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Bemazava
This by  caught my eye while i was going through my watchlist earlier, as they point out that Bemazava was only a tropical depression. FDO has also adjusted the 10-mins winds to be 33 knots and introduced 1-min winds of 35 knots based I presume on Neumann. When I double-checked [ Bemazava in IBTRACS], I realised that IBTRACS is showing that Reunion is showing that Bemazava had winds of 36 knots which would make it a moderate tropical depression on the scale used at the time and a moderate tropical storm now. However, the Global tropical/extratropical cyclone climatic atlas includes a TCR from what I presume was the Reunion Met Service, which gives peak 10-min winds of 28 knots as well as a peak pressure of 997 hPa. This is backed up by an article in MetMar about the 1986-87 Season. As a result, I propose to take the 10-min winds down to 28 knots and I am in two minds about the 1-min winds based on Neumann. While normally I would just get on and do it, I would feel more comfortable if gave their thoughts on wiki about the situation we find ourselves in.Jason Rees (talk) 15:10, 14 April 2022 (UTC)


 * MFR seems to have it as a TD with gales for whatever reason (IBTrACS only has it as 2 which is used for TDs/disturbances unlike 3 that is used for named TCs)
 * 36kt seems like a placeholder intensity for disturbances before 1990 Fleur  De  Odile  15:59, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't IBTRACS supersede a ref from 1988? ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 19:01, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Not in this case when IBTRACS is just a direct import of the old Reunion BT Database and as pointed out the 36 knots is just a place holder. As a result, I feel that 28 knots would be the correct intensity and that we have to classify it as a "faible dépression tropicale" or "Weak Tropical Depression".Jason Rees (talk) 23:21, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * i actually found two more cases like this
 * Anety 1984 and Alifredy 1985 Fleur  De  Odile  23:30, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Anety 1984 peaked with 20 knot winds, while Alifredy 1985 peaked with 28 knot winds. As a result, while bearing in mind that Mauritus and Madagascar were responsible for naming, I suspect that they named due to the threat posed rather than intensity. Also parts of Meteo France and their precursors break the Tropical Depression phase into three - Weak, Moderate and Severe and thus a TC can be a TD and have gale yet alone storm force winds. As a modern day example, Fili was a Severe Tropical Depression.Jason Rees (talk) 00:01, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for putting the research into this. Yup, please change these three cases. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 19:15, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * updates have been done for those systems Fleur  De  Odile  20:25, 15 April 2022 (UTC)