Welcome to WikiProject Tropical cyclones, a WikiProject to systematically organize all the information in Wikipedia related to tropical cyclones (also known as hurricanes or typhoons). This project's focus is to centralize the efforts of many Wikipedians to make Wikipedia the best free resource when it comes to information about the subject.
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This WikiProject aims to provide a common layout for articles on official tropical cyclones—classified by any warning center, or considered a tropical cyclone in a scientific journal or publication—as well as the science behind them.
- To provide an encyclopedic overview for tropical cyclones, including coverage of historical individual storms and the structure of a cyclone, and to categorize all known tropical cyclones in an effective and cohesive fashion.
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[edit] General guidelines
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Templates will provide a useful set of features to show information on tropical cyclones and seasons in a consistent format. Guidelines for naming, links, and categorization help keep the vast number of articles properly interconnected.
[edit] Basins
Tropical cyclones are separated by basin. Generally each basin has its own categories; all articles for a particular basin are inter-woven using links and categories. It's important that the basin is listed identically (including capitalization) for all articles. The basin is generally passed in to templates to automatically create categorizations and links within an article.
The basins include:
[edit] Templates
A number of templates exist to make life easier for tropical cyclone article writers. For a complete list, see Category:Hurricane templates.
[edit] Categories
Categorizing all articles consistently makes it easier for readers to navigate through related articles. The top-level category Category:Tropical cyclones should be reserved for a few select meteorological articles; most articles should be categories into several of the sub-categories therein.
[edit] Images
To make uploading and categorization easier, season and storm articles should have consistent types of images and those images should have consistent names.
- If you create storm track map using Jdorje's track map generator, try to upload it to Commons and tag it with {{hurricane auto track map}}.
- Storm peak-intensity visible-light pictures. Most storms have a satellite picture of the storm at peak intensity. Higher resolution is always better.
- Storm landfall visible-light pictures. Other storms have a satellite picture of the storm at landfall. Again higher resolution is always better.
- Non-visible-light storm images. Many storms may have IR, doppler, or other types of meteorological pictures.
[edit] Article guidelines
[edit] Storm articles
- Example articles: Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Floyd
Articles can be created on any storm, provided they are reasonably well-written, comprehensive, and generally have more than two paragraphs of information on it in the body of the article. Articles may be merged by consensus, however.
[edit] Naming
- Hurricanes should only receive a separate article if they are long enough not to be considered a stub. If there isn't enough to write about, the text can go inside the article for the hurricane season.
- When creating a new article for an active storm when it may or may not be appropriate (i.e. a major hurricane currently threatening land), it is generally best to put a request up in the discussion for that hurricane season (e.g. Talk:2006 Atlantic hurricane season) and discuss it with others.
- Named hurricanes generally do not have unique names. A storm that has had its name retired may take its name for the main article (e.g. Hurricane Charley, Tropical Storm Allison, Cyclone Tracy); use the prefix appropriate for the tropical cyclone's basin.
- Less infamous (i.e. non-retired) hurricanes may have a separate page distinguished by year (e.g. Hurricane Bertha (1996)), only if it must be differentiated (e.g. Tropical Storm Bret (1993) and Hurricane Bret (1999)). If a name was used only once, no year is needed (e.g. Hurricane Rina or Typhoon Zeb).
- If a name has been used only once (or is being used for the first time) and is not warranting an article, it should be created as a redirect to that season (e.g. Tropical Storm Peter redirects to 2003 Atlantic hurricane season).
- Never hesitate to add a redirect when there is no article for a particular hurricane. Redirects help users to find information if it's "hidden" in a season article, and prevent spurious creation of new articles. This is particularly useful for active hurricanes, as users will otherwise often jump at the chance to write a "new" article about the event. Articles should be redirected to disambiguation pages or (only when there is no ambiguity) to the season article that includes the hurricane. Do not redirect to the season article when a disambiguation page exists, as there is then no way for readers to find the disambiguation.
- This is also helpful for people who wish to provide links to WP for current storms: they can do it once, and the redirect will catch the in-links unless and until a separate page is created. Question: should the redirect go to the season page, or the section thereon for that specific storm?
- Unnamed (including numbered) hurricanes (used for older tropical cyclones in all basins) should be distinguished by location, type, and year. The acceptable naming convention is 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. All unnamed hurricanes should always have a year in the name. Again, create redirects wherever necessary to avoid confusion or duplicate articles.
[edit] Storm article structure
[edit] Storm disambiguation pages
- All tropical cyclones of the same name should be visible through a disambiguation page (e.g. Hurricane Diana (disambiguation)). If none of the disambiguated storms are particularly infamous the main name may be used for the disambiguation (e.g. Hurricane Danielle). The disambiguation should be basin-independent and should cover all storms in all basins with the same name. If in doubt use "Tropical Storm" or "Tropical Cyclone" as the prefix for the disambiguation when multiple basins are involved.
- Exception: a disambiguation page may not be needed when there are just two storms with a certain name and at one takes the main naming space to disambiguate to the other. See for instance Hurricane Andrew.
- Disambiguation pages are also categorized by basin (sometimes into multiple basins); see Typhoon Nina for an example. An example basin category is Category:Atlantic hurricanes.
- Disambiguation pages are categorized by season as well (see Tropical Storm Hazel for an example). See the child categories of Category:Tropical cyclones by season for a complete list of season categories.
- Storm disambiguation articles (like Hurricane Gordon (disambiguation)) should be in the Category:Tropical cyclone disambiguation category. Using {{hurricane disambig}} in the article will accomplish this automatically.
[edit] Season articles
- Seasons are separated by basin. Compare 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, 2005 Pacific hurricane season, 2005 Pacific typhoon season. There are generally seven basins (N Atlantic, NW Pacific, NE Pacific, SW Pacific, N Indian, SW Indian, Australian Region,) but not all may justify articles.
- Use {{Infobox hurricane season}} or a variant, as mentioned above.
- Add {{hurricane}} at the top of the talk page of season articles.
- Link to other appropriate season articles. For instance 2005 Atlantic hurricane season links to the articles for the 2005 NW and NE Pacific seasons and to the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008 N Atlantic season articles.
- Season articles should include an overall summary plus a short summary for each storm, with a link to the storm page where appropriate, preferably as part of the lead section. See 2004 Atlantic hurricane season for an example. If a storm's summary becomes too long it may be moved into a separate article.
- Categorize the season into a season category; see Category:Tropical cyclones by season for choices. There is a template to help with this.
- Each season should have a track image if possible. See /Tracks.
[edit] Hierarchy definition
Tropical cyclones are categorized by basin, strength, season, and region. Seasons are categorized by basin and year.
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[edit] Categories
See also Category:Lists of tropical cyclones. Where possible these should be complemented by or replaced by categories.
[edit] Articles
[edit] Main Wikipedia articles on Tropical Cyclones
[edit] High-quality content
 1910 Cuba hurricane – October 20, 2010 TFA- 1911 Atlantic hurricane season
- 1928 Okeechobee hurricane
- 1933 Atlantic hurricane season – March 27, 2008 TFA
- 1941 Atlantic hurricane season
- 1941 Florida hurricane
- 1950 Atlantic hurricane season
- 1983 Atlantic hurricane season
- 1988 Atlantic hurricane season
- 1991 Atlantic hurricane season
- 1991 Perfect Storm
- 1994 Atlantic hurricane season
- 1995 Pacific hurricane season
- 1998 Pacific hurricane season
- 2000 Sri Lanka cyclone – October 25, 2007 TFA
- 2002 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2003 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2003 Pacific hurricane season
- 2005 Atlantic hurricane season – June 1, 2006 TFA
- 2005 Azores subtropical storm
- 2006 Atlantic hurricane season – June 10, 2008 TFA
- 2006 Pacific hurricane season – March 9, 2011
- 2007 Atlantic hurricane season
- Cyclone Elita
- Cyclone Gonu – June 3, 2010 TFA
- Cyclone Orson – September 22, 2009 TFA
- Effects of Hurricane Georges in Louisiana
- Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware
- Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C. – August 18, 2007 TFA
- Effects of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina
- Effects of Hurricane Ivan in the Lesser Antilles and South America
- Eye (cyclone) – September 21, 2007 TFA
- Hurricane Bob (1985)
- Hurricane Bret (1999)
- Hurricane Carmen
- Hurricane Charley (1986)
- Hurricane Claudette (2003)
- Hurricane Daniel (2006)
- Hurricane Danny (1997)
- Hurricane Dean
- Hurricane Dog (1950) – January 17, 2009 TFA
- Hurricane Edith (1971) – April 24, 2007 TFA
- Hurricane Eloise
- Hurricane Erika (1997)
- Hurricane Erika (2003)
- Hurricane Esther (1961)
- Hurricane Fabian – January 30, 2010 TFA
- Hurricane Ginger
- Hurricane Gloria – August 13, 2008 TFA
- Hurricane Gordon (2006)
- Hurricane Grace (1991)
- Hurricane Guillermo (1997)
- Hurricane Gustav (2002)
- Hurricane Hazel
- Hurricane Iniki – March 15, 2007 TFA
- Hurricane Ioke – 22, 2009 July 22, 2009 TFA
- Hurricane Irene (1999)
- Hurricane Irene (2005)
- Hurricane Isabel – April 15, 2011
- Hurricane Isis (1998) – February 15, 2008 TFA
- Hurricane Ismael – April 25, 2009 TFA
- Hurricane John (1994)
- Hurricane John (2006)
- Hurricane Juan – January 29, 2007 TFA
- Hurricane Kenna – July 28, 2007 TFA
- Hurricane Kiko (1989)
- Hurricane Kyle (2002) – January 26, 2011 TFA
- Hurricane Lane (2006) – March 22, 2010 TFA
- Hurricane Linda (1997) – March 4, 2009 TFA
- Hurricane Mitch – August 16, 2006 TFA
- Hurricane Nate (2005)
- Hurricane Nora (1997)
- Hurricane Rick (2009) – May 12, 2011 TFA
- Hurricane Vince (2005)
- Meteorological history of Hurricane Dean
- Meteorological history of Hurricane Gordon (1994)
- Meteorological history of Hurricane Ivan
- Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne
- Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina – June 15, 2007 TFA
- Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma – October 26, 2008 TFA
- Numerical weather prediction – August 10, 2011 TFA
- Subtropical Storm Andrea (2007)
- Tropical cyclone – June 1, 2009 TFA
- Tropical Depression Ten (2005)
- Tropical Depression Ten (2007)
- Tropical Storm Alberto (2006) – June 17, 2011
- Tropical Storm Allison – December 19, 2007 TFA
- Tropical Storm Barry (2001)
- Tropical Storm Barry (2007) – May 1, 2010 TFA
- Tropical Storm Bill (2003)
- Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004)
- Tropical Storm Brenda (1960)
- Tropical Storm Carrie (1972)
- Tropical Storm Chantal (2001) – October 31, 2010 TFA
- Tropical Storm Edouard (2002)
- Tropical Storm Erick (2007)
- Tropical Storm Faxai (2007)
- Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007)
- Tropical Storm Hanna (2002)
- Tropical Storm Henri (2003)
- Tropical Storm Hermine (1998)
- Tropical Storm Keith (1988)
- Tropical Storm Kiko (2007)
- Tropical Storm Marco (2008)
- Tropical Storm Marco (1990)
- Tropical Storm Nicole (2010)
- Tropical Storm Vamei
- Typhoon Paka – July 5, 2008 TFA
- Typhoon Pongsona
- Typhoon Sudal
- Typhoon Tip
[edit] Former featured articles
 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
- Image:Rick.A2009290.2020.250m.jpg
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