Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 2

Content for next edition
A new article request is needed. Rattleman started Subtropical Ridge. Perhaps Tropical Storm Doria (1971), seeing as it's the costliest storm without an article. Either that or start to finish up the Hurricanes in XXX series. You know, List of Mid-Atlantic hurricanes, List of North Carolina hurricanes, List of South Carolina hurricanes, List of Georgia hurricanes, List of Florida hurricanes, List of Alabama hurricanes, List of Mississippi hurricanes, List of Louisiana hurricanes, List of Texas hurricanes, and List of Hawaii hurricanes for U.S. California is now an FL, and New Jersey is an FLC, so having every area would be interesting. Of course, what would be done with them is for a different discussion (you couldn't list every Florida one), but I can't think of any more articles that are needed. One thing that could be included in the next edition somewhere is the tips to a good article that was spread around a few weeks ago. Also, I think the random topic should be Hurricane preparedness, seeing as we're getting into Hurricane season. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 13:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * regarding the Florida hurricanes article, you could go by decade or something...or if it's just hurricanes, possibly even by longer periodsDr Denim 12:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * or another thought is if Florida would be divided by region as per U.S. Mainland Hurricane Strikes by State, 1851-2004 I can go ahead and get started on making a list for florida and then it can be broken up later if necessaryDr Denim 13:00, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Whoops, they should be List of XXX hurricanes. Good luck with the Florida one, and I left some comments. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 15:21, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * thanks, yea...I didn't think to make sure the name was right until after I made the article...still it shouldn't be too hard to fix later onDr Denim 15:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:16, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * For the "random topic", we could also mention Portal:Tropical cyclones on Wikinews, and try to send more content there too. I just got Thousands of Floridians evacuate from Tropical Storm Alberto published on the Main Page there. Tito xd (?!?) 05:11, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

We should really get started now; we got two more days until this comes out. íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 16:24, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No need to rush, for a start it is 4 days; and the substantiative editing will only take a short amount of time compared to the first one (the log is available, Hink has the stats table etc).--Nilfanion (talk) 19:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Article statistics

 * Table showing quality of storm articles over past

New Articles

 * Storm articles.
 * Tropical Storm Alberto (2006)
 * Typhoon Kate (1970)
 * Typhoon Patsy (1970)
 * Tropical Storm Henri (2003)
 * Typhoon Koryn (1993)
 * Tropical Storm Charley (1998)
 * Hurricane Danielle (2004)
 * Tropical Storm Earl (2004)
 * Tropical Storm Hermine (2004)
 * Hurricane Danielle (1998)
 * Tropical Storm Kammuri (2002)
 * Cyclone Steve
 * Hurricane Debby (2000)
 * Tropical Storm Leslie (2000)
 * Cyclone Justin
 * Tropical Storm Larry (2003)
 * Hurricane Jose (1999)


 * Non-storm articles.
 * Subtropical ridge (was requested in the newsletter)
 * List of named tropical cyclones
 * List of Florida hurricanes

Improved Articles

 * List of all current FA/L/Ps.
 * Nora, List of New Jersey hurricanes, John, and Katrina were featured recently.
 * Tropical Storm Allison is up for Featured Article Candidates.
 * A cut-down version of the assessment log containing raises to GA/A/FA quality.

To-do List

 * Cut-down version of the Project to do list.
 * Wishlist FA's.

Other content

 * Main page mentions: TFA or DYK.
 * Tropical Storm Larry (2003) and Tropical Storm Henri (2003) were on the main page in June.
 * Typhoon Patsy (1970) was too.
 * Hurricane Floyd is TFA for June 17.
 * I think we should have a "light" story of some description.--Nilfanion (talk) 10:52, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Monthly Activity

 * Tropical Depression Two-E
 * Tropical Storm Alberto
 * Tropical Storm Jelawat (Domeng)
 * Tropical Depression 04W

SotM

 * TS Alberto

Tropical Storm Alberto was the first tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming on June 10 over the western Caribbean Sea, the system moved northwestward as a disorganized tropical depression due to dry air and wind shear. It passed to the west of Cuba, dropping heavy rainfall of up to 17.5 inches (445 mm) on Cuba and 22.7 inches (577 mm) on Grand Cayman. The rainfall damaged 37 homes and destroyed 3 in Havana. It strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico and attained tropical storm status on June 11. The center reformed to the northeast near its deep convection, and Alberto reached a peak intensity of 70 mph (110 km/h) before weakening and hitting the Florida Panhandle on June 13. Alberto dropped heavy rainfall over Florida, causing heavy, yet benificial rainfall in places to combat wildfires. The storm also indirectly caused one death when a pilot crashed near Tampa due to poor conditions. Across the southeastern United States, the storm dropped heavy rainfall, peaking at 7.16 inches in Raleigh, North Carolina. One boy drowned when he ran into the flooding. Throughout its path, Alberto spawned 16 tornadoes.

Throughout the entire globe, there were three other tropical cyclones. Tropical Depression Two existed in the eastern Pacific Ocean from June 3 to June 4 near the coast of Mexico. It dropped heavy rainfall from 10 to 12 inches (250-300 mm) near Acapulco. Tropical Storm Jelawat lasted from June 26 to June 29, having formed in the South China Sea and made landfall on China. The storm caused heavy flooding which killed at least seven and destroyed 190 houses. At the end of the month, Tropical Depression 04W existed over the western Pacific Ocean. It is forecasted to intensify to typhoon status.

MotM
Nominations close and voting starts on June 30
 * Jdorje- He got this whole project together, and really deserves some recognition. He was repsonsible for much of the categorizing that exists today, along with some good articles, namely FA 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 15:05, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Hurricanehink- Made several articles FA's, and has also written several other good articles. íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 12:47, 26 June 2006 (UTC)