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User talk:Thegreatdr/2008archiveRe: ST in Eastern AtlanticThere's a better than even chance they'll be adding the system in as an unnamed ST after the fact...found that out yesterday. Its central pressure was at least 1004 hPa as of last night. It would be a shame for them not to recognize this system, when Andrea, Barry, and Jerry were recognized as sub/tropical cyclones with significantly worse satellite signatures. The IR temps of the thunderstorms northeast/east of the center of this cyclone dropped down to -70C, and the system was non-frontal, for 2-3 days. Thegreatdr (talk) 19:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
FA passagesTropical cyclone FAC
You've done a ton of work there, and I think people should take a second look at it. The FAC process can get quite draining at times, especially when the first few votes are opposes or comments. Great job taking care of the objections so far, and I agree that third time should be a charm. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:37, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
WP:LOTD - List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United StatesCongratulations on getting what appears to be your first successful WP:FL during the last month. You may want to get involved in our List of the Day and List of the Month experiment. Feel free to help us select next months lists at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200805 or nominate your list for consideration to be a LOTD in June at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/Nominees/200806.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 18:27, 12 April 2008 (UTC) GA passagesYour GA nomination of Hurricane CleoThe article Hurricane Cleo you nominated as a good article has passed Effects of tropical cyclonesreplied on the article's talk page. kindly have a look! Sushant gupta (talk) 07:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
First off, great job on that article, your really improving it. Secondly, since you seem knowledgable on weather, do you know where I could find a public domain image showing North Carolina's climate. I thought the one showing the world was too broad. Thanks! --Mr.crabby (Talk) 21:37, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Great work on getting the volcanic ash article up to GA status. Joyous! Talk 23:57, 15 February 2008 (UTC) Your GA nomination of History of surface weather analysisThe article History of surface weather analysis you nominated as a good article has passed Re:Flossy 1956Yes, it looks much better, and thus I passed it. Thank you for your hard work in improving it. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 13:39, 28 February 2008 (UTC) GAN on hold for Hurricane IoneAnother overall good article that needs a few tweaks. I left some notes on the talk page. Keep up the good work! Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk) 04:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC) GAN on hold for Bounded weak echo regionGreat job on Bounded weak echo region. It just needs a few more tweaks to get it up to Good article status. I have left notes on its talk page. Good luck, Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk) 14:10, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
GAN on hold for Hurricane IsidoreI am also reviewing Hurricane Isidore for GA. I have left some notes on its talk page. Overall, it just a few more references. Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk) 21:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
GAN on hold for Surface weather observationI have put the GAN on hold for Surface weather observation. I left some on the talk page, the article needs some work. Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk) 20:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Monsoon troughThe article Monsoon trough you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article Monsoon trough you nominated as a good article has passed I'm afraid I had to quick fail this article. See the talk page for my reasoning. Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk) 21:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC) GA for climate: lead!I note that you were the nominator of this article. I know virtually nothing about climate but I can still see it blatantly fails the GA criteria by virtue of its lead being too short. Given the number of articles on your user page I'm surprised (and somewhat concerned, though I'm getting used to the idea that nobody understands leads) that you didn't realize this yourself before nominating. Richard001 (talk) 03:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Hurricane Lili
Your GA nomination of Jet streamThe article Jet stream you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. GA Nom of Tropical Storm Alma (2008)Are you sure nominating it so soon after dissipation is such a good idea? Information is still coming in, as in [1] and [2], added after you GA nommed it. I just don't think that its stable enough to edit with information still coming in (if stability was not a potential issue, I'd probably promote it if I hadn't added to it). It might be good to withdraw it and wait a bit. (Not a GA review, I just think its better to wait a bit longer). Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 00:19, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Tropical cyclogenesis GA Sweeps Review: On HoldAs part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria and I'm specifically going over all of the "Meteorology and atmospheric sciences" articles. I have reviewed Tropical cyclogenesis and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I have left this message on your talk page since you have significantly edited the article (based on using this article history tool). Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix with the assistance of multiple editors. I have also left messages on the talk pages for other editors and a related WikiProject to spread the workload around some. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 01:23, 8 June 2008 (UTC) Cyclone GARHi, I was the editor who initially started the Good Article reassessment for Cyclone. Right now the majority of editors agree that it should remain a GA, but another editor has expressed desire for more expansion and development of lead. I believe that if the issues are addressed from his comments, the article should have no problem remaining as a GA. I just wanted to alert you since you did such a great job in improving the article, and if you and/or other editors/WikiProjects wanted to address these issues and further improve the article for keeping it as a GA. If you have any questions, please let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 04:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
The article Weather you nominated as a good article has passed GAN of 1982 PTSI have reviewed it and placed it on hold for now and left several comments on the Review page. Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 01:23, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
TC rainfall questionsTropical Storm Elena (1979)I was wondering whether there would be an upcoming rainfall map for Tropical Storm Elena in 1979. I am writing an article on it, and those maps look ever so pretty :) --♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:03, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
2006 central Pacific cycloneDo these storm summaries, which were issued regarding heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest, have anything to do with the 2006 central Pacific cyclone? Thanks. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 22:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Hurricane Daisy (1962)Hi. How far back do the rainfall maps go? Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Recent Mexican hurricanes/Hurricane LaneI was wondering when and if you would be making recent rainfall maps for recent Mexican hurricanes. You have 1995-2003 covered very well, but from 2004 to the present, it appears Javier 2004 is the only one with one. The main reason I am asking is because I am taking Hurricane Lane (2006) to featured article status, and those rainfall images are always good additions. I'm assuming the Comision Nacional del Agua doesn't have the data available, but I just wanted to check. Cheers. --♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
I hope your semi-break is going well. In case you happen to come on here and are looking for a rainfall map to produce (heh), is there any chance you could add the United States rainfall for Hurricane Isis in 1998? The reason I'm asking is because I'm taking the article to featured article candidates, and it (as always) would be greatly appreciated. --♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Kenneth (2005) and Ginny (1963)When time is available, I would like to suggest Hurricane Kenneth (2005) as a rainfall distribution map. A future article on it is being made my Hurricanehink and me and a map would be a a nice addition for the article. I don't mean to like cause overwork or a backlog etc so I don't think its urgent or a rush. Also, unless there is something wrong with my computer/browser, the Ginny 1963 link gives a 404. Thanks again. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 20:11, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanesHi. As you may or may not know, List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes is on AFD. As the author of this article, I am looking for a source that signifies Category 4 hurricanes so I can prove my articles notability. Do you know of any good sources that focus mainly on Category 4 hurricanes? Thank you. Juliancolton (talk) 22:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Image source problem with Image:Wayne21-08-19861730ZBD.jpg Thanks for uploading Image:Wayne21-08-19861730ZBD.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged. As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use. If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 03:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Shizhao (talk) 03:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC) An article which you started, or significantly expanded, surface weather observation, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 16:35, 16 January 2008 (UTC) WP:METEO Active membersWeather frontHi. I was wondering if you were planning on trying to get Weather front, an article which you created, to FA. If not, please let me know. Thank you. Juliancolton (talk) 19:07, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Station modelI think I can help with this, but I don't have time at the moment. A couple things that jumped out at me, was I think the lead needs a more definitive opening statement so that everyone understands right away what is it that's being talked about. This is partially ripped off from a NOAA glossary, but I think something like A station model is a symbolic illustration used on weather maps that represents and reflects the weather occurring at a given reporting station. would be a good way to open the article. Also, one other thing I was wondering about, is the article one bit of conflict I think. In one spot it says: a station model is plotted at each point using its surface weather observation. Later is says: Outside the United States, and for station models seen on upper level charts, . I think the aritcle should say one way or the other if they're only used for surface weather observations, or used for both upper level & surface. I'll try to give more feedback later on today or tomorrow. Gopher backer (talk) 18:40, 22 January 2008 (UTC) WP:NTROP newsletterHi. As you may know, the Wikipedia:WikiProject Non-tropical storms/Newsletter was started. If you would like to receive the newsletter, place you name here. Also, we need editors for the newsletter. So, sign up at the nesletter HQ to be an editor, and to help out with the next issue, go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Non-tropical storms/Newsletter/February 2008. Thanks. Juliancolton (talk) 02:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC) Missing meteorology topicsGreetings. I wonder if you could have a look at my page of missing topics related to meteorology? - Skysmith (talk) 11:03, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Re: Erin 07I don't see how it's that much different from Agnes 72, Danny 97, Helene 00, or Gaston 04, since they all strengthened back to TS status over land, but them being closer to the coast all made the distinction easier. I saw in the ATCF best track that they called it a 50 kt low, per here. What's your take on that? It's clearly not extratropical, so the question becomes whether to call it subtropical or tropical? Calling it a 50 kt remnant low seems quite unusual, so I'm hoping/guessing that designation was preliminary. What do you think they'll do? ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:32, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
TornadocaneHi, I ended up on that article from a mention of the 2003 case in the BWER article. I made Tornadocane more general when I saw that the article was only for the NC case of 1999 as if it was a unique occurence. I'm not particularly aware of the term and I don't really care about a deletion but I just wonder why not merge the info from landphoon to make a more complete article? Pierre cb (talk) 18:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC) Re: California hurricanesI mainly like consistency and having a short, to-the-point title. Potentially, in the near future, there will be list articles on each state bordering the Atlantic Ocean, all of which have "List of XX hurricanes". "List of tropical cyclones that affected XX", while more correct, is unnecessarily long, IMO. The article deals with, generally, Pacific hurricanes that affected the U.S. state of California. If the occasional typhoon affects the state, then that would just be an exception. It's similar to the NHC including TS Allison in their list of retired hurricane names. In fact, they don't even specify that Allison wasn't a hurricane. Perhaps we could have a project-wide discussion on it (although project discussions don't tend to reach many people). Personally, though, I prefer the simple title of List of California hurricanes. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Re:Reference for tufao in tropical cyclone articleThe complete web address is OK. How is the reference broken exactly? Ramisses (talk) 17:00, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Removal of category from your userpageHi. In enacting consensus from User categories for discussion, I have removed the category Category:Wikipedians interested in books from your userpage. It was determined in that deletion debate that this category should be depopulated of individuals, but kept as a parent category. If you wish to display a category reflecting your interest in books, please consider one of the specific sub-categories under its umbrella. Thanks, and please excuse the necessary editing of your user page! ----Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Re: BarnstarAw, thanks! The red is quite bold! Is that supposed to be representative my boldness in tackling TC articles? :) ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:17, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Southern OscillationRainfall patterns in the United States is greatly improved. Thanks for your extensive (footnoted!) contributions. Having said that, you are clearly the expert and the best judge of what goes there. I get lost watching the weather channel! :) My only axe was to try to get Wikipedians (where legal. No OR, I realize) to use El Nino comparisons against El Nino from prior years. It irks me that the media tries to get our attention with these gee whiz statements implying global warming is the culprit when it's just as likely a known fluctuation in the Southern Oscillation. Student7 (talk) 22:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Re: List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United StatesThank you. I hope you didn't have to make long-distance phone calls to get the information. Whether you did or not, I'd like to say that you do a lot for the encyclopedia. I added widths to the tables by adding "width="X%"" (less the outside quotes, where X is some percentage). You can see other examples at Help:Tables#Width, height. Sorting is at Help:Sorting, although I'm not sure it will work at the List of wettest US tropical cyclones by state because of columns spanning more than one row and vice versa. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 00:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
BWERHi, You have done a great job finding references for the BWER article. I have one point to make though. You have taken out the mention of the date McGill radar has begun to have an overhang alogrithm (late '80s) by saying that it was not Doppler before 1993. I must remind you that BWER and overhangs are reflectivity features and do not need velocity data to be performed. McGill radar has been built in 1968 as a conventional S-Band radar and a software to treat data digitally has been developped into the 1980's to replace the analogic displays. One module of this program has been for overhang detection by simply comparing reflectivities at 7 km with those at low level using Cappis. I'm working in Montreal Weather Office of Environment Canada since 1984 and I can assure you that this algorithm was used since. On top of that, I've done my Master degree at that radar. Pierre cb (talk) 18:04, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
I misunderstood what you had meant by the original wording of the snowfall section, which is why I went and found the references (from List of snow events in Florida, which gets a lot of attention when it does snow here in the state). While I understand your concern about "people of European descent", it is incontrovertible that 1774 was the earliest recorded snowfall in the state, which is why I added that qualifier. It's relevant, and it's silly to let political correctness dictate what can and cannot appear in an article. I think the data you re-added, about the earliest and latest recorded snowfalls during a calendar year are still a bit confusing, but I need to think about how to reword those two sentences. Horologium (talk) 16:41, 9 March 2008 (UTC) Lists are a fickle fiend. They are articles, meaning they need a lede, as well as some stuff to explain the lede in depth to make it comprehensive. Using tables are a great way to fill it up and list every item in the series (or top amounts, such as in List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States). However, some accompanying text is needed to explain the tables. As an extreme for a list, List of Florida hurricanes is much more like an article, as there are only a few tables, and the majority of it is explained in prose & paragraph form. Some lists, such as yours, are largely sufficient with tables. Indeed, the FL/FA process is a great learning experience for what and what not to do in the future. I clarified my position as support on the FLC, and I hope all goes well. It has two supports, and no outstanding opposes, so I am optimistic about its candidacy. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:13, 13 March 2008 (UTC) Surface weather observationWith regard to the surface weather observation article, I'm glad you took the time to make improvements to it. However, saying another editor's work ruins the format of the article doesn't seem to respect the collaborative nature of the project. I think the article looks fine the way you changed it, but describing my work as ruining the article's format is a bit hard for me to swallow. On a related note, if you'd like to have a look at a table I'm developing in my userspace, I'd be interested in your opinion. I need to condense it somewhat and break it up into more than one table (it's too visually massive as it is), but I think the article needs a better explanation of the METAR code. Please let me know what you think. --SSBohio 20:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC) Re:St. Patrick's DayWow, I didn't know that. Thank you for informing me. Happy day-that-would-otherwise-be-St. Patrick's Day to you too. Juliancolton (Happy St. Patrick's day!) 22:25, 17 March 2008 (UTC) Re:Thanks for helping with JerryNo problem, I'm happy to help. I can never remember the NCDC event report site either, so I just usually go to the NCDC homepage and direct myself from there. Good luck with getting it to GA. Juliancolton (Happy St. Patrick's day!) 19:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
InviteJccort talk) 19:57, 18 March 2008 (UTC) Addressed Your CriticismsI believe I've dealt with all of your listed problems for Charley. TheNobleSith (talk) 01:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I've cleaned up those TCR and NHC references, along with the writing,etc. Check it out, and thanks for your help.TheNobleSith (talk) 02:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Hurricane Fox (1952) and other miscellaneous detailsI recently finished this article. Do you want to review it? You have always been an excellent contributor to meteorological articles, so you'll have the honors for this one. On another note, what do you think about Erin's TPC designation over Oklahoma in HURDAT? I think the "remnant low" listing may refer to a mesoscale convective system. That may be the classification in the upcoming TCR. Feel free to offer your thoughts, unless your profession prohibits it. CVW (Talk) 20:52, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Unspecified source for Image:Barbadosdustgraph.gifThank you. MECU≈talk 00:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I've been working on the Tropical cyclone WikiProject for almost four years now and I know that at times it can be pretty draining. Hurricanehink and I started a fun little thing two years ago called the Hurricane Hall of Fame (based on a concept I'd created much earlier). It works just like any other Hall of Fame: every year, five storms are voted in based on notability. Up until now, the voters were just me and Hink and the honorees were just Atlantic storms. Both of those are changing (hopefully). I'm trying to get more Project members involved in the voting and I'm going international this year. This ballot is for the Eastern Pacific. Following this election, I'll send out ballots for the Western Pacific and then perhaps the Indian Ocean...all leading up to the Atlantic ballot early this summer. I'd really appreciate your participation. It's just for fun; something to lower stress levels. I'll announce the winners next weekend. The nominees are...
-- §HurricaneERICarchive 01:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
1949 storm deadliest of all-time?I noticed that time given for the "1949 Eastern Guatemala flood", which killed 40,000 people according to EM-DAT, is less than a week after Tropical Storm #10 stagnated over the country for three days. There's no way the two cannot somehow be related. It might be similar to Hurricane Stan where the weather around the storm helped out, but this could really throw a wrench in the list of deadliest Atlantic storms (or the deadliest Eastern Pacific storms). Could you offer me some professional insight? -- HurricaneERIC - Class of '08: XVII Maius MMVIII 00:21, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Re: IconsAll you got to do is use the following code: <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:40px; top:0px;" class="metadata">
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To have more than once icon, just repeat the |{{click|link=... as many times as you need it. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 13:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for giving that article a look. I felt I could no longer be unbiased. I trust your judgment, and so I passed it. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:43, 9 May 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia meetupAs someone who may live or work near Washington D.C., you may be interested - if you've not heard already - about the meetup scheduled for Saturday, May 17th, at Union Station. For details, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4. You are receiving this automated message because your userpage appears in Category:Wikipedians in Maryland. Melon‑Bot (STOP!) 19:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
1981 AHSWould you be up to a collaboration on getting 1981 AHS to Featured Article status? Its turning out very well so far and I feel it could be even better. Thanks!Mitch32contribs 21:59, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
(indent reset) - With that in mind - how would feel about working on a TD 8 (1981) article? Seeing it was more destructive than Dennis, I think it might have the notability for one. Anyway, I'll keep looking over 1981 for other things.Mitch32contribs 20:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
1983 AHSPlease don't FARC this, I have no idea what to do with TD6, it was dropped by the NHC and didn't appear in the MWR. If Tropical Systems of 1983 existed, it would be easier. However, it doesn't and I'm stuck currently.Mitch32contribs 19:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
1987 AHSWhat do you have outside details on TDs 9 and 14 - all are listed in the article, but have nothing but news sources. Do you have any official sources on the remaining depressions? (1, 4, 6, 8, and 11)? Also, I'd like to go through these for 1980, 84, 85, and 86 as well.Mitch32contribs 19:55, 14 May 2008 (UTC) Hurricane Gracie (1959)Hey, seeing as you got it to GA and you're in the know, I was wondering if you knew anything about the retirement of Gracie in 1959. The newest press release that mentioned the 2007 retirements also indicated there have been a total of 70 retired names; we have 71, and I'm guessing that discrepancy involves Gracie. The NHC list of retired names, which has been updated for 2007, does not include Gracie. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
TD newspapersI know you actually asked Mitchazenia about this, but I saw your request and found some stuff:
I hope this helps. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 04:30, 16 May 2008 (UTC) Lead for climate articleRaymond has proposed a structural change for the article which might allow the current length to be reasonable. Even as it stands, throwing one line in the lead per each climate regime could make the lead too long. An editor (could have been Raymond) made a comment during an edit that the lead was too long, due to redundancy, during one of his edits of the article and it was shortened. I'm willing to leave the tag there for the time being...but there needs to be clarification as to what would need to be added to the lead (which is included in the main article) to make the lead a "proper length," so the editors aren't just left guessing. Thegreatdr (talk) 18:15, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
David 1979On User:TonyTheTiger's WP:LOTD idea, he commented on List of New York hurricanes, saying that Hurricane David 1979's remnants brough heavy rainfall to the Buffalo, New York area. Although, the HPC rainfall map shows the rain's western edge missing the area by miles. If you get the chance, could you look into this? Thanks, Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 18:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Re: They've answered our questionHmm, this new setup is indeed interesting. Personally, I don't like it, but apparently it will help get more comprehensive reviews. It's already caused some issues, so I don't know how long it will last. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:13, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Climate referencesHi, I was looking back at my comments at WT:GAN and I realized that they sounded pretty negative toward the article. I wanted to apologize and to clarify that I think the article is well-written. My frustration is with reviews that don't give constructive feedback (eg. "may need wider coverage"). In response to your question about where references could be added, I was referring to:
I hope this helps, and congratulations on your Good Article. GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:48, 3 June 2008 (UTC) You have long deserved this
Re: BookHey, thanks for the heads-up - I'm certainly interested in that! My local library has that book, so I'll be getting it out in short order to have a look for myself. Out of interest how is the image credited in the edition you saw? I know I've had very little to do with the TC wiki-project lately, but I will try and get around to image related stuff over on Commons at some point (and work out the citation templates there).--Nilfanion (talk) 22:16, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Just want to be sure you are clear about what I did, I changed the text to "Gavin Menzies also claims there were reports of Croatian vessels sinking offshore the Carolinas in 1449 and that several Croatian vessels in 1470 were reported to reach Roanoke Island. The Croatian caravel Atlante reached land across the Atlantic Ocean in 1484. It is also claimed [who?] Croatians joined the Algonkian tribes and lent their name to Croatoan Island. In the original it wasn't clear, at least to me, what the sources were for the various parts of the claim -- I know that the Croatan island thing pre-dates Menzies new book, for instance. And I felt and still feel that it shouldn't start 'There were' as that makes it look definite. Who makes the claim about the Croatian archives? I think we need some sort of source for everything and there is still a lot of 'Others have conjectured' and 'Some suggest'. You might also want to look at the phrase "historical dogma" -- whoever put that there originally, it is argumentative. And that section about Brazil is explained in the 1421 article, shouldn't it be treated the same way in this one? Dougweller (talk)
I know you're interested in tropical cyclones, so I'm wondering if you know much about the MM5 model and how it's being used for their prediction. I noticed a prod pop up on MM5 recently, and based on how it looked at the time, it definitely needed something to be done with it, so I've tried fixing it a bit. I know it's a pretty extensively used model in both (non-NCEP) operation and research, so it can definitely be improved. Anything you can add? Jason Patton (talk) 15:22, 25 June 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jason Patton (talk • contribs) 15:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC) Re: AwardThanks a lot for that! I didn't notice that right away, since I've been busy the last few days, but it was a nice pick-me-up to see continued support from my fanbase after all of these years :) ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:14, 26 June 2008 (UTC) FavorFirst of all, great work on all of the core meteorology topics lately! Second, I'm wondering if you could review Climate of Minnesota for me. I'm not worried as much about fact checking (like what average temperatures in Duluth is), but more I think what I'm looking for is kind of an overview of the general meteorological topics in the article. I think that everything should make sense, but I've never really had a professional evaluate it before. WxGopher (talk) 02:59, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
ACE calcsHi. If you're interested, I noticed that some of the ACE tables and totals were missing for some of the year articles. Please see here and here for details. Should they be added, and if so should the talkpace ACE calcs be used, if there is one, or should we use lwf NOAA for the missing ones, or is there a particular reason they're not in the articles? Thanks. ~AH1(TCU) 17:35, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks......for helping me get Effects of Hurricane Charley in North Carolina to GA while I was away. I appreciate it. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:14, 13 July 2008 (UTC) Barnstar
Thank YouThanks for the help and advice you gave me on the creation of Tropical Storm Edouard (2008). I hope I can continue to improve the creation of tropical cyclone articles! Hurricaneguy (talk) 18:35, 4 August 2008 (UTC) Hey DR, was wondering whether you would be considering taking this article to FAC. Seddσn talk Editor Review 17:30, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Southwest Indian Ocean dataI have been trying to update most of the season articles. I have been looking for RSMC data from this basin, and the only stuff I could find comes from their old website[5]. I thought I would ask you since you are a meteorologist, because I have trying to figure out how to interpret this track information. My first thought was that the column under Intens was in m/s, but those numbers are a bit too high. What else could it be?Potapych (talk) 19:36, 12 August 2008 (UTC) Can you confirm something?When did they start using the -E suffix for tropical depressions in the east Pacific Ocean? I want to make sure the section headers and links are all working.Potapych (talk) 00:31, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Phone calls at homeThe fact that I know exactly which user called you indicates to me that blame should be given. Furthermore, the fact is this user's first post on the subject ends with "alright, let us see whether you actually address these issues and there are only three of you guys who think in this very narrow and incorrect fashion." Practically every post has had a personal attack. I think it much better to demand this user get at least a short block, based on the fact he's personally harassing users, then making a general demand of the users.--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:40, 20 September 2008 (UTC) Re: DisagreementsWow, I am really, really sorry that happened. I cannot believe it happened in the first place, although, if you have been keeping up with the user I assume is responsible, that user has asked people for phone numbers/IM's to talk outside of Wikipedia. It is borderline stalker-ish, and you should know that user is not a typical user. The situation got blown way out of hand, and we're trying to deal with it. Did the person say their Wikipedia name? ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:16, 21 September 2008 (UTC) Fausto (2002)Put briefly, Hurricane Fausto (2002) merged with a frontal cyclone, which promptly passed over some of the Aleutian Islands. Do you know of any source for precipitation the combined system might have caused? I searched at the HPC's website and NCDC and couldn't find anything. Or was any precipitation the system might have caused unknown because nothing was there to measure it, or was it just a "routine" precipitation event? Thank you. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 00:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC) Tropical depressionsI saw your post here and I have a question about it. Since Charley had to have occurred before Five, was it not given a number? Should they be numbered Six and Seven?Potapych (talk) 22:09, 21 September 2008 (UTC) Hurricane Kyle 2008 de-cat
Re: DonnaPreps look good. In terms of aftermath, general information regarding recovery/re-construction would be nice. As the storm was a while ago, that kind of stuff might be hard to find, though. Also, I see a journal in the Further reading section, that looks like it might have some interesting ecological information for the Aftermath section. Well done with the article, overall. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 22:09, 10 October 2008 (UTC) RemaningOh, you joker... Plasticup T/C 21:38, 11 October 2008 (UTC) Invite
bumphere Nergaal (talk) 23:08, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Hi, Thegreatdr. I have a quick TC rainfall question; hope you don't mind. This NCDC reports seems to say that Tropical Storm Hanna (2002) dropped rainfall as far north as Vermont. Seeing as the New England HPC page has no mention of Hanna, is this possible? Thanks. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 02:03, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Max and OtisI am a little behind because of the Block. Give me another 2 days. Leave Message orYellow Evan home or User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox 03:22, 23 October 2008 (UTC) Re: 1982 Pacific typhoon season timelineThe timeline function is currently broken across all of Wikipedia. See here and here. -- RattleMan 19:24, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Interesting paperGiven your line of work, i though that this would be of great interest to you. In case you hadnt already read it. Seddσn talk Editor Review 16:58, 11 November 2008 (UTC) BarnstarThanks Jason Rees (talk) 21:37, 15 November 2008 (UTC) Re: TD numberingHaha, this is truly confusing. So, the missing TD's were EPac and the unnamed ones were discovered after the season had ended? There is also one storm missing, number 9. The chart skips right over it. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 01:24, 26 November 2008 (UTC) :AL0869 DEBBIE 082512 1969 60.9 37.8 55 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * :AL1069 UNNAMED 082400 1969 17.5 17.0 25 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ?
Do you know if those numbers mean anything since you changed them back? The MWR just called them "neuter" canes, and I changed them all to "Unnamed hurricane" like in some of the recent season articles. It gets really confusing - especially for 1969 - if there are 3 or more number sequences in the same season. I think the tropical depressions need to fit somewhere in there, so I think the "Unnamed" scheme is better. Potapych (talk) 22:29, 26 November 2008 (UTC) Re: 1994 PHSSorry I didn't respond sooner, I've been busy. It wasn't entirely agreed upon, but what I've done is converting the foreign currency to USD in the original year (I use this site, as it's nice and easy]), then inflate to 2008 USD. There was some argument whether we should inflate in the foreign currency, and then convert, but that is much harder. If the country went through an economic collapse, or conversely a huge economic boom, then I don't see the figure as accurate. Since the USD has been fairly dominating for the past few decades, I think its stability warrants using it. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:50, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
1994 PTSIve added an image verson of the timeline to the 1994 PTS - Let me know what you think could you Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 20:00, 28 November 2008 (UTC) Thank you!I've apparently not looked at my user page in a while - I just noticed the civility barnstar you gave me. Thank you very much, and I apologize that this thanks is a bit belated! Dana boomer (talk) 14:58, 4 December 2008 (UTC) Re: C-classMy personal problem with it (which is my own problem, not the project's), is that I'm used to having a small collection of good articles, with the rest typically remaining start. I still haven't gotten used to the niche of the C-class. However, I do think some articles are considered higher quality than they really are. I have no idea how Hurricane Frances passed its GA review; there is no aftermath, impact info is scant for the areas that had the most effects, and preps are really weak. Don't worry, I don't expect you to take care of all of these. I just don't like considering articles good, or reasonably good, when they are so far from being featured. IDK, it doesn't help that people are putting into question what a GA/FA should be. Pardon the rant, and cheers. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:17, 16 December 2008 (UTC) Re: Dorothy 70Sweet, thanks! I had a time and a half translating all of the info from French (first time ever doing anything of that magnitude, usually I rely on Spanish, which I took for four years in High School). Oh, BTW, thanks for posting that link to the global HURDAT. I am loving it so far. One little thing. The site's FAQ says the data is in 10-min, but the HURDAT-looking file really appears to be in 1-min (Atlantic datapoints are identical to HURDAT, other basins would be too high if they were actually 10-min). I emailed the site, but I was wondering if you knew offhand. Cheers. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:09, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Tropical depressionsWhen you said these aren't reference-able, what did you mean? Those tracks are not attributed to the NHC? I could easily make maps of those in that format, but I don't want to make anything that will get deleted. Also, do you have tracks for 1988-90? Potapych (talk) 03:09, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Can you check something?I was making the track for Tropical Depression Eleven (1999) and I noticed your database has an extra day compared to the report [7]. It was also a bit stronger as a low. Do you think I should include this in the track? It looks unusual so I think it could be a mistake. Potapych (talk) 17:12, 22 December 2008 (UTC) Re: My name on WT:GANProbably because I have stopped reviewing GANs. If they want, I'll review every article they have up there. Drive them bonkers. They complain that TonyTheTiger and I are in "competition" with each other. That is not true. TonyTheTiger has brought up all the stuff on my talk page. That's the main reason, but if they want to accuse me, they should say it to my face, not on the backside.Mitch32(Go Syracuse) 22:39, 23 December 2008 (UTC) TCWC Jakarta's Best TrackYou should take a look at TCWC Jakarta's Best Track which is based on JMA/BoM Data. They have a couple off systems that were not named by the JTWC in the 1980s but were apparently off Tropical Storm status.Jason Rees (talk) 03:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Its alright for the heads up but as i said it relies on JMA Data so it should be easier to cite things like Tess/Val of 1982 being the same system according to the JMA.Jason Rees (talk) 05:24, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Coding stuffSure, no problem. Table wikisyntax is not the most friendly thing in the world, and small things like that tend to make it very upset. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 04:12, 26 December 2008 (UTC) Thank you so much for rectifying Wet season. May I ask a favor? Tropical rain belt is even worse. I've tagged it as disputed and unreferenced, but that's about all I can do. It even has an entire hypothetical section which may not even relate to the subject. Do you have time to fix that article as well? If so, thanks in advance. Softlavender (talk) 05:44, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Re: Hurricane Karl (1998) GA passageThanks! I'm not sure why the nominations aren't being reviewed as efficiently, but it might be because the regular reviewers are busy due the holidays. I assume that once the new year arrives the backlog will return to normal levels. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:53, 27 December 2008 (UTC) I'm in the process of trying to get the article featured, and I wondered if there was any rainfall data for the storm. I saw a few rainfall totals, but you would know if they were more related to another feature. Cheers. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:35, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Re: Passage of Hermine GAThank you for the review (and the copyedit)! That's odd that the GAN template links to the biology section of WP:GAN. |
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