Talk:1973 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1

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I will add comments as I go along. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:11, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

• Lead
• Most named tropical cyclones of 1973 stayed well away from land; those storms that did affect land were relatively weak and caused little damage. - This isn't true, AFAICT, and seems like original research. Most named storms approached land at some point. This is also rather contradictory, since you go on to say that Brenda was "the worst storm to strike Mexico along the eastern coast of the Bay of Campeche".

Fixed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:21, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

• However, the first system formed on April 18, more than a month before the official start. Three more depressions formed before this point; however, none attained storm intensity. - Three depressions formed before April 18? The wording here is ambiguous.

Fixed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:21, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

• The first named storm of the year was Hurricane Alice which formed on July 1 and became the earliest known cyclone to affect Bermuda. - Early in what?

Specified Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:21, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

–Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:11, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

• Summary
• The 1973 hurricane season began more than a month early, with the first depression forming in mid-April. - The season didn't start early, the first storm merely formed before the beginning.

• Fixed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 03:02, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

• Peaking just below Category 2 status on the newly introduced Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, Brenda made the first recorded landfall in the Mexican Province of Campeche. - First ever recorded? Or just for this season?

• Ever Cyclonebiskit (talk) 03:02, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

• Another brief depression formed after this system before the strongest storm, Ellen, formed over the eastern Atlantic. - Too many ideas for one sentence.

• Fixed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 03:02, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

–Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:36, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

• Alice
• A storm surge of 3 ft (0.91 m) was forecast to have impacted south-facing shores of the island on July 4. - Not really sure this is relevant. Were there any actual surges?

• No known storm surge Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:29, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• Alfa
• During late July, an upper-level low, with a cold core, formed near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and tracked southward. - "Cold core" needs to be explained for the non-experts.

• Clarified a bit Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:29, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• Brenda
• Where did it form?

• Specified Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:29, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• Offshore, a freighter with 25 crewman became trapped in the storm after its engines failed. - What was the ship's fate? Did it eventually reach land?

• Crew rescued, fate of ship unknown. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• Christine
• The easternmost forming tropical cyclone on record - Surely the Indian Ocean is further east?

• Clarified Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• unlike most waves which travel several hundred miles over water before spawning a depression. - Misleading, as most waves do not end up forming.

• Fixed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• Despite the lack of reconnaissance in the region - What kind of reconnaissance?

• Specified Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

–Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:51, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

• Delia
• This upgrade followed a reconnaissance mission into the system that found sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h). - As the storm has a sub-article, this sentence seems too detailed for this page.

• Removed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• Overall, I think this section is a big too large, given that Delia was a fairly minor storm.

• Compressed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• Ellen
• It attained this intensity at 42.1°N, farther north than any other tropical cyclone on record, and is one of two storms to become a major hurricane north of 38°N, the other being Hurricane Alex in 2004. - It attained that exact intensity farther north than any other TC? Seems fairly trivial, unless you can find a more substantial benchmark.

• Reworded Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• TD 13
• No issues, but any info on flooding?

• Not that I could find Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• Fran
• Tracking eastward, the circulation become increasingly defined - Defined as what, exactly?

• Reworded Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

• Steered generally eastward by a deep surface low in the westerlies, Fran rapidly accelerated towards the Azores Islands. - Note the redundancy.

• Fixed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

That's it. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:23, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Passing –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)