Talk:1985 Atlantic hurricane season

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Images for Each Storm

Another one down. Hurricanehink 22:26, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Work finished, also added 1985 season buttons template juan andrés 01:32, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good job. This is one of those seasons where a button bar is a good idea, due to the fact there are 4 seasonal articles. Hurricanehink 01:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found some images for the Pacific season, 2005 in a NOAA site. Can I upload them? juan andrés 02:07, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can't hurt. As long as it is in the public domain, you can put them either in the talk page or on the main article. Hurricanehink 02:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Here is the link [1]

Elena

How much damage did Elene do? The intro and the storms section give two different numbers. And there is no reference so the information is not verifiable. — jdorje (talk) 05:37, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gloria

The Gloria bit is wrong I think, however sources for this might be conflicting; this one might have been changed during the re-analysis and modern numbers seem inconsistent. For instance the best-track reports that Gloria crossed Cape Hatteras as a Category 2 hurricane, but marks it down as an NC3 and NY3 (category 3 winds in NC and NY). The NHC FAQ says gloria made landfall as a Cat3 with 942 mbar pressure (that would be at Cape Hatteras). This article doesn't even mention a hatteras landfall. — jdorje (talk) 05:55, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weak article

Of the season articles, 1950-1985, this one has the most factual problems. Someone needs to give this article some attention. — jdorje (talk) 06:07, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The writing in this article was also particularly poor. I'd say the whole thing should be checked. — jdorje (talk) 06:09, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical Depression 13 in December?

I heard TD-13 formed on December 7 in the Caribbean. GIBBS backs me up, but I can't find a resource so we can't put it in the article. It definatley deserves a mention. Cyclone1(00:29-23-07-2007)

Here's some TD info for 1985. It's for information use only and meant to be an aid to your search for information. Happy hunting. Thegreatdr (talk) 20:17, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

10800 9/11/1985 M= 3 2 SNBR= 172 XING=0 TD6
10810 9/11* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0*115 605 25 0*120 612 30 0*
10820 9/12*124 622 30 0*128 632 30 0*129 641 30 0*131 656 30 0*
10830 9/13*134 670 30 0*138 685 30 0*140 700 25 0*142 718 20 0*
10840 TD
10850 12/ 7/1985 M= 3 3 SNBR= 173 XING=0 TD13
10860 12/ 7* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0*112 770 20 0*111 775 20 0*
10870 12/ 8*110 779 25 0*109 783 25 0*106 788 30 0*103 794 30 0*
10880 12/ 9*102 798 30 0*100 802 25 0* 98 805 25 0* 95 810 20 0*
10890 TD

I'll insert these two sections into the article. Hopefully someone with access to news wire archives can finish the research.Potapych (talk) 20:52, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Record US landfalls

What counts as a landfall? If you only count the number of storms that actually came ashore, this season is tied for first with 2004 (excluding Alex; with Alex included, 2004 is the record holder with 9). '05s Ophelia did not come ashore, but is counted as a landfall because the eyewall crossed the coast. Without her, 2005 isn't even tied; only seven others made landfall in the US (Arlene, Cindy, Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Tammy, and Wilma). 2004, minus Alex, had Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Gaston, Hermine, Ivan, Jeanne and Matthew. Surprisingly, 2002 had 8 as well (Bertha, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Isidore, Kyle and Lili). However, of those, Lili was the only hurricane. Going arcaeic, other seasons jump in the mix. 1933 had 8 if you include Storm 18, which undoubtedly brought hurricane force winds to the Florida Keys. 1916 also had 8. That season also matched the seemingly unbeatable record of 6 hurricane landfalls. With that many tied with 8, I'm not sure how notable the fact is. Only 2004's 9 stands above the crowd. -- §Hurricane E RICarchive 00:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link

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Orphaned references in 1985 Atlantic hurricane season

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of 1985 Atlantic hurricane season's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "hpc":

From Hurricane Elena: David M. Roth. "Hurricane Elena - August 28-September 6, 1985". Weather Prediction Center. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
From 1980 Atlantic hurricane season: David M. Roth (May 16, 2007). "Tropical Storm Danielle — September 4–11, 1980". Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 21:49, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Yellow Evan (talk · contribs) 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC) Before I put some of my GAN wannabee's up, Ill review this piece of wikipedia work.[reply]

"It was an average season, with 14 tropical cyclones 11 named storms developing." cut the "14 tropical cyclon" tibit out. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Although several storms caused minimal effects, there were also several tropical cyclones left extensive impact." to "Although several storms caused minimal effects, several tropical cyclones also left extensive impact." Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mention the famous Elena forecasting faults in the lead, that's how it is remembered. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

" In addition, the precursor to Tropical Storm Isabel caused a deadly flood in Puerto Rico, with 180 fatalities reported." you just said it did little land impact earlier. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"In the second week of July, an area of convection merged with a cut-off low pressure area, which developed on July 8." link "cut-off low pressure area" to trough (meteorology). Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Four people died in the Washington, D.C. and Maryland from " throw "the" out the article and into TAM's mouth :P Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

" it transitioned into a low pressure area offshore Georgia on August 9. Around that time, the system developed into a subtropical depression. " it seems that it was a low pressure area before that so change it to "it developed into a subtropical depression on August 9." Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure. Is a trough with a circulation and a low pressure area the same thing?--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"and 40 feet (12 m) of sand was washed away along portions of the Florida Panhandle.[46]" abbreviate feet. Do so without cutting off my foot :P Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"150 miles (240 km) " same here. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"405 miles (650 km)" ditto Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cut back on Gloria stuff in the section, it's not that important. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

But it was a retired storm and considered the "storm of the century" by some at the time.--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"415 miles (670 km)" see above. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"415 miles (670 km)" and above. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"[59][57]" keep refs in order here Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"3.38 inches (86 mm)" see above Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"17.78 inches (452 mm)" unit consistency. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed--12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

SE chart:"New England (Rhode Island" Do we need to send you do a parthesis doctor? :P Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane

Nah, just a drug test would work :P --12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons: 1984–85, 1985–86" the SHEM has been split up. the AUS, SPAC, and SWIO have their won articles. Y E ^Pacific ^Hurricane 01:55, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't aware that an article could be "won" :P --12george1 (talk) 02:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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