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2003-04 SPAC
Can you finish off dealing with the comments - ive started writing something for the lead here, but i am goning to be rather busy over the next few days with Phet. Ill be around on IRC if you need me though :)Jason Rees (talk) 18:28, 1 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry i missed you on IRC - in response to whether extratropical cyclone Heta should be capitalized i would think not but im not sure.Jason Rees (talk) 16:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of 1989-90 South Pacific cyclone season
Hello! Your submission of 1989-90 South Pacific cyclone season at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:53, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ive checked the article over and made several edits - ill go through it though tomorrow more throughly with a fresh pair of eyes. BTW i saw your DYK Hook and i think you probably barking up the wrong tree with that particular hook as i have a feeling that the Apia Cyclone of 1889 caused more damage. Try going with Ofa was one of the two most intense cyclones to make landfall on Samoa in the C 20 which is true as Ron didnt make landfall on Samoa AFAIK. Anyway ill leave it up to you :) Jason Rees (talk) 02:46, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

FYI
If youre planning to do a timeline for the 88-89 SPAC TC season then you need to be aware that it was the first season that nadi monitored the area between 140W to 120W.Jason Rees (talk) 01:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * In fact im gonna do it - but feel free to chip in.:) Jason Rees (talk) 02:04, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Whats up?Jason Rees (talk) 21:08, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Aus
Thanks for creating an article for the upcoming Aus season, I hope you dont mind but i merged your version to the one i quickly created the other day. Which is in the correct place if ive missed something feel free to add it.Jason Rees (talk) 23:38, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Cite drop down menu
Hi, The cite drop down menu doesn't appear on my edit toolbar. How do I get it to appear? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobby122 (talk • contribs) 22:20, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It's ok I found out what was wrong. Thanks for informing me of the issue with my article!-- Bobby122  Contact Me  22:26, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Did you mean to do this?
Hi Anhamirak, this edit effectively froze my nomination. Is this what you intended to do? Crum375 (talk) 04:28, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

USAir Flight 405
I believe it was a few days ago that you did a GA review of USAir_Flight_405. The author was concerned that you did not provide any feedback through the GA process to give guidance for further improvements so they requested a peer review to get some feedback. I reviewed the article and found a number of items that under the GA criteria I would not have passed (reconsider GA criteria sections 1.a and 2.a). You can see my comments here Peer_review. The writer is already making the changes and I think the article will indeed be a GA. I just wanted you to reconsider giving an article GA status in the future when it may still need additional elements of improvement according to the GA criteria. Thanks for your contributions. &sect; Music Sorter &sect;  (talk) 15:09, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Category three hurricane tracks
Hi, is it possible for you to make an image of the tracks of all category 3 hurricanes? Just the ones that have reached category 3 status, but not the ones that have gone higher than a 3. Thank you, Bobby122   Contact Me   (C)  17:22, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Cygwin help
Hi, I have reached the step when you have to go to the tracks directory and compile it by running ./autogen.sh && make Can you tell me how to do this step as I get an error in my tracks directory when cygwin starts to check whether I am cross compiling. Thank you, Bobby122   Contact Me   (C)  23:19, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Track map stuff
Hi. Since you are listed as active on WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks, I wanted to let you know that I made WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks/Requests so we can have a centralized track map requests place. Any help would be very appreciated. Tito xd (?!? - cool stuff) 23:58, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Mostly, when people post requests, if nobody else has done them, just run them in the track generator and upload the result to Commons. You may also want to watch the requests page. Tito xd (?!? - cool stuff) 00:08, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * BTW can u add the Nadi BT to this Please since the JTWC doesnt show the ET points on Sina and Lisa. Ive enclosed the points below. Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 15:53, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * ThanksJason Rees (talk) 17:12, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Namu
Since you enjoy doing tracks so much: Can u do us a trackmap for Cyclone Namu (33P). Theres a problem that theirs no JTWC ATCF File so ive taken the track below from the Neumann files. Dr Charles Neumann in 2000 under a US Navy contract went through and analyzed the JTWC BT so the BT below should be fine to be used. If you do the track can you please chuck it in my sandbox for Namu.Jason Rees (talk) 01:48, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Track Map Generator
I dont have a track map generator.Anirudh Emani (talk) 08:59, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

89-90 SPAC
Just as an FYI - i found some of the TCRs written up by Nadi for that season last night via the met office. Ive added the systems in to the timeline with generic statements for now as i may be able to go down to Exeter and get them.Jason Rees (talk) 14:12, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Reunion BT

 * Best Track, Op Jason Rees (talk) 00:05, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
--Sweet xx Talk 09:31, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

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Happy birthday. Jason Rees (talk) 17:17, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

RE:Hello...
i didnt know that there was a log for it... so i kept on posting such things. Thank you for informing me..Anirudh Emani (talk) 12:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Tracks
Me and CB were talking last night about the PTS tracking data page and we feel it would be better for everyone if we just did in the original format (ie not 360- XXXX). So instead of just copying MINDULLE's stuff across can u copy it all. Thanks.Jason Rees (talk) 03:50, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Domeng
Hope this helps - there are several JTWC files covering the period and it seems to have been relocated quite a bit on one occasion--Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 17:44, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Original source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc10/WPAC/96W.INVEST/trackfile.txt, recovered at: 2010-08-05 1845Z


 * 96W INVEST 100805 1200 17.3N  131.2E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100805 0600 17.3N  131.6E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100805 0000 17.3N  132.1E WPAC   15  1010

Original source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc10/WPAC/96W.INVEST/trackfile.txt, recovered at: 2010-08-05 0645Z


 * 96W INVEST 100805 0000 17.0N  129.4E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100804 1800 17.0N  129.6E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100804 1200 17.0N  129.9E WPAC   15  1010

Original source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc10/WPAC/96W.INVEST/trackfile.txt, recovered at: 2010-08-04 2245Z


 * 96W INVEST 100804 1200 17.0N  129.9E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100804 0600 16.9N  130.2E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100804 0000 16.8N  130.5E WPAC   15  1010

Original source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc10/WPAC/96W.INVEST/trackfile.txt, recovered at: 2010-08-04 0645Z


 * 96W INVEST 100804 0000 18.9N  132.6E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100803 1800 17.4N  133.5E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100803 1200 15.7N  134.3E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100803 0600 13.5N  135.1E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100803 0000 11.3N  135.9E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100802 1800 10.6N  136.3E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100802 1200 10.4N  137.0E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100802 0600 10.0N  137.6E WPAC   15  1010
 * 96W INVEST 100802 0000  9.5N  138.5E WPAC   15  1010

Can you do me a favor?
Is there a possible way for you to come to the IRC whenever you can? I wanna discuss with you about the new infobox and the changes that could be made. I just thought it may be easier there instead of here since I have many questions and suggestions that would be way too much to say here. Darren 23 Edits 21:52, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Renaming
Please make sure you logout of your old account and login to your new one so you don't get accused of sockpuppeting or mess up the transfer of your edits. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WikiProject Japan ! 19:14, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

JMA TDs
I was talking to JR on the IRC about JMA TDs, and he said talk to you. So... I was thinking, the JMA TDs should be numbered by the invest number. If another depression occurs with the same invest number, just as is with multiple "Tropical Depression"s I guess Wikipedia numbers them for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_7. You could add 2, 3, etc,. Synthetical connections (talk )(my contribs) 22:56, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, JMA doesn't at all, and I think it'd make them more distinguishable. Synthetical connections (talk )(my contribs) 23:12, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Telugu?
are you really from Andhra Pradesh and can you really speak Telugu? Anirudh Emani (talk) 06:10, 5 September 2010 (UTC)


 * wow! because i live in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. However, i was born in Hyderabad. I can speak Telugu, as it is my official language, i cant read it or even write. Where do you really live now? Anirudh Emani (talk) 09:05, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

SPAC
Ive tracked down most of the systems for 1998-99 using Gary's Summaries. i have currently got no clue about 24 & 25F. Maybe its an early example of Nadi shoving in systems but not warning on it like 12F this year which i am 99.9% sure was the CPAC-SPAC Crossover (90C) in Feb as the dates match.Jason Rees (talk) 13:41, 8 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Can you combine the track maps for Wasa and Arthur 1991 please, i ask as they were considered the same cyclone by Nadi in BT.Jason Rees (talk) 23:25, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter #31
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Storm of the month Hurricane Frank is the storm of the Month. Tropical Depression Nine-E formed on August 21 south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It developed into a tropical storm the following morning. On August 23, Frank continued to intensify, but later faced shear and entered a period of weakening. However, on August 24, as shear decreased, it began to reorganize and strengthen again, becoming a hurricane on August 25. Two days later, Frank weakened into a tropical storm. Rapidly weakening overnight, NHC issued that it have been degraded into an remnant low. The area of low pressure associated with Frank was absorbed with another area of disturbed weather which later developed into Tropical Depression Ten-E.

Throughout Central America, Hurricane Frank produced torrential rain that resulted in at least 30 fatalities, most of which took place in Nicaragua and Honduras. In Guatemala alone, damage from the system was estimated to be up to $500 million. In Mexico, six deaths were reported. A total 30 homes were destroyed with 26 others damaged. Two major roads were damaged with another road blocked due to a landslides. Several rivers overflowed their banks as well. Losses from the storms totaled millions of dollars. Water Currents form a nearby volcano were damaged as well.

Other tropical cyclone activity


 * Atlantic Ocean– In the Atlantic Ocean, around three storms and one depression formed. Tropical Depression Four early on August 2. Early the next day, the depression strengthened further into a tropical storm and was named "Colin". Tropical Storm Colin was downgraded to a tropical depression late morning on August 8. Tropical Depression 5 formed on August 10, with no improvement, it dissipated within 24 hours. Tropical Depression Six developed near the Cape Verde Islands on August 21, the first of the series of Cape Verde-type storms. On August 22 the system attained tropical storm status, thus earning the name "Danielle" The next day it attained hurricane status, becoming the second of the season and strengthened further to a Category 2 hurricane. On August 27, Hurricane Danielle strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane, becoming the first major hurricane of the season, and further strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane shortly after.Danielle later weakened to a Category 3, then Category 2 hurricane, and later became a Category 1 Hurricane due to an eyewall replacement cycle, while avoiding land areas. It became extratropical early on August 31 southeast of Newfoundland without having directly impacted land. It was fully absorbed by a larger extratropical low on September 4 over Greenland. On August 25, Tropical Depression 7 formed east of Hurricane Danielle. Later that day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Earl. On August 29, 2010 Earl strengthened to become the season's third hurricane. Earl then quickly intensified to become the season's second major hurricane on August 30. The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 hurricane after an eyewall replacement cycle before becoming a Category 4 again. Earl made landfall in the Canadian Maritime Provinces, twice in Nova Scotia and once in Prince Edward Island (PEI) at hurricane intensity. On August 30, when gale-force winds and better organization resulted in the development of Tropical Storm Fiona, skipping tropical depression status. It struggled to develop further, however, as it was hindered by high wind shear from the outflow of the much larger and stronger Earl.


 * Eastern Pacific Ocean– Three depressions formed in the Month of August. A tropical depression formed on August 5. slowly intensified, reaching tropical storm status on August 6.  On August 9, it was downgraded into a tropical depression. On August 10th Estelle dissipated. Tropical Depression Eight-E formed on August 20. However, the depression weakened slightly overnight. The depression continued to weaken and the National Hurricane Center issued its final advisory on August 22. Tropical Depression Nine-E formed on August 21 south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It developed into a tropical storm the following morning. On August 25 it became a hurricane.  Two days later, Frank weakened into a tropical storm. Rapidly weakening overnight, NHC issued that it have been degraded into an remnant low. Throughout Central America, Hurricane Frank produced torrential rain that resulted in at least 30 fatalities, most of which took place in Nicaragua and Honduras. In Guatemala alone, damage from the system was estimated to be up to $500 million. In Mexico, six deaths were reported. A total 30 homes were destroyed with 26 others damaged. Two major roads were damaged with another road blocked due to a landslides. Several rivers overflowed their banks as well. Losses from the storms totaled millions of dollars. Water Currents form a nearby volcano were damaged as well.


 * Western Pacific Ocean– Eight depression formed in the Month of August. Early on August 4, After Domeng, had merged with the low pressure area PAGASA reported that Domeng had intensified into a tropical storm and reached its 10-minute peak sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (40 mph). In Luzon, heavy rain produced by the storm led to a few landslides, prompting road closures. Offshore, three people drowned after their boat capsized amidst rough seas produced by Domeng. Later that day PAGASA reported that Domeng had weakened into a tropical depression, before reporting early the next day that after it had passed through the Babuyan Islands, Domeng had weakened into an area of low pressure. Early on August 6, the JTWC reported that a tropical disturbance formed within the monsoon gyre about 800 km (500 mi) southeast of Taipei, Taiwan. During that day the JMA started to monitor the depression before the JTWC designated it as Tropical Depression 05W. The depression was then upgraded into a tropical storm by the JMA and named "Dianmu".  After moving northward for several days, it turned northeastward and struck southern South Korea. Dianmu weakened as it crossed the Korean peninsula and emerged into the Sea of Japan. Heavy rains produced by the storm resulted in one fatality after a cargo ship sank amidst rough seas produced by the storm. This marked the first time in nine years that a rain-related fatality took place in the capital city of Seoul. More than 3,000 homes were destroyed in eastern China after heavy rains from the outer bands of Dianmu struck the region.  The storm made landfall on Japan; exiting the country within five hours. Heavy rains were reported through out the islands. Nearly a week after the two ships sank off the coast of the Philippines, 31 crew members remain missing and are presumed dead after numerous coast guard rescue attempts. Damage from the storm on Jeju Island amounted to 5 billion won ($4.2 million USD). Early on August 17, an area of low pressure formed about 415 km (260 mi), northeast of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. On the evening of August 18, as it crossed Babuyan Islands, the disturbance's low level center (LLC) weakened due to land interaction and high vertical wind shear. It regenerated on August 20 when it was located about 280 km (175 miles), to the west of Dagupan City, Pangasinan. Early on the next day, the LLCC of the disturbance became partially exposed due to a Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough (TUTT) that was developing off Luzon at that time. On the afternoon of that day, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the system into a tropical depression. The next day, they further upgraded the depression into a tropical storm and named it "Mindulle". At the same time, the JTWC reported that Tropical Depression 06W has intensified into a tropical storm. Thousands of fishermen were urged to return to port. According to Vietnamese officials, contact was lost with 10 vessels on August 24 and the 137 fishermen on the ships were listed as missing. Rainfall, peaking at 297 mm (11.7 in),[59] led to significant flooding and agricultural losses. A Tropical depression formed on August 26, it survived for three days with no change in strength. it rapidly traveled northwest and dissipated on August 29. On August 28, the JMA upgraded the system to a Tropical Storm and was named "Lionrock". Early of september 1, Lionrock made a Fujiwhara effect with Namtheun, whilst Lionrock maintained it's strength while Namtheun was absorbed. Lionrock made landfall on the east coast of Guangdong Province, China, just north of the city of Shantou. It then started to dissipate and weaken into a tropical storm and moved over Guangzhou, Guangdong's capital. Lionrock soon lost it's intensity as it went over Guangdong. Midday of August 29, the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on the system as a Low Level Circulation Centre had become organized. On the morning of that same day, the JTWC announced that the system had quickly developed into a tropical storm and assigned the designation "08W". Intensification continued, then by midday of August 30, the JMA reported that the depression had intensified into a tropical storm and assigned it the international designation "Kompasu". In addition, PAGASA also announced that the low pressure in the northeast of Batanes had formed and assigned it a local name, "Glenda". At the same time, the JTWC also upgraded Kompasu into a category 1 typhoon. On the next day, Kompasu crossed the island of Kadena and rapidly intensified into a category 2 typhoon equivalent. On September 1, Kompasu was upgraded by JTWC as a category 3 typhoon equivalent, becoming the strongest typhoon of the season. The storm later weakened to a category one typhoon in the Yellow Sea, before veering northeast and making landfall on Ganghwa Island, northwest of Incheon and Seoul, killing at least four people.[61] Kompasu was the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul metropolitan area in 15 years. On August 27, an extensive cloud formed in the waters east of Taiwan. On August 28, it developed into a low pressure. At 18:00, near Yaeyama Islands, the Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded the low pressure into a tropical depression. There were two tropical cyclones developing on both sides of 09W (namely Lionrock and Kompasu), and Typhoon Kompasu had a relatively stronger intensity, causing 09W moved southwest to Taiwan Strait. On August 30, it caused heavy rain in northern Taiwan. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau could only issue a tropical depression warning since it had not strengthened to a tropical storm. At 20:00, 09W suddenly intensified into a tropical storm, and was named Namtheun. However, due to the development of another stronger tropical storm Lionrock at South China Sea, the increase of intensity of Namtheun was difficult. In the evening hours of August 31, Namtheun weakened into a tropical depression north of Taiwan Strait. Whilst Lionrock maintained it's strength while Namtheun was absorbed. Late on August 28, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center reported that an area of low pressure system associated with a tropical disturbance had developed about 1,000 mi (1,600 km) to the southwest of Honolulu in Hawaii. Isolated thunderstorms were developing in association with the small low-level circulation. During the next day the disturbance moved towards the west and moved into the western Pacific where the JMA immediately designated it as a tropical depression. The depression was expected to bring inclement weather to Majauro and nearby atolls, although the system significantly weakened before reaching the area.

Member of the month The October member of the month is CrazyC83. Since joining the project near its inception, CrazyC83 has been involved in bringing twenty two articles to Good Article status and one article to Featured Article Status. Not only this, he is been working with the Jason Rees looks like he has gone on a short break with the west, but he still continues with the east.

New members
 * Marcusmax
 * Nascar1996
 * Knowledgekid87
 * Pookeo9
 * Cucurbitaceae
 * Anirudh Emani

New and improved articles
 * Hurricane Edith (1963)
 * Timeline of the 1990–91 South Pacific cyclone season
 * Timeline of the 1989–90 South Pacific cyclone season
 * Timeline of the 2003–04 South Pacific cyclone season
 * 1776 Pointe-à-Pitre hurricane
 * Typhoon Linda (1997)
 * Tropical Storm Irma (1978)
 * Hurricane Fernanda (1993)
 * Tropical Depression One (1993)
 * Tropical Storm Laura (1971)
 * Tropical Depression Sixteen-E (2004)
 * Cyclone Clare
 * Hurricane Debbie (1969)
 * Hurricane Inga (1969)
 * Typhoon Angela (1989)
 * Hurricane Paine (1986)‎
 * Tropical Storm Alice (1953)

Storm Basics
 * A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain.
 * While tropical cyclones can produce extremely powerful winds and torrential rain, they are also able to produce high waves and damaging storm surge as well as spawning tornadoes.
 * The term "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively in tropical regions of the globe, and their formation in maritime tropical air masses.
 * Many tropical cyclones develop when the atmospheric conditions around a weak disturbance in the atmosphere are favorable. The background environment is modulated by climatological cycles and patterns such as the Madden-Julian oscillation, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, and the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation.

Storm article statistics

Project News The Newsletter has been properly restarted by Anirudh Emani.

Editorial Member Award This month the editorial member award has been disputed to CrazyC83 & Jason Rees. CrazyC83 has been working mainly with the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season while Jason Rees is working with the 2010 Pacific typhoon season. Jason has also created sandboxes for western Pacific Typhoons and North Indian ocean cyclones, Rashmi and Dianmu are a few good examples of this work. Anirudh Emani (talk) 08:35, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Former Featured Articles
 * Cyclone Tracy – October 18, 2004 TFA
 * Galveston Hurricane of 1900 – April 16, 2005 TFA
 * 2004 Atlantic hurricane season
 * Hurricane Floyd – June 17, 2006 TFA
 * Hurricane Katrina – September 29, 2006 TFA

Former Featured Pictures
 * Image:Cyclone Gafilo.jpeg – August 6, 2006 POD
 * Image:Global tropical cyclone tracks-edit2.jpg – October 3, 2006 POD
 * Image:Felix from ISS 03 sept 2007 1138Z.jpg – July 18, 2008 POD
 * Image:Hurricane Isabel 18 sept 2003 1555Z.jpg – September 18, 2008 POD
 * Image:Hurricane Isabel eye from ISS (edit 1).jpg – September 18, 2009 POD
 * Image:Hurricane Katrina Eye viewed from Hurricane Hunter.jpg – November 24, 2005 POD
 * Image:KatrinaNewOrleansFlooded edit2.jpg – August 29, 2008 POD
 * Image:Searching for bodies, Galveston 1900.ogg – September 8, 2009 POD
 * Image:A big tip in Galveston2.jpg – September 8, 2010 POD
 * Image:Effects of Hurricane Charley from FEMA Photo Library 7.jpg
 * Image:ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg.jpg

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Aus
You did a track map the other day of the Australian warning centers AOR's. Where is it as i think i have the perfect place to put. Sorry forgot to sign.Jason Rees (talk) 22:43, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter#32B
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Indian Ocean 2010
Current storms excluded 05/15/2010 M=10 0 SNBR=0000 LAILA       XING=0 05/15L 63 932 15 1010L 64 929  15 1010L 66 924  15 1010L 68 919  15 1010* 05/16L 71 913 15 1010L 81 906  15 1010L 91 901  15 1010L 99 896  15 1009* 05/17L106 890 20 1007*111 885  25 1004*115 878  30 1000*116 870  35  996* 05/18*119 859 35  996*124 846  40  993*130 834  50  985*132 827  55  982*      05/19*134 819  65  974*137 815  65  974*140 814  65  974*145 812  60  978*      05/20*150 808  60  978*154 806  50  985*155 806  50  985*158 805  60  978*      05/21*164 807  50  985*168 810  40  993*171 814  35  996*172 819  35  996*      05/22*171 824  30 1000*176 832  30 1000*185 840  30 1000*189 842  30 1000*      05/23*191 844  30 1000*193 849  30 1000*193 854  30 1000*193 861  25 1004*      05/24*193 873  25 1004*192 888  25 1004*191 903  25 1004*188 918  25 1004*      HR      05/17/2010 M= 7  0 SNBR=0000 BANDU       XING=0 05/17* 0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0L 92 576  20 1007* 05/18* 96 571 25 1004*101 564  25 1004*104 558  25 1004*107 551  25 1002*      05/19*110 545  30 1000*111 540  30 1000*113 535  35  996*115 530  35  996*      05/20*119 527  40  993*121 526  40  993*123 525  45  989*124 523  45  989*      05/21*125 521  40  993*126 520  55  982*126 519  55  982*126 517  50  985*      05/22*126 515  45  989*126 513  40  993*126 511  35  996*126 507  30 1000*      05/23*125 501  25 1004*123 495  25 1004*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*      TS      05/30/2010 M= 9  0 SNBR=0000 PHET        XING=0 05/30L144 658 15 1010L144 654  15 1010L144 650  15 1010L145 647  20 1005* 05/31*146 645 25 1004*147 643  30 1001*150 639  30 1000*154 635  35  996*      06/01*158 632  40  993*162 628  55  982*168 623  60  978*171 615  75  967*      06/02*174 610  90  956*178 605 110  941*182 600 125  929*184 598 120  933*      06/03*186 596 115  937*191 595 115  937*200 595 105  944*208 592 105  944*      06/04*215 592  90  956*223 592  75  967*230 594  65  974*236 597  55  982*      06/05*239 603  45  989*238 610  40  993*235 616  40  993*232 624  40  993*      06/06*229 641  40  993*235 657  35  996*246 673  30 1000*249 682  30 1000*      06/07*267 711  30 1000*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*      HR      10/05/2010 M= 4  0 SNBR=0000 BOB02       XING=0 10/05* 0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0*  0   0   0    0L141 872  15 1010* 10/06L144 869 15 1010L147 866  15 1010L154 863  15 1010L160 861  15 1010* 10/07L170 860 15 1010L181 860  15 1010L193 860  15 1010L205 868  20 1007* 10/08*215 882 25 1000*228 898  25 1000*236 912  25 1001*237 917  25 1004*      TD      10/13/2010 M= 3  0 SNBR=0000 BOB03       XING=0 10/13* 0   0   0    0*162 901  25 1004*162 897  25 1001*163 894  25 1003*      10/14*164 891  25 1004*165 888  30 1000*167 884  30 1000*174 876  30 1000*      10/15*181 868  30 1000*185 859  30 1000*188 850  30 1000*  0   0   0    0*      TD --Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 09:26, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Infobox
When do you plan to test the current infobox you were working on in SHEM? Darren 23 Edits 03:05, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

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Sorry but i was rather tired last night and headed off earlier than i usually do, Im around now and i should be around this evening though.Jason Rees (talk) 16:34, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Timeline of the 2004 Pacific hurricane season
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thankz very much for the track of the storm.. :) ..HunterZone (talk) 17:05, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

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Wait until the advisory comes out before updating the pages, just in case. The system is still technically west of the International Dateline and out of CPHC's hands. Thegreatdr (talk) 19:06, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

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Hurricane Tico (1983)
- I just wanted to say, I love the new image in that article! Great find. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 23:09, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

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Hello, happy new year and welcome to the 2011 WikiCup! Your submissions' page can be found here and instructions of how to update the page can be found here and on the submissions' page itself. From the submissions' page, a bot will update the main scoresheet. Our rules have been very slightly updated from last year; the full rules can be found here. Please remember that you can only receive points for content on which you have done significant work in 2011; nominations of work from last year and "drive-by" nominations will not be awarded points. Signups are going to remain open through January, so if you know of anyone who would like to take part, please direct them to WikiCup/2011 signups. The judges can be contacted on the WikiCup talk page, on their respective talk pages, or by email. Other than that, we will be in contact at the end of every month with the newsletter. If you want to stop or start receiving newsletters, please remove your name from or add your name to this list. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 12:55, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

04-05 Aus
Come (back) onto IRC at some point bar Wednesday and ill tell ya what i think.Jason Rees (talk) 01:47, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Re:A Question Regarding Wikicup 2011
Yep, that's fine; there's clearly been significant work on the article by you this year. J Milburn (talk) 23:04, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to, who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by , with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to, who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, , who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

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Timeline of the 2004–05 Australian region cyclone season
Hello Iune. I've taken the liberty of relisting the FLC as it really seemed to miss out on any real attention. If I were you, I'd ask for some reviews from the folks at the various wikiprojects who may be interested. Thanks for your patience, and diligence, and good luck. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:17, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

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Rona/Frank review
Hey, I started the review for Rona-Frank. You have seven days, bladyblah. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 07:34, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

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Since your not feeling motivated
- BTW Ping me on IRC at some point when youve got a couple of hours to spare and ill help you forfill my concerns with the 2004-05 Aus timeline. I can also give you some pointers on how to get your GAN (Justin/Frank?) passed by Hink.Jason Rees (talk) 06:23, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 February newsletter
So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to (first, with 487 points) and  (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

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Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:35, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 March newsletter
We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is with 231 points, who leads Pool H.  (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see WikiCup/Scoring.

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Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to and  who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

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We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by, and  respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

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Re:1965 PHS
Ok, I will ask you for permission next time. Sorry. YE <font color="#66666">Tropical  <font color="#66666">Cyclone 16:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 June 2011
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Tracks
Can you redo the 95-96 SPAC seasonal track map and remove the extratropical cyclones from it. Thanks.Jason Rees (talk) 23:00, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks and no worries. Enjoy your holiday to India, though you must be regretting it as Ma-on "should" become a Cat 5 with a pressure under 900 within 72 hrs.Jason Rees (talk) 18:52, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 June 2011
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WikiCup 2011 June newsletter
We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by, claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by , who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by, who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.

We would again like to thank and  for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.

Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:25, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 July 2011
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The Signpost: 11 July 2011
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The Signpost: 18 July 2011
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The Signpost: 25 July 2011
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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are (Pool A, 189 points) and  (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from ) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from ). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:21, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 August 2011
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WikiProject Eurovision update
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The Signpost: 08 August 2011
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The Signpost: 15 August 2011
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The Signpost: 22 August 2011
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