]

Hey there! I usually use NOAA's Comprehensive Large-array Stewardship System to create GOES images. It's a complicated process, so let me organize a tutorial on it, and I'll get back to you shortly. Cooper 02:56, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, cool beans! Thanks!

New Satellite Images

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I really do admire your contributions to the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject, but in the near future can you upload some new satellite images for:

  • ATLANTIC
  • Hurricane Charley(1992)
  • Tropical Storm Earl(1992)
  • Hurricane Frances(1992)
  • Tropical Depression 10(1991)
  • Tropical Depression Seven(1982)
  • Tropical Depression Six(1980)
  • EAST PACIFIC
  • Hurricane Lidia(1987)
  • Tropical Storm Selma(1987)
  • Tropical Storm Irwin(1981)
  • Tropical Storm Enrique(1985)
  • WEST PACIFIC
  • Typhoon Koryn(1993)
  • Typhoon Vera(1986)
  • Typhoon Carmen(1986)
  • Typhoon Ruby(1988)
  • Typhoon Gladys(1994)

June 2019 WPTC Newsletter

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Volume XIV, Issue 39, May 31, 2019

The Hurricane Herald is the arbitrarily periodical newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006; it has been almost thirteen years since that time. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from April 14–May 31, 2019. This edition's editor and author is Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs).

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Article of the month, by Jason Rees

History of tropical cyclone naming - The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with storms named after places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of naming in each basin. The credit for the first usage of personal names for weather systems is given to the Queensland Government Meteorologist Clement Wragge, who named tropical cyclones and anticyclones between 1887 and 1907. This system of naming fell into disuse for several years after Wragge retired, until it was revived in the latter part of World War II for the Western Pacific basin. Over the following decades, various naming schemes have been introduced for the world's oceans, including for parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The majority of these lists are compiled by the World Meteorological Organization's tropical cyclone committee for the region and include names from different cultures as well as languages. Over the years there has been controversy over the names used at various times, with names being dropped for religious and political reasons. For example, female names were exclusively used in the basins at various times between 1945 - 2000 and were the subject of several protests. The names of significant tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Australian region are retired from the naming lists and replaced with another name, at meetings of the various tropical cyclone committees.

Storm of the month and other tropical activity

Cyclone Fani was an extremely severe cyclonic storm that made landfall in Odisha, India on May 3. The storm achieved peak intensity as a near Category 5-equivalent cyclone with 3-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 250 km/h (155 mph), and a minimum central pressure of 937 hPa (mbar). Fani caused over $1.8 billion (2019 USD) in damage in India and Bangladesh and killed at least 89 people.

Since the last newsletter, twelve systems have formed.

  • Southwest Indian Ocean
    In the Southwest Indian Ocean, Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in Mozambique approximately 1 month after Cyclone Idai, causing widespread flooding and destruction. Overall, Kenneth killed at least 52 people and caused more than $100 million in damage. Additionally, Tropical Cyclone Lorna formed over the eastern portion of the basin in late April and dissipated in early May without affecting land.
  • Australian Region
    In the Australian Region, cyclones Lili and Ann formed in early May and both affected land. No deaths were reported, although Lili caused moderate damage in the Maluku Islands and East Timor.
  • South Pacific
    In the South Pacific, a tropical depression formed in mid-may, but failed to intensify and dissipated a few days later.
  • South Atlantic
    In the South Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Jaguar formed in late May and lasted for approximately two days before becoming extratropical.
  • Western Pacific
    In the Western Pacific, three weak tropical depressions existed during the first half of May.
  • North Atlantic
    In the North Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Andrea formed on the same day as Jaguar, but failed to intensify and dissipated on the next day.




  • The Eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15.
  • The Atlantic hurricane season will begin at 2:00 AM EDT on June 1.
  • The Central Pacific hurricane season will begin sometime after 12:00 AM HST on June 1.
Recent storms of the month
Edition Storm
36 Cyclone Idai
35 Typhoon Wutip (2019)

New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter in April 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 April 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!

Editorial for welcoming new users, by Hurricanehink

Every year, editors new and old help maintain the new season of season articles. The older users are likely used to the standards of the project, such as how to Wikilink and reference properly. Newer users might make mistakes, and they might make them over and over again if they don't know better. If anyone (who happens to read this) comes across a new user, please don't bite, because with enough pushback, they'll decide that this group of editors is too mean, and unfun. This is all a volunteer project; no one can force anyone to do anything. We're all on here because of our love of knowledge and tropical cyclones. If you find someone new, consider using the official WPTC welcome template - Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Welcome.

I also encourage that if you know any tropical cyclone researchers, please speak up and try recruiting them to edit. Veteran editors can't keep editing forever. Life gets busy, and the real world beckons!

Member of the month (edition) – Yellow Evan

Yellow Evan has been involved with WPTC since 2008. Since the last newsletter, Yellow Evan has taken 5 typhoon articles to good article status as well as created 2 more. Overall, he has created and/or significantly contributed to more than 130 good articles. Your work in the Western Pacific Basin is invaluable... Thank you for your contributions!

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WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments

  • An awards program for the project began on May 31. It involves 25 levels that may be gained by earning points for completing various actions such as getting good or featured articles. Additional awards will be added in the future.
  • As of this news letter, there are more articles ranked a good article or better (1317) than articles ranked B-class or worse (1272), for the first time in the project's history.
  • Every Atlantic hurricane season from 1945 to 2007 is rated at least a GA. That is an impressive feat, and an incredibly body of work among many editors.
  • Cyclone Raja became the 150th featured article in the project. Thanks to all of the editors and their tireless edits for writing 2.7% of all of Wikipedia's featured articles.
  • In the 24 hours after Hurricane Michael's TCR was released, the article on the hurricane was edited 82 times by 18 different users.
  • In March 2019, the most popular article in the project was Cyclone Idai, viewed 231,969 times during the month. The generic cyclone was 2nd most popular, with 131,080 views. In 3rd place was Hurricane Katrina with 112,283 views. Included in the top 20 were the 2018 and 19 Atlantic hurricane seasons, hurricanes Michael, Florence, Irma, Maria, and Harvey, and the 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane, which was TFA on March 20th.

New articles since the last newsletter include:

New GA's include:

Current assessment table

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As of this issue, there are 150 featured articles and 69 featured lists. There are 142 A-class articles, but that number is subject to change, depending if we mandate that all A-class articles have an A-class review first. There are 956 good articles, meaning it is possible we get to our 1000th GA by the end of the year. There are only 61 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 350 C-class articles, 720 start-class articles, and 141 stub-class articles, with 29 lists and 8 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 nearly half of the project is rated a GA or better - including the lists/current/future articles, there are 1272 articles that are below GA status, versus 1317 that are GA or better.

About the assessment scale →

From the Main Page

From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from April 14–May 31, 2019 in chronological order.

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WikiProject To-Do


Here are some tasks you can do:

Project Goals & Progress

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NoahTalk 22:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

38th edition of The Hurricane Herald

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Volume XIV, Issue 38, August 1, 2019

The Hurricane Herald is the arbitrarily periodical newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006; it has been almost thirteen years since that time. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from June 1–July 31, 2019. This edition's editor and author is ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) .

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Storm of the month and other tropical activity

Hurricane Barry was the wettest tropical storm on record in Arkansas, and one of only four hurricanes to strike Louisiana in July. Originating from a trough over the southeastern United States, Barry formed on July 11 off the southeast Louisiana coast. Despite wind shear and an asymmetrical structure, the storm intensified into a minimal hurricane before making landfall near Intracoastal City, Louisiana. Barry dropped heavy rainfall from the Gulf of Mexico to the Ohio Valley, peaking at 23.43 in (595 mm) near Ragley, Louisiana. The storm caused flooding rains, power outages, and one death due to rip currents. Damage totaled over US$500 million.

  • The Atlantic hurricane season, and the Central Pacific hurricane season, began on June 1. The 2019-20 tropical cyclone year in the Southern Hemisphere began on July 1 in the South-West Indian Ocean, Australian region, and South Pacific.
  • Since the last newsletter, 18 other systems have formed worldwide, in addition to Barry.
  • Western Pacific
    In the Western Pacific, Tropical Storm Sepat in June passed near Japan and was classified as a subtropical storm by the JTWC. In early July, Tropical Storm Mun killed two people when it struck Vietnam. Tropical Storm Danas formed near the Philippines and moved northward, later crossing the Korean peninsula. Toward the end of July, Tropical Storm Nari moved across Japan as a tropical depression, and Tropical Storm Wipha struck southern China. There were also three tropical depressions, one of which the JTWC classified as a tropical storm.
  • Eastern Pacific
    After the latest start of a hurricane season since 1971, activity in the basin began on June 25 when Hurricane Alvin formed off the southwest coast of Mexico. Hurricane Barbara became a strong Category 4 hurricane, and its remnants later caused power outages in Hawaii. Tropical Storm Cosme, Tropical Depression Four-E, Tropical Storm Dalila, and hurricanes Erick, and Flossie also formed in July southwest of Mexico.
  • Atlantic
    Short-lived Tropical Depression Three formed near the Bahamas and dissipated east of Florida in late July
  • North Indian Ocean
  • Cyclone Vayu was a powerful cyclone that threatened western India, but stalled and weakened significantly before moving ashore. The storm killed eight people, and lashed western India with heavy rainfall and high tides.
  • South-West Indian Ocean
Recent storms of the month
Edition Storm
37 Cyclone Kenneth
36 Cyclone Idai
35 Typhoon Wutip (2019)

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

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As of this issue, there are 152 featured articles and 70 featured lists. There are 142 A-class articles, but that number is subject to change, depending if we mandate that all A-class articles have an A-class review first. There are 961 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.

About the assessment scale →

Sourcing guidelines, by TheAustinMan

The core content policies on Wikipedia (neutral point of view, no original research, and verifiability) all apply to articles tagged by WikiProject Tropical cyclones. The project's style guidelines also provide information on how to cite sources effectively. Relevant guidelines discussing the WikiProject's tropical meteorology articles may also be found at WP:SCICITE and WP:SCIRS.

Reports, bulletins, and other products issued by Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers are the authoritative source on meteorological information pertaining to tropical cyclones in their respective basins. This includes both quantitative and qualitative information about a storm's characteristics, including intensities, durations, and locations. The most recent post-storm assessments take precedence over operational data. Thus, post-season revisions to a storm's "best track" file, new information presented in a tropical cyclone report, or official database adjustments made by the Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project, or other official reanalyses supersede operational information where they disagree. Data in operational RSMC products can still be used if later data does not dispute them. Information from other public agencies can also be used, but generally require in-text attribution. While the original best track data from meteorological agencies is a 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 essay). However, they should only be referenced if they are explicit in conveying the supported information and do not require any rigorous meteorological interpretation (such as satellite analysis or drawing conclusions over what the arrangement of meteorological features represents). In general, self-published sources should not be used as sources for present or historical storm intensities. However, information contained in articles from reliable sources or commentary from established tropical cyclone experts can be used as sources for information not covered by WMO-endorsed agencies. If such sources dispute WMO-endorsed meteorological data, commentary on the disputed information may be used, making sure to attribute claims and giving 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 reliable sources, they can be used as references for tropical cyclone impacts. Note that figures from early impact reports, often disseminated by the first NGO situation reports and news reports, may quickly be outdated in light of newer information. When sourcing damage totals or casualty figures, use the most recent value from a reliable source, as these values tend to be more stable and use more up-to-date information. If such figures are disputed by other reliable sources, this should be noted in the article, making sure to attribute claims and giving due weight. Routine calculations of damage and casualty figures (for instance, adding casualties from different countries) are acceptable as long as they arise from reliable sources.

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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, User:Tom created 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, User:CrazyC83 created an article for Hurricane Katrina after the legendary storm crossed over southern Florida. By two days later, there were 500 edits to the article, and the hurricane was threatening to hit New Orleans as a Category 4 or 5. We now know it was “only” a Category 3 at landfall. In the 14 years since Katrina, there have been 6,327 editors to the Hurricane Katrina article, along with 23 sub-articles. During the 2005 season, there were debates among editors whether lesser notable storms, like Hurricane Cindy (2005), should have articles. At one point in 2006, there were articles for every named storm during the 2005 AHS, but in the 13 years since then, articles for tropical storms Franklin, Harvey, and Lee, and Philippe were created and merged. As a way to coordinate edits among the tropical cyclone pages, User:Jdorje created Template:Hurricane on September 12, 2005. This is the same template that appears on the talk pages for every article in the WPTC. On October 5, Jdorje officially created WP:WPTC, the tropical cyclone WikiProject. That October, in quick succession, the 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 Tropical Storm Chris (2006). In June 2006, User:Nilfanion created the project assessment page, which documents the status of every article, organized by basin, the year, and storm shaded by the quality. On August 1, the chat room on IRC for the project was created, which allowed real-time communication among editors. There’s something special about conversing with fellow weather geeks during an epic storm, which seems to have become all the more common. On January 1, 2007, the number of good articles in the project reached 100. On January 29th, a collaboration of users made the List of retired Pacific hurricane names the first 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 cyclone a featured article, one of 100 FA’s in the project. Notably among project members, 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, User:Yellow Evan created Typhoon Nancy (1982), which was the 2000th article in the project. In October 2008, there were 100 FA’s in the project, which reached 200 on November 28, 2015, with Hurricane Fay (2014). By March 2016, every basin had at least 100 storm articles, multiple featured articles, and season articles of various quality.

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Hey CooperScience! So recently I have discovered this layer mask feature in GIMP and have started experimenting with the feature. Do you have any suggestions or tips on making better colored GOES images? I'm sorry to bother you, I was just asking. Thanks! --SaiTheCyclone (talk) 14:53, 10 October 2019 (UTC)SaiTheCyclone[reply]

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Hey, thanks for giving me tips on improving making colored GOES imageries in the Discord server for the past few days. Without your help, I wouldn't improve as much. And for this, I give you a kitten! Enjoy! --SaiTheCyclone (talk) 01:50, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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NOAA WCT Help

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So for some reason my NOAA's Weather and Climate Toolkit software won't load the pre GVAR data. Please help. :( --SaiTheCyclone (talk) 22:44, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

39th edition of The Hurricane Herald!

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Volume XIV, Issue 39, March 17, 2020

The Hurricane Herald: Special St. Patrick's Day and COVID-19 edition!

The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006; it has been almost thirteen years since that time. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from August 1, 2019–March 17, 2020. This edition's editor and author is ♫ Hurricanehink (talk).

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here.

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WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments

  • An awards program for the project began on May 31. It involves 25 levels that may be gained by earning points for completing various actions such as getting good or featured articles. Additional awards will be added in the future.
  • In March 2020, the most popular article in the project was the Beaufort scale, with about 4,800 daily views, followed by tropical cyclone with 3,865 daily views, and Hurricane Katrina, with 3,393 daily views. Hurricane Dorian remains popularly viewed, six months after it devastated the Bahamas. Rounding out the top 10 are hurricanes Sandy and Irma.
  • There is ongoing featured article review for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. The recent look at the article stemmed from a discussion about merging the List of storms in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which was created in January 2006 in response to the large season article. The 2005 article was then more of a summary, covering economic costs, the record activity, and focusing on storms by month (and not sequentially). For several years, there were a few season articles that had both a primary article and a dedicated list of storms article; all were eventually re-incorporated back into the main season article, recently including 2005 AHS. On March 3, 2020 (hard to believe that was this month), the list article was merged, as well as 2005 Atlantic hurricane season statistics, and articles for Franklin and Philippe. A singular article for the 2005 season was prepared in draftspace, and was incorporated into the main 2005 article.

New articles since the last newsletter include:

New GA's include:

The 1988 and 2015 Pacific seasons are now 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.

Good article nominees

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Featured article reviews

Requested moves

Articles to be merged

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Storm of the month and other tropical activity for August

Typhoon Lekima became China's costliest typhoon ever recorded when it struck the country in early August, leaving 90 fatalities and over $9 billion in damage.

Storm of the month and other tropical activity for September

Hurricane Dorian was the strongest hurricane on record to strike The Bahamas, and was regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history. Dorian formed on August 24, and moved through the Caribbean as an intensifying storm. On September 1, Dorian hit Great Abaco Island with sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), and struck Grand Bahama Island at the same intensity a day later. Dorian killed 58 people and left $7 billion in damage to the island nation. The hurricane later struck North Carolina as a minimal hurricane, and Nova Scotia as a post-tropical cyclone.

  • Atlantic - The tropics were more active in September. Tropical Storm Fernand killed one person and caused damaging floods in northeastern Mexico. Tropical Storm Gabrielle moved across the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Humberto affected the Bahamas weeks after Dorian devastated the island chain, and later brought hurricane-force winds to Bermuda. Tropical Storm Imelda formed rapidly near the coast of Texas and dropped torrential rainfall, killing five people and inundating parts of Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey two years earlier. Hurricane Jerry and Tropical Storm Karen moved near or over the eastern Caribbean. At the end of the month, Hurricane Lorenzo became the easternmost Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, reaching that intensity in the eastern Atlantic Ocean; the hurricane caused a shipwreck, killing at least three people, and also passed through the Azores in early October.
  • Western Pacific - In early September, Tropical Storm Kajiki brought heavy rainfall to northeastern Vietnam, killing six people. Typhoon Lingling moved through the East China Sea before striking North Korea, killing eight people. In the middle of September, short-lived Tropical Storm Peipah dissipated south of Japan, and Typhoon Tapah passed between Japan and South Korea. At the end of the month, Typhoon Mitag was moving across South Korea. There were also a series of nine non-developing depressions.
  • Eastern Pacific - There were two major hurricanes in September – Juliette and Kiko. Short-lived Tropical Storm Akoni was in the Central Pacific. Toward the end of the month, Tropical Storm Mario and Hurricane Lorena interacted with each other, and the latter hurricane struck Mexico twice, killing one person. At the end of the month, Tropical Storm Narda followed a similar path to Lorena, killing four people in southwestern Mexico.
  • North Indian Ocean - In September, Cyclonic Storm Hikaa struck eastern Oman, killing one person. At the end of the month, a land depression formed over western India.

Storm of the month and other