User talk:Hurricanehink/Archive 9

I found something cool from 1967-1990

In the 1990 Atlantic Review, look at Page 6. Something tells me - many seasons were active - look at 1969 & 1981 alone. Mitchazenia(almost 8800+edits) 19:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Wait - it mentions the 27 depressions of 1979 - has to be official, you said the '79 ones were legit.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 20:15, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Is it possible that we can use these until the Re-analysis project reaches 1967?Mitchazenia9000+edits) 20:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Well I also noticed that TD26 of 1979 seems to look more of Tropical Storm 26.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 20:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok I found 1969's set including 2 APRIL depressions and 4 MAY depressions. 3 in June, and many in July, August and September.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 21:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

That would answer it, well why don't we bring it upon the project and we'll see.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 00:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Something i just noticed is right, the 14 depressions of 1987 is correct or we wouldn't have TD 14.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 19:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Speaking of TD 14, I found more info for it and I am adding it right now.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 23:20, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

It was a Miami Herald article. Not from the hurricane archive however.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 23:26, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm used 2 so far and I am looking through more.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 23:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Update, Found damage totals from TD 14.. whoo hoo!Mitchazenia9000+edits) 23:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I noticed but I also wanna inflate 1987 - 2006 JAM dollars before converting to USD inflation.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 01:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

NVM that now. Found new damage totals - ref comes with it.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 20:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Felix (1995) are both smaller than 14 (damage-wise).Mitchazenia9000+edits) 22:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I forgot to fix the sentence. I had Gustav (2002) up there also, but I relooked.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 22:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Well Crazy says it high start/ low-b class. I don't know what else to add as many sites are starting to repeat.17:38, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Universe as this week's WP:AID winner

AzaBot 21:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi there

I hope I don't come across as offhand when dealing with your requests for more references to DNA. However, most of the statements in the first few paragraphs are uncontroversial, general knowledge for a biochemist and covered by the general textbook references at the beginning of the section. I'm trying to follow the Wikipedia:Scientific citation guidelines and can of course add more direct references to these textbooks, but this might begin to look a little cluttered. TimVickers 01:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

That's fine, but by convention the references in Wikipedia go at the start of the paragraphs, as outlined in the citation guidelines. Do you think any paragraphs need the initial set of references repeated at their first sentence? TimVickers 04:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Sandy clarified the policy on the FAC page. I've added more references to several sections, is there anything else I need to cover? TimVickers 04:55, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Since you seem a careful editor, could I ask you to have a look over one of the other FA candidates I've been rewriting a lot recently? Immune system went in in rather a poor shape, but has been improved a lot. Do you have any suggestions or feedback? It's candidacy page is here (link). Thanks. TimVickers 20:32, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

1994 'subtropical' storm

Ah ha! Watson! I have found the culprit! You know that 'subtropical' storm that HPC found and is written about in the 1994 AHS article? I know what happened. Tropical Depression Ten collided with a non tropical low pressure system. I'll quote the NHC report on their verdict: "The depression was becoming better organized and meteorological conditions (upper level outflow, surface inflow) appeared to be favorable for intensification. However, a large and non-tropical low pressure system, which was developing over the south-central Gulf of Mexico at the time, became the dominant meteorological feature. Once TD10 moved into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, it was absorbed into the much larger circulation of the non-tropical system..." It goes on to say that the remnants traveled up across Cuba and Florida, producing heavy rains. "Is this your ghost guys?"-Freddy (Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Headless Spector) -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 02:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Likely extratropical in the Atlantic. The Gulf, hard to tell. I doubt it has winds stronger than 30 knots and that center (if I'm looking in the right spot) looks a bit disjointed. But perhaps. The biggest nail in the proverbial coffin that I see is that it would have had to completely merged two circulations and associated convection together and transitioned into a subtropical whatever in 12 hours or less. It usually takes at least 24.

BTW-Excuse the Scooby Doo reference, I couldn't help myself. It was my childhood ;) -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 03:05, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Ha!:D Blackmail! If you didn't watch that show as a kid, then you had a lost childhood. I'm big into the classics. From Led Zeppelin to Looney Tunes. (I love how I manage to get people sidetracked...he,he,he). -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 03:28, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

(I'm enjoying this conversation. I have a thing for nostalgia) I like the Simpsons too, they're classic. There were only a few Nickelodeon shows I liked. I was really into Angry Beavers. I also fell victim to the Animorphs craze for a time. I still watch the classics on occation though, usually when I have to watch my younger sister when my parents go out for dinner. Those were the only memories that stick in my mind. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 03:56, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Signing off. It's late. We can pick this up tomorrow if you want to. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 04:07, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm more into video games now than I was when I was watching every episode of Angry Beavers that came on. You know why they cancelled that show, right? Some soccer moms started complaining when Norbert told Dagget to shut up in one of the later episodes. That's the only reason. When I was younger, I really liked Banjo-Kazooie (still do, kinda). I play it whenever I want to be a kid again (I'm convinced high school ages you more than 4 years.) I'm more into historical shooters now (like Call of Duty and Medal of Honor) and the Tony Hawk games. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 23:27, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Ah, good times, good times. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 22:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Need MAJOR Help with this!

The some too be Tropical Cycloen windspeed climatology article is WAY behind sechudle. (i gave up on it due to it being complcated). So far i've written the basics and wind speed info per location (which is the hardest part). Storm05 17:49, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I might, but im currenlty working on the Hurricane Cindy (1963) article right now. However, anyone can help adding info in the article. Maybe Thgreatdr perhaps since he is good at writing articles like this. Storm05 17:58, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #8

Number 8, January 7, 2007

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. The WikiProject has its own IRC channel.

Tropical cyclone activity

• Three tropical cyclones existed in the West Pacific during December. Typhoon Durian (Reming) was the deadliest and strongest of the three, killing over 800 people, in the Philippines and Vietnam and peaking at Category 4 strength. Typhoon Utor lasted formed on December 7 and lasted for 7 days, passing over the Philippines and causing severe floods in Malaysia. The final storm of the year, Tropical Storm Trami, lasted for three days and did not affect land.
• The Southern Hemisphere saw a number of storms develop during December. The most significant was Cyclone Bondo, which hit Madagascar on December 23. Cyclone Anita dissipated early in the month, having formed in November and Cyclone Clovis developed on December 30 before reaching its peak in January. All of these storms were in the Southwest Indian Ocean, the only other cyclone was Cyclone Isobel that formed on December 31 to the north of Western Australia.

The Portal Portal:Tropical cyclones is designed as the entry point to the WikiProject's work and is recognised as a Featured Portal. The structure emulates that of Wikipedia's Main page and needs updating in a similar manner. The following are the key sections that need editorial attention:

• Selected article: This is one of the articles of the project, rotated on a weekly basis. These are selected from the better-quality articles and discussed at Portal talk:Tropical cyclones/Selected article.
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Please keep all of these sections up-to-date and refresh them as new tropical cyclones develop and articles are created. Also please keep the suggestions to editors current and fresh.

New articles and improvements wanted

These tasks are those listed at Portal:Tropical cyclones/Things you can do:

• Requests: Original-content tropical cyclone articles: Papua New Guinea National Weather Service, Herbert S. Saffir, Hurricane Ginny (1963)
• Copyedit: Rapid deepening
• Wikify:
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• Cleanup: Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma, Cyclone Leon-Eline
• Expand: Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Hurricane Carla, Hurricane Gilbert, Typhoon Nina (1975), 1970 Bhola cyclone, Typhoon Tip
• Stubs: Intertropical Convergence Zone, Kamikaze (typhoon), Typhoon Paka, Harry Cane of 1667, Hurricane Edna, Hurricane Janet More...
• Update: Tropical Storm Beryl (2006)

Main Page content

• Entries from 9 project articles, including Tropical cyclone observation, Bill Proenza, Hurricane Tanya (1995) and Hurricane Erin (2001) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during the past two months.
• 1970 Bhola cyclone and Cyclone Tracy appeared on the Main Page in the On this Day column on November 13 and December 24, respectively.

New articles

November

Storm Articles included: Typhoon Muifa (2004), Hurricane Helene (2006), Hurricane Allison (1995) and Cyclone Heta.

Non-storm articles included: Effects of Hurricane Isabel in New Jersey, South Pacific convergence zone and 1969 Pacific hurricane season.

December

Storm Articles included: Hurricane Tanya (1995), Tropical Storm Dean (1995) and Tropical Storm Beryl (2000)

Non-storm articles included: Storm (novel), Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, List of fictional tropical cyclones and Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center.

Improved articles

Featured articles: Hurricane Edith (1971), Hurricane Fabian, Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina, Tropical Storm Bill (2003), 1995 Pacific hurricane season, Effects of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina, Hurricane Erika (2003), Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004) and Tropical Storm Edouard (2002).

Featured lists: List of Baja California hurricanes and List of retired Pacific hurricane names.

Two articles were promoted to A-Class: Tropical cyclone and Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware.

There were a total of 32 new good articles including: Tropical cyclogenesis, Atlantic hurricane reanalysis, Hurricane Keith, Hurricane Fico, Tropical Storm Dean (2001) and Tropical Storm Arlene (2005).

Storm article statistics

Grade	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
FA	15	16	19	23
A	6	7	6	2
GA	33	48	57	74
B	84	83	78	71
Start	201	210	200	193
Stub	13	11	15	16
Total	352	375	375	379
percentage Less than B	60.8	58.9	57.3	55.1

Mediterrainian storms

(Sorry, I can't spell). I just thought I'd give my opinion on the possible storms listed:

• Sep, 1983 - Tough to tell, could be just a strong windstorm, as seen in the Pacific northwest.
• Jan, 1995 - Yes, very well developed with eye and eyewall features possibly of hurricane strength. Tough for me to call it just a wind storm with those kinds of features but I'm open to that possibility.
• Oct 4-5, 1996 - Yes, well developed storm with deep convection wrapped around an LLCC.
• Oct 6-10, 1996 - No, just a Mediterrainian windstorm. Circulation center is devoid of convection. Possibly the extratropical remnant of the first 1996 storm.
• Mar, 1999 - No, polar low. Looks just like one with that broad circulation with a wide band of ermine convection around the center and a long band extending out along its outer edge.
• Others before 1983 - Can't judge, don't have sat imagery.

I plan to include two or three South Atlantic storms in my archives (I need to decide if I really believe the Jan, 2004 storm was of tropical storm strength). But I am hesitant to include any Mediterrainian storms there. The storms in that body of water could just work differently. Windstorms can be flukey like that. The 'subtropical' storm found in the northeast Pacific in October? November? is a good example. However, it is proven that storms in the South Atlantic can and do become tropical on occation, it's just the wind shear is too strong there for tropical cyclones to form regularly. Now you want a place that never has tropical cyclones, look at the waters off Chile. That's a place that never gets tropical cyclones. Just my mindspillage for today. Feel free to give your opinions. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 00:34, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, that pic of the second '96 storm looks a lot like this one of the Perfect Storm. That pic makes a good case for subtropical/tropical but it's just a single pic for a single six-hour period. I look at a progression of images. I need at least three good pics with six-hour differences to say with conviction that it is a tropical or subtropical cyclone. With the one's I said were possibly tropical, I saw development: birth, life and death. Also, I look at the infrared a lot. IR really does a good job of stripping all the deceptive crap off a cyclone and seeing what it's core is really made of.

BTW, excuse the delay. I kinda forgot about. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 06:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 9 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomangani^talk 11:58, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Thank you for your support in my my RfA, which passed with a tally of 117/0/1. I hope that my conduct as an admin lives up to the somewhat flattering confidence the community has shown in me. Don't worry I won't forget my TC activity, hell one of my first admin actions was to restore Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation! And what happened to major Hurricane Patsy? You have something to answer for there :P

Uh, how do I do this

File:Typhoon Vera Aug-23-1962.JPG

- I wanna put it up for speedy because i uploaded a better looking photo:

. How do i do it?Mitchazenia9000+edits) 20:18, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

That reminds me of one more thing. The AMS is part of NOAA right?Mitchazenia9000+edits) 21:15, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I've seen many AMS articles with NOAA in their URL, now I'm confused. If they were, why wasn't I told this because I got maybe 10-12 pictures from their documents.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 21:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Well I was thinking of calling the AMS tommorrow and asking.Mitchazenia9000+edits) 23:05, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I've deleted the older image, though it technically isn't a I1 candidate as the Mitchazenia requested it and it is clearly inferior why waste time? This particular image looks in the clear to me its a derivative of a US govt image (the satellite mosaic) published by a US Goverment employee as part of his work. The text of the article is probably in the public domain itself (though I'm not 100% sure), but the image is fine. However remember just because noaa.gov is in the URL does not mean the image is free this image for example is copyrighted.--Nilfanion (talk) 23:32, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

The American Meteorological Society isn't NOAA, though. NOAA meteorologists routinely publish documents there, but not everything there is made by NOAA. Titoxd^(?!?) 00:51, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

In Florida history

Thanks for the invitation to Tropical cyclones, but I am buried in Florida history, with the first U.S. mainland colony, of 1500 men at Pensacola near Fort Barrancas, decimated by the hurricane of September 19, 1559, possibly changing the course of history: the 1,000 survivors, having lost 6 ships and most supplies, struggled to survive 2 years, but finally abandoned west Florida for 135 years. The story needs to be told, and linked to related event articles. It was the first settlement in America (after Puerto Rico).

Many thanks to your Project for corroborating the hurricane as occurring on September 19, 1559: most sources had slipped the event to "1561" and this shakes up the history world. -Wikid77 03:04, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Mystery Storm

I was looking at my archives, specifically the pics of the 1986 storms in the Eastern Pacific and I found something strange. Tropical Storm Madeline was either really disorganized with two strong circulations, which doesn't make any sense; or it learned how to clone itself, which makes even less sense. Look at this: Vis-[1], IR-[2]. To me, that looks like two storms really close together. But the next storm was Newton, which cruised the Mexican coast and is discernable near that coast in the pictures, well away from Madeline&Co. Look on the IR at the storm(s) in the open ocean. That's Madeline on the right. What the hell is that on the left? It looks too strong to be a depression that went unrecorded. I looked at the images leading up to that day and saw Madeline all by herself. Then I got to the 18th and found that.

These systems appear to merge on the 19th but neither circulation seems dominant (I call it Hurricane Warfare).

Then it gets weirder and more confusing. Orlene gets involved and we have an all out brawl like I've never seen before. (In the pic: Madeline is one top, Mystery Storm is in the middle and the disturbance that became Orlene is to the south.) Six hours after that, Madeline absorbs the Mystery Storm and explodes. (Looks like a hurricane to me.) It also pulls away from Orlene; war over. To me, this looks like damning evidence of an undiscovered tropical storm that was born late 17, early 18 Sep and died midday on the 20th (UTC). Please tell me I'm not crazy. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 06:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, I'd swear that storm was stronger than 30kts and lasted longer that 12-18 hrs. There was a point where it looked stronger than Madeline even, which was appoaching hurricane strength at that point and what about that time after Madeline absorbed the thing? It looked significantly stronger than it ever had.

As for Lisa, you seem to be right to an extent about the disturbance absorbing Lisa, although you can't really tell it from that image. I looked at sequential images from NRL and this is what I think happened: Lisa took the disturbance into Fujiwara orbit. Then the deep convection of old-Lisa began to weaken and that of the disturbance strengthen. The CDO of the disturbance wrapped around Lisa's. This means that the disturbance is now a part of Lisa. Then all the convection that Lisa originally had dissipated and it's left with only the convection of the disturbance but it's still the same surface circulation that it started with.

Bottom line (if none of the above made any sense, this should): There were never two surface circulations interacting and therefore, it was just one system; Lisa. What I just described was the center (LLCC) of a tropical cyclone reforming to its east and aquiring new convection. It was not two tropical cyclones interacting and one absorbing the other, which would mean two systems and two names, which is the impression you seemed to have. Interesting find though! -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 07:51, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

It's harder to tell anything for certain, especially with the hemispherical shots. Even with NRL closer-up visibles and infrareds, there's a lot of ambiguity involved. This microwave image, however, paints the picture pretty well. This is midday on the 22nd, the day of the suspicious merging and roughly 3 hours before your full earth visible was taken. You can clearly see both systems. Lisa (the dark red spot shaped like an apostrophe) is a well organized storm with a tight circulation but look at the disturbance and how disorganized it is. It doesn't look like it has any surface circulation to me. And it's hard to get one in less than twelve hours and absorb an established storm in the process. Ah the wonders of modern technology. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 18:16, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Umm, where are you seeing that? Lisa is the deep, comma-shaped storm. The disturbance is that messy blotch of lighter colors on the right. I don't see any organization in that. I don't have a masters in meteorology or anything, but I don't see how that storm is any better organized. I can find the center of Lisa. I see about three in the disturbance. Lisa has deep convection wrapped tightly around a well defined LLCC with established outflow to the north, the disturbance has patchy convection with no defined center and no significant outflow or inflow channels. Lisa would eat that convection for lunch, and it it looks like it did. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 20:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh you wanna scrap homie ;D! What debate? Ivan's remnant low regenerated in the Gulf. I didn't know there was a controversy. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 20:28, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

*shrugs* It can go either way, just like some referee/umpire calls in sports. I think I can see the remnant low pressure system off South Carolina, which is where the track said it went. With some of the other renamings, it was when another system was involved. In this case, it didn't appear another system was involved at all.

On a loosely related note, did you know Ivan also was partly responsible for even more havoc after it's death? The extratropical system spawned by its remnants dismantled the trough that was providing the steering currents to Hurricane Jeanne, stalling Jeanne over Haiti. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 23:36, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

On further analysis, Ivan didn't affect Jeanne's Haitian rampage but it did affect the storm. From the Jeanne report:

"While Jeanne was dumping rain over the Caribbean countries, Hurricane Ivan moved over the Gulf of Mexico and inland across the southeastern United States. By 18 September, Ivan's mid-level circulation had combined with an extratropical short wave trough in the westerlies and moved to the northeastern U.S. coast where it eroded the ridge to the north of Jeanne. This placed Jeanne in a weak steering flow that persisted for five days."

By the way, I meant to ask you, where are you getting those EPac reports? That Allenpress site wants a password. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 17:56, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

What in the name of Jesus would I do without you? First GIBBS and now this? I'm about ready to set you in bronze and place it on my front lawn. I mean, you find stuff I never knew existed. Those reports are wonderful, I didn't think I'd ever be able to get them. This will help my archives tremendously. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 04:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I notice that you don't have HSEI or OSEI in your links. They've been a key source (especially HSEI) of many of the sat photos in my archives. I've also used GOES Hot Stuff and Plymouth State University's tropical page. DMSP has some good images for pre-1999 storms. This in addition to our usual friends (EO Natural Hazards, MODIS, NRL, NASA and GIBBS) -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 01:50, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Did you know HSEI allows you to buy posters and prints of any of its images (which number over 1,000)? It's kinda cool, I've been tempted to get one or two...or three or four or...;). Somecoolimages -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 02:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Cyclone Heta

Hey, there's been a lot of copyediting done to this one. What class is it now? Good kitty 19:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Typhoon seasons pre-1945

I went through the AMS archives but nothing for the 1944 Pacific typhoon season which is to be my next target. Any reason how 1939 does but 1944 doesn't?Mitchazenia(to be 9100+edits) 22:57, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Started 1938 instead.Mitchazenia(to be 9100+edits) 00:57, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

They're gone but I thought - since its 1938 any good centers go.Mitchazenia(to be 9100+edits) 16:09, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Off topic a minute- is 1914 AHS b-class now? Everything's refed + impact.Mitchazenia(to be 9100+edits) 17:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Karen- instead of going off topic again

Here Karen (1995). Don't know if its publishable or not. Its up to you.Mitchazenia(to be 9100+edits) 22:13, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Fix the areas affected in the infobox - it should be No areas affected, not nothing The lede is way to long for an article as short as that. One long paragraph or two medium ones would be nice. Remove any extraneous details, like the fact there were also two WPAC storms and one EPAC storm (unless that is some sort of record, it's not important). Storm history... try and get as much in there without being boring. Focus on the storm's development and demise more. When did the NHC forecast it to get to 70 mph? Add more info from dicos, also. Nice touch on the strike probabilities. However, those are incorrect. According to the link you provided (which should really be the exact link you got) Bermuda had, at most, a 2% chance. Provide a source for the 48%. Furthermore, the probabilities aren't for landfall; they indicate the probability for the storm to pass within 65 miles of the location. Add more wikilinks throughout the article to existing articles (Iris 95, Karen 01, and meteorological terms like tropical wave). {{cite web}} . Thats all the work so far.Mitchazenia(9200+edits) 13:22, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Well - i just updated the chart above- there isn't anymore storm history, so we might be stuck with this. Second, i used some discussions for that 70 mph peak possibilities.Mitchazenia(9200+edits) 21:01, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Remove Humberto = Bad Idea. Humberto was pretty big in Karen's life - from the report.Mitchazenia(9200+edits) 21:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Well i'm looking at discussions between August 26 (formation) and August 28 (named) for any useful info, should be done soon.Mitchazenia(9200+edits) 21:53, 18 January 2007 (UTC) Update. Done. Strikes out final thing.Mitchazenia(9200+edits) 22:07, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok, but i not sure about Chac's opinion, he makes me nervous if i should publish this or not, possibly cause I am scared of him, no offense.Mitchazenia(9200+edits) 00:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

I wish I knew - For some reason everytime i hit the IRC, it doesn't work, otherwise, wait you mean publish TD 14?Mitchazenia(9200+edits) 01:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Featured list candidates

Thanks for you supporting List of Yukon general elections in its candidacy for Featured List status. Would you consider voting on List of Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation) on its FLC page? Tompw (talk) 12:42, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone

The article 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone for eventual comments about the article. Good luck in future nominations. Wikiwoohoo 18:58, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria FAC

Hi! Today I've nominated the article Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria for a featured article, believing it meets all criteria.

This is the article's third nomination (see the previous ones), and because you voted or commented on one of the previous nominations, I'd like to invite you to voice your opinion about the current state of the article, be it as a vote or a comment, on the article's nomination page.

Thanks! :) Todor→Bozhinov 16:47, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Snow in Florida

Very interesting article! I just did a tiny punctuation edit to it, and I think you're missing a word (that I can't fill in myself) in the section on the January 2003 snow...or if not, then what is "very air"? :-) --Tkynerd 02:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

To be honest, I don't know what Featured List Candidates are *embarrassed*, so I don't think I can advise you on that. --Tkynerd 12:53, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

OK, having found and perused Wikipedia:Featured list candidates, I think Snow in Florida is worth nominating, but if I were you I think I'd wait a short while (until the "hurricanes in Florida" list that's also there has been processed, since it's also yours). Just my $0.02. Good luck! --Tkynerd 14:52, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 23 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane Ignacio (2003), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomangani^talk 18:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: FL track map

Hey, I'm on it now, I've just been distracted by stuff past couple of days. It will be up tonight.--Nilfanion (talk) 19:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

And done, though I wonder if you got exactly the right storms; some of the tracks don't look like FL impacting storms...--Nilfanion (talk) 21:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Wall Street Crash of 1929 as this week's WP:ACID winner

AzaBot 01:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, snow in Florida, was selected for DYK!

On January 27, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article snow in Florida, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 23:00, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Hurricane Hink Discussion #1

Lol, great stuff. →Cyclone1→ 17:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Cool, looking forward to it. →Cyclone1→ 01:25, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

God, I love the West Pacific

I call these guys the Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I'll let Nature be the fourth. Ha! Ha! That's crazy! I love this stuff! -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 20:13, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

The eighties are a weather historian's nightmare though. I just run into mystery after mystery. Every season in that decade seems to have something that doesn't make sense. 1987 had the brief Peke mixup but that was nothing compared to 1986. We have two Veras, a mystery typhoon, another typhoon that's zigzaging across hell and creation, and mis-abreveated storms to boot. And that's just half the season. JTWC has me saying "What the hell?" way too much. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 02:07, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I think the troubles are worth it, personally. I have made another discovery. Originally it was thought that tropical cyclones didn't occur in two tropical places: the South Atlantic and the Southeast Pacific. We now know for certain that tropical cyclones do occur in the South Atlantic on rare occations. And now we know that they form in the Southeast Pacific too. Tropical Storm June formed east of 140W, retreated, then crossed back bolder than before. Look. Look at 30 degrees south. Ima is visible to the northwest. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 22:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I define the SE Pacific as the plot of ocean south of the Equator and east of 140W. That's the same dividing line that splits the East and Central Pacific basins. I know how you feel. I have a four year old desktop that acts like a four year old desktop. I'm working on my laptop now (preparing for the homework onslaught). It keeps me sane. I'd better not jinx it though. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 03:27, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Most interesting ATL storm of the new millenium

Now this is a fun one. There have been so many fascenatingly odd, even record setting storms in the past 6 years. The one I find the most intriguing however is Catarina; the South Atlantic Hurricane. That's a once-in-a-lifetime event and it was amazing to watch. When I first saw the pictures, I could not believe that was in the south Atlantic. It got me more interested in the south Atlantic as a basin and showed South America that they weren't immune from hurricanes (condolences to the families of the 3 victims). Brazil was in shock for a couple days. It was so sudden and caught everybody by surprise. It's a storm that will be studied well into the future. Perhaps it could help us figure out the nature of the rare storms that form in the south Atlantic. Why they form, how they form and how to predict them. For it's unbelievable rarity, creation of awareness and impact on meteorological study, I deem the South Atlantic Hurricnae (Catarina) the most interesting Atlantic storm so far in the 21st Century.

PS: I'll pick this up again tommorrow. I have work to do. Catch you later. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 04:14, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, of each season. Hmm. (Note: I haven't read most of your message yet. I didn't want to get influenced in any way)

• 2000: Alberto-Retired to Rejkavik, Iceland. That's not a common retirement spot.
• 2001: Allison-Did a jig around Houston, putting the streets under as much a five feet of water. It then went on a weird excursion across the eastern US, oscillating between tropical and subtropical.
• 2002: Isidore-Ridiculous pressure gradient. As a 110kt storm, the pressure dipped into the low 930's, that's the territory of a 125kt storm. It then vacationed in the Mexican riviera, pounding Mex and itself to a pulp before wheeling north into Louisiana to die. Odd...and interesting.
• 2003: Ana-In a year for the offseason storm, this one was the craziest. April? April?! December I get, May I get. But April? Historically, it's a rarer month for a storm than March (2-1).
• 2004: (must resist, must resist, must resist) Must I? If forced to choose a north Atlantic storm for this year, I'd pick Ivan for it's time alive (22 days), southerly latitude records, intensity (145 kts) and damage. As well as for the most amazing reincarnation act in history.
• 2005: Oooh, this one's close. It really boils down to your own personal interest. And I have a thing for rare storms. So, for me, it was neck and neck between Vince and Zeta. I'm going with Vince. I had a particular fascination with that storm. Storms aren't supposed to form there, let alone become a hurricane. It hit Spain. Spain..uh. Europe. Freaking Europe. A tropical cyclone in Europe. Now that's cool. For that, Vince gets my vote.
• 2006: Hmm, dead split between Ernie and Gordon. Ernie for all the hype it generated and the intrigue with the borderline intensities. Gordon for it's unexpectedly strong visit to the Azores and it's attempt to join the Ryder Cup team. Looking back I'd say Gordon was most interesting, but during the season I was more interested in Ernie.

§HurricaneERIC§ archive 02:10, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

You can accuse me of wider shenannagins, but I only saw Gordon because it was at the top. Hurricane history is my specialty. You'll have to be the restrainer because I love this stuff.

• 1999: Hmm, pre-2000's gonna be tough. I'd say Lenny because it was more than just a strong storm (there were plenty in that season). It was a near-Category 5 in November. That's pretty crazy. And it went backwards (west to east), that is also weird. And, for the record, I think Floyd was a 5.
• 1998: Mitch. Hands down. I think this one kind of speaks for itself. Deadliest Atlantic storm since the Revolution. 18,277 people dead. Just mindboggling destruction. In three days, it dropped almost 80 inches of rain. Thats over six feet of water pouring from the sky. I believe Mitch, not Katrina, was the Storm of the Century. I hope never see such destruction in the Atlantic again in my lifetime.
• 1997: For a dead quiet season, this one did have a few oddities. The subtropical storm, Danny's lethargic track across the southeast, and Grace. I'm going with Grace. It was so strange. It went from extratropical to subtropical to extratropical to fully tropical. All while zig-zagging north of Hispaniola.
• 1996: I'm going with Josephine for it strange life and even stranger extratropical journey.
• 1995: I'm stopping here for right now. Roxanne for one of the strangest pathes I have ever seen.

§HurricaneERIC§ archive 05:57, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Rest of the nineties (you didn't stop at 1995, weasal! ;)

• 1994: Agreed on Gordon. Not much contest here. (The only other of your votes I saw in this period was 1991)
• 1993: Bret. Devastating tropical storm (not many of those) in Venezuela (even less of those). Also shoulda been retired, but let's not start that.
• 1992: Andrew. Is there even a debate here?
• 1991: Perfect Storm. Possibly the most fascinating storm of the ninties. I could talk about it for hours (but I won't).
• 1990: Klaus. I still haven't figured out exactly what the hell was going on with that storm.

Not sure what you mean by Mitch being the strongest storm of your lifetime. There's Wilma and the Ought 5 ('05) Sisters (Katrina, Rita). Possibly Gilbert, I don't know how old you are. Gilbert happened about nine months before I was born you know (he,he,he). I'll let you connect the dots. I don't know exactly how far you want to take this. Like I said, I could do this for days. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 01:48, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I use pressure to determine strength. Was it Gilbert you said was originally assessed at 150 knots? I think you'd better not let me control how far back we take this thing, we'll end up in the 1800s by Spring Break. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 23:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Wait, there's a difference between strength and intensity? News to me. Camille and Allen both had 165 knot winds, so Mitch was never the strongest in any category, just the deadliest. Don't get me started on storm names that should have been retired. Bret and Gert from 1993, of course Gordon, Hilda from 1955 comes to mind. I'm sure there's more (Juan from 1985!), but those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. From the east Pacific, the only one I can think of is Calvin from...wait for it...1993. That thing killed like 80 people. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 04:35, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Signing off, see you tomorrow. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 04:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

• 1989: The year I was born, hmm, I can't stay away from Hugo. That was a helluva blast. Knocked the wind outta Charleston (no pun intended).

• 1988: Gilbert. I have a personal fascination with this storm. It was such a gorgeous storm. I'm in awe of it. I just love to look at the high res photos of it. I just can't stop looking at it, it's mesmerizing. No other storm has had that effect on me. The closest is Isabel. To me, there's a kind of spooky allure about it. So massive. So symmetrical. The essence of the power of nature. Picking up freighters, leveling multi-story buildings. There's just something about it...

• 1987: Arlene. The track won me over. That's crazy. It's just like a rock skipping off a pond. I've looked at hundreds of tracks from around the world and I've never seen anything quite like that.

• 1986: Boring season. Charley wins easily. It's crazy journey from a being a subtropical storm just off the Florida coast to the Outer Banks and across the Atlantic for it's European tour steal the title in landslide.

• 1985: Decidedly unboring season. Hmm, this one's really tough. I'm giving it to Juan. That crazy track and brutalizing of Louisiana give it the slight edge over the likes of Elena and Gloria.

• 1984: Ah Lili, for giving Santa a tailwind.

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• 1983: With just four storms, hard to call this one a fair fight. Dean and Barry are almost dead even. Barry had an interesting track but Dean wins out purely on location: the Cheasapeke doesn't get many direct hits.

Damn, I guess I did go past 1985. I'm enjoying this too much. Oh well. -- 1982: Beryl. What in God's name is up with the intensity? 63 knots? That rounds up to 65. It's a hurricane in my book and my personal records. Debby was a close second: high latitude Cat 4s always get my attention and this one had a neat-looking track to boot.

• 1981: Bermuda did not enjoy this season. Arlene. May storms always get my attention.

• 1980: Allen's pretty tough to ignore and it's gonna get my vote. 190 mph winds...[whistles]...that number kind of speaks for itself. Mexico's ears are probably still ringing; those winds passed just to the north. But there are other interesting storms. Georges. What the heck? Talk about waiting to the last moment. That's one of the longest depression stages I've ever seen. It couldn't strengthen in the hospitible places. It preferred the cold water. Ivan and his looping track out in East Jesus is also up there. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 02:37, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Did you read my votes yet? I think Beryl was interesting in 1982. What's MSC? I could keep doing this for a while but the farther back you go, the harder it's going to be I suspect. I'd probably stay out of the Pacific right now. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 16:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Crazy tracks

Sounds tedious. I don't think I'm that bored yet. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 17:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Tedious to me. That means perusing 100 years of UNISYS. I'm not that bored yet. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 17:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll give you my favorite tracks from each basin.

• ATL-Faith. I love this storm. Ginger's up there. Ivan's up there but this one went to Scandanavia still in one piece. The remnant low was track as far north as Franz Josef Land! That's only 600 miles from the North Pole! Hard to top that.

• EPAC-Olaf, 1997. Craziest track in the western hemisphere.

• WPAC-Nat, 1991. Wayne (1986) was insane but I just love the way this one looks. That's the coolest cyclonic loop I've ever seen.

• SPAC-I know what I'm thinking of but I can't find it. It was some storm off Queensland, Australia that had a crazy, Wayne-like track. I just can't find it.

• SIND-Ooh, this basin had some good ones. I'm giving my vote to Pancho (1997), however, this one just appealed to me the most but there are so many good ones in this part of the world.

• NIND-Stark contrast. Not a lot to chose from up here. I'm going with Storm 5 from 2000. It's long, unusual track makes it stand out the most.

I'm not up for doing the whole decadal Atlantic thing but I hope this is a good compromise. I'll be interested to hear what you think. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 00:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

That's it! The second one! 1998. That's the one I was thinking of for the South Pacific! Eerily enough, it's name was Katrina. I did pick Nat over Wayne and it's 5B from 2000 not 1996. I like some of the ones you listed from the Atlantic, especially the last one. It hit South Carolina as an extratropical storm, since when does that happen? -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 02:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Don't you get sick of being right all the time? ;). You're right, it was 1996, my mistake. Those tracks are pretty neat. 2,6 and 7 didn't move me but the others were pretty cool. But they can't hold a candle to the southern hemisphere, especially the South Indian Ocean. Get a load of these: Crossin' the Outback, Mate!, Drunken Lasso, Strange Journey, Straight Through Wellington (storms almost never go that far south), I don't need directions! (Yes you do), Sphinkers Tightening, It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing, 110 in Port Moresby?, +Longevity -Sanity, Full Speed Reverse!, Battle of Guadalcanal redux (So we're clear, storms aren't supposed to happen in the Solomon Islands), I need you to walk this line for me..., I like to move it move it!

And that was just the ninties! Also, for the sake of space, I limited it to the ones I thought were unique. You really need to check out some of the southern hemisphere stuff, it's crazy down there. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 01:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Did you like the captions I put with them? I look for any excuse to show off my caption-creating skills. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 06:14, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK

Hi, There is a dispute/battle going on at User talk:Nishkid64 regarding Hurricane Bob (1979) is eligible or not. I think it is, but Nishkid64 doesn't agree. Who is right? cheers, Camptown 09:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Hurricane Lester (1992)

The pics up now. Good kitty 01:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

The West Pacific strikes again

Umm, is it just me, or do you see three storms in this picture? Irving is on the left, Hope is on the right, so what the hell is that in the middle? Gordon dissipated at the tail end of November so it's not him and no tropical depressions are listed as forming around this time. This leaves me perplexed. By my own analysis, the middle storm appears to be a seperate entity that formed on December 16, peaked on the 18th and was absorbed by Hope on the 19th. I've learned to be cautious about declaring such a find an undiscovered tropical storm, but this is pretty compelling evidence. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 02:19, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

10-20 does sound high and I don't think I buy it, but I do think 2 or 3 storms get passed in the West Pacific each year. There are probably much fewer nowadays. I think this was one of those missed storms. 16-19 December with a peak between 35 and 45 knots. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 01:57, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #9

Number 9, February 4, 2007

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list."The NHC is the official basin for the Atlantic."^[3]

Storm of the month

Cyclone Clovis approaching Madagascar

Cyclone Clovis was named late on December 31 near to Tromelin Island. Clovis strengthened as it moved to the southwest reaching its peak the same day with 60 knot winds (according to Météo-France). The JTWC intensified Clovis more slowly, and assessed that it reached its peak with 65 knot winds on January 2, as it was nearing the Madagascar coast. The JTWC maintained this strength until it made landfall on the island on January 3. The resulting floods damaged a number of structures in Mananjary and about 1,500 people had to be evacuated.^[4]

Other tropical cyclone activity
The only activity during January was in the Southern Hemisphere, with a total of 5 cyclones existing throughout the month.

• Dora, the second cyclone the Southwest Indian Ocean formed late in January well to the east of Réunion; and reached tropical cyclone strength at the start of February.
• The two storms in the South Pacific, Zita and Arthur followed very similar tracks to the east of the Dateline. The JTWC estimated that Zita reached its peak on January 23 and Arthur briefly had hurricane force winds two days later.
• Cyclone Isobel formed between Indonesia and Australia late in December and headed south, making landfall in Western Australia on January 3 as a minimal Tropical Cyclone.

New articles and improvements wanted

• Articles are wanted for each of the tropical cyclone breakpoints (see this list).
• An article is wanted for Tropical Storm Debbie (1965).
• The Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons articles need splitting into the 3 component basins.
• This sandbox for Typhoon Durian badly needs completion, please help.
• Large chunks of the project's imagery needs proper categorization.
• The number of stubs has markedly increased in the past few months, please improve them.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The January member of the month is Chacor, formerly known as NSLE. Chacor joined the project in November 2005, and has contributed to a wide variety of articles across the project. Recently he has generally focussed on the West Pacific and did most of the work on the first Good article in that basin: Typhoon Ewiniar (2006). He has also started the much needed process of splitting the Southern Hemisphere seasonal articles. Finally, Chacor is probably the user who maintains the quality of the most visible part of the project, the current activity.

Main Page content

• Hurricane Juan appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on January 29.
• Entries from 3 articles: 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Hurricane Ignacio (2003) and Hurricane Bob (1979) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during June.

New and improved articles

• The WikiProject has its first Featured topic on Retired Pacific hurricanes.
• New Featured articles: Hurricane Ismael, Hurricane Juan and the Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware and Maryland and Washington D.C..
• New Wikipedia:Good articles: 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Hurricane Iwa, Hurricane Alice, Hurricane Kenna and 1936 Atlantic hurricane season.
• New articles include: Hurricane Ignacio (2003), Hurricane Cindy (1963), Hurricane Isaac (2006) and Chris Landsea.

Storm article statistics

Grade	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb
FA	16	19	23	25
A	7	6	2	2
GA	48	57	74	75
B	83	78	71	76
Start	210	200	193	195
Stub	11	15	16	16
Total	375	375	379	389
percentage Less than B	58.9	57.3	55.1	54.2

A quick note: When you create a new article please list it in the appropriate section on the project's page and add a fact from the article to the Portal. Thanks.

Hurricane Alice

Thanks for the links! It looks like there should be plenty of information for a comprehensive article. I'm working on it now. —Cuiviénen 01:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Re:Catastrophic Florida Hurricanes

No not really, but I have the original saved to my hard drive. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 02:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Copyright Status: AOML NOAA Library

I recently found a site involving the AOML and the NOAA (http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/index.htm). One part of the site I found noteworthy is that the site features PDF documents with pictures of storm back to 1974. (PDF Library: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/nwstechmemos/nwstechmemos.html). Are we able to use these PDF pictures? Jake52 My talk 22:21, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Another mystery storm

This is crazy. Look at the storm off the Philippines in this picture. As far as I can tell, it was completely undesignated by JTWC. PASAGA may have warned on it. Looks like a 55-60 knot tropical storm to me. Formed on August 9 and dissipated on the 13th.
Yet another curious entity showed up a few days earlier. Look off Japan, the storm is pretty clearly discernable. The remnant low of Phyllis is to the north. What is goin' on here? Was JTWC understaffed? This is ridiculous. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 01:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I had originally theorized that the first one was pre-Thad, but I thought it looked too strong and lasted too long to be just a formative disturbance. As for Susan, it looks much like Delta from 2005, many storms that far north do. See how little convection it has around that eye, it doesn't look very strong. That's what leads me to side with JTWC on this one. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 23:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Hurricane Adolph

I'm in the process of drawing up a Hurricane Adolph acrticle, but I'm concerned about how to change the current Disamb. page of "Hurricane Adolph" to "Hurricane Adolph (Disamb)". The current sandboxed version is linked to from my userpage. Thanks! Jake52 My talk 23:45, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Unnamed ('87), Nana ('90), Sebastien ('95), Marco ('96) and Lorenzo ('01)

Are these five close to publishable, and if you reply, tell me what each one needs in their cases.Mitchazenia 16:25, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Hurricane Ignacio (2003) GA nomination on hold

On Hold — see talk page for details Nehrams2020 21:29, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

My contributions

My contributions will be mostly US and Japenise (as i tend to keep informed with japenise happenings) the area i will contribute to most though will be stroms in the Gulf of Mexico since i live right by that area. i will talk and inform about current conditions as the storm approches as only a first hand experiance can offer. in other words i will help out alot! Maverick423 20:34, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Im intrested in both acctually historic and modern. i think i can give more info on modern since it is happening while im alive however i do tend to do reasearch when im bored lol its kinda a curse as my friends say but hopefully it will benifit here Maverick423 21:43, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Hurricane Fabian (2003)

Re your msg, "Please provide a source for your addition to the Hurricane Fabian article. The article is a featured article, and unsourced additions are discouraged. Hurricanehink (talk) 20:10, 13 February 2007 (UTC)"

• Done, I've also added a photo showing airport damage, JGHowes 23:01, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Re image, the Licensing info. states, This image is copyrighted, however the copyright holder Bermuda Dept. of Airport Operations allows the image to be freely redistributed, modified, used commercially and for any other purpose, provided that their authorship is attributed. - is that not sufficient? Kindly advise if more info. is needed and I'll be happy to provide JGHowes 23:55, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

It is a file photo taken by an employee of the Bermuda Government Department of Airport Operations, of which I am General Manager. We have released it to free redistribution. It is not on any internet website of which I'm aware. JGHowes 00:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Your caution is certainly understandable; I've emailed the image use permission to the m:OTRS system JGHowes 01:10, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 16 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane Sergio (2006), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--ALoan (Talk) 17:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

STRONG ANTICYCLONE

I'd change this phrase to BLOCKING RIDGE in your user page. It would read better. Also, consider a different hurricane specialist, unless you like short and incomplete tropical cyclone reports. => Thegreatdr 20:38, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Canada

The article Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Canada you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Canada for eventual comments about the article. Good luck in future nominations. Jay32183 02:42, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey

I've been busy for a while, but I'm back. Can you tell me what needs to be worked on here? Thanks!--Lionheart Omega 22:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 18 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane Able (1951), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Majorly _{(o rly?)} 20:35, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

hmm

why is it that ever since i joined your project you and the members have been messing with my user page.

please refrain from doing so. i have had these images for over 2 months with no complains. Maverick423 14:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Good bye

i hope your all happy im quitting this place obviously you all dont belive in fairness. i have seen so many people with stuff like mine (and i still see some even right now) and you all just decide to bother me about it. well forget it if this is how wiki treats people that contributed to articles, created new ones, and helped countless people learn on the science refreance desk then just forget it. i dont need crap like this from anyone. i got my own dam website to play with in which none of you can ever touch! i will still give you all info about storms that hit the gulf but i wont do it under any user names. as much as i am angered i cant deny people the knowlege from such wonderous storms. Maverick423 15:01, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 21 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Parker007 19:29, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Now that's big!

I don't know if you'll find this amazing but I did. In 1988, Typhoon Hal was so big that it's inflow spawned two tropical storms. If the inflow was that strong, you know you've got a big-ass storm. Here's Hal and his two little moons: Jeff (left of Hal) and Irma (right). Ah, only in the West Pacific. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 23:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

The Atlantic? Shoot no. Not unless you're talking about something forming from somebody else's remnants. I didn't even know about Clara. I think Tropical Depression Ten (2004) formed from the trough that spun from the top of Ivan. The 2005 subtropical storm dissipated, inhaled an extratropical storm and formed into Vince. Other than that, I don't know of anything. I'm sure a little research might come up with something but this is mainly a Pacific thing. The 1997 Western Pacific Typhoon Season is probably my favorite season from any basin. It defined insane. Ten category 5's. TEN! One-zero. Double freaking digits man! Isa, Nestor, Rosie, Winnie, Oliwa, Ginger, Ivan, Joan, Keith, and Paka. Bing was just five MPH off. Three storms had pressures below 875! 1997 in the Pacific, the whole Pacific, was the most incredible display of tropical power in recorded history. Sorry, 2005; can't touch that. The storms there are so epic that some start a lineage. You find an Atlantic storm with a lineage, you let me know. Excuse me while I continue adding to my archives the spawn of the wonderful world called the Western Pacific Ocean. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 01:09, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Image size

Do you mind if I, or you, undo your edit here? It's a thumb, so people can click on it and see the numbers. In addition, you may be able to understand the problem if you switch to a screen resolution of the general size 800x600. Gracenotes^T § 00:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! At the lower resolution, the image and table overlap quite horridly; but at a larger resolution, there's a gap between them. Do you think that a {{-}} (complete line break) between the image and the table will do some good? Then the image can have a width of, say, 600px. Gracenotes^T § 00:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

...that's a wonderful, great idea. Come to think of it, it could probably be described as a slow revert war. Ugh. Thanks for your advice! Gracenotes^T § 00:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 23 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Effects of Hurricane Wilma in the Bahamas, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomangani^talk 23:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Man I cannot believe this

Look what the IRC gave me. This account has been suspended. Either the domain has been overused, or the reseller ran out of resources. This really sucks.Mitchazenia 16:36, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I did, i don't know what happened.Mitchazenia 16:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I found one!

At last. I found a previously unnoticed tropical storm. I don't see how this could be anything else. See that storm in the northern regions off Japan. That has to be at least 45 knots. It's not in the best track. Colleen's in the center, Angela's at left. This is October 6. That last time a storm was even close to that area was September 21 and the next time a storm is in that area is late October. It formed on the 4th and dissipated on the 7th. Pretty cool, huh? -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 20:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[pumps fist] Yes! I think it actually started from a low possibly spawned by the inflow of Typhoon Colleen. See here. What I think the JTWC assumed was that it merged with a frontal system, seen here to the north of what was then a depression, and then wrote it off. However that front was a weak system and our storm fed off the associated trough as the actual low pressure area passed to the north. The storm intensified, probably to around 45-50 knots sometime on the 6th, following it's food source until it ran out and then the storm was torn apart by wind shear early on the 7th. That's my theory. I guess I'm an official hurricane hunter now. I'm sure there are other finds like this. Meanwhile, I think we should add a notation to the 1989 article that mentions this system. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 21:35, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

No, I'm not talking about giving it its own section, I'm talking about putting it in an "Other Storms" section as was done in 1987. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 01:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

A good theory doesn't always require a PhD. Fact and officialness, more so. But we are allowed to state theories that have been proposed. If it was allowed for 1987, it should be allowed here. If this one isn't allowed then the 1987 section should also be removed. We should, in my opinion, at least let people know that some storms may have eluded detection, especially before the computer age; the nineties. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 06:04, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Neither was 1987. If we want to have this rule then we need to keep it uniform. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 05:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean when you say you 'kept it hidden'? Just curious. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 08:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 23:03, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

DYK

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--Yomangani^talk 12:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)