Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hurricane Irene crossing the Bahamas

Hurricane Irene, as a Category 3 hurricane, crossing the Bahamas edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Sep 2011 at 08:21:27 (UTC)

Original - Hurricane Irene, as a Category 3 hurricane, crossing the Bahamas. Local meteorologists recorded wind gusts as high as 140 mph (225 km/h).

Reason: High EV as a current or recent event, large image, shows Irene as a powerful swirl of clouds
Articles in which this image appears: Hurricane Irene (2011)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Natural_phenomena/Weather
Creator: NASA, MODIS Rapid Response System

Support as nominator --Pine^talk 08:21, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Its not in the article titled Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, better check that. Dusty777 (talk) 15:55, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Looks like someone replaced it in that article. Pine^talk 22:31, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'd be inclined to recommend waiting, with this one. There's no great urgency to promote now, and the article/subject may yet change dramatically. To phrase in relation to the criteria- while there does seem to be a considerable degree of EV right now, whether that will be the case in the future is less clear. There is an explicit rule about current events at GAC; I wouldn't support an explicit rule here, but I think it's something to consider. J Milburn (talk) 20:17, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I suppose that it wouldn't hurt to pause this nomination for a week in case a better photo of the same subject becomes available. I don't object to your putting it on hold. Pine^talk 22:31, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Needs to sit in an article for a week first. I suspect this image is the sort that could be swapped around a bit, so let us let the dust settle. JJ Harrison (talk) 02:55, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- JJ, see discussion above. :) I said I don't object to putting this on hold for a week. Pine^talk 04:19, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, it's not really a rule to wait a week, just a suggestion so people don't nominate pictures that get removed from the articles before the voting period is over.--RDBury (talk) 11:01, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - not an especially impressive way of illustrating this most recent storm event. It's not an especially well-defined system, and barring unusual visual appeal with these kinds of illustrations, it's just another satellite image among thousands of others taken every year. I would rather find a high-quality picture of damage from NC or VT or another relevant area. Also, FWIW, I think this shot is a bit misleading and lacking in educational value. At face value, it looks like a symmetrical, powerful hurricane with a nice eye and everything, but a closer look reveals several structural impediments preventing the storm from intensifying: limited outflow on the western semicircle, outflow boundaries on the NW quad, and dry air being entrained into the CDO. If it were used to illustrate these issues with an explanation of how they affect tropical systems, then I would be more willing to support. However, it seems to be used in a misleading fashion at the moment. Juliancolton (talk) 15:18, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:45, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]