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== Retirement sections ==

Why have you edited retirement sections for hurricanes (like [[Hurricane Ivan]]) the way you have?  The old texts had more useful links and did not claim future knowledge. — [[User:Jdorje|jdorje]] <small>([[User_talk:jdorje|talk]])</small> 21:20, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry my bad, with hindsight I shouldn't have done it. I thought the section for Dennis looked too different to that of other retired hurricanes and subsequently decided to edit a couple of others. Then again, if the old texts were more useful they could be used as a template for others. [[User:Pobbie Rarr|Pobbie Rarr]] 22:37, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

== Article formatting ==

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[[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] (<small>[[User_talk:Hurricanehink|talk]]</small>) 20:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

=="Public" Predictions on Wikipedia==

Hi there. I remember in high school and college that I used to make forecasts about hurricane seasons, which storms would hit land, how far we'd get down the list, etcetera, etcetera based on pure speculation, and nothing more. The difference between then and now is that at that point (late 1980's and early 1990's), only a handful of people knew I had made such a prediction on the planet and we had it scribbed on a page of some obscure notebook in our own posession that few others were likely to see. Having this type of speculation on the discussion page is much more visible because anyone on the internet can read it, therefore it is "public" for consumption by anyone with an internet connection. Now that Gary Padgett has highlighted wikipedia in his widely-dispersed monthly tropical cyclone summaries, don't be surprised if others use a similar argument or say something similar. If you want to e-mail about this topic, I can send you my e-mail and we can correspond about how these kinds of forecast have been perceived in the past by TPC/NHC (as long as my e-mail address from your personal page is deleted soon afterwards.) It is becoming increasingly likely that someone at NHC is going to view that discussion page, if it hasn't happenned already.

Don't consider this the "National Weather Service" line on the topic just because I'm part of it, and this is not a personal attack of any sort. I just am under the impression that wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a bulletin board, and that the discussion pages are merely about fine points of detail concerning the article itself, not about making predictions per se. In a religious sense, like the Jewish Tanach, not France's Nostradamus. If my impression is wrong, point me to the wikipedia guideline that spells out predictions connected to its articles, and I'll quiet down. There are other internet/weather discussion boards where predictions can be made and shared, without attaching it to an online encyclopedia, and in a safer online environment. I'd hate to squelch your enthusiasm for meteorology...I still have it myself, even at 33 and after 13 years in the NWS. =) [[User:Thegreatdr|Thegreatdr]] 17:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

== John 1994 ==

<blockquote>Good catch. This isn't the first time the two hurricane centers have disagreed with each other: one Central Pacific advisory on Hurricane John gave a central pressure of 910mb, much lower than the 929mb minimum which is currently accepted. Based on this alone, I'd be inclined to go with the NHC, but this sounds like too big a mistake to make (i.e. Cat. 5 or not). Furthermore, you'd think the CPHC would have got the message by now if Emilia wasn't a Cat. 5.

Oh well, it looks like Chacor has kindly sent an e-mail to those responsible so this should be resolved soon. [[User:Pobbie Rarr|Pobbie Rarr]] 03:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
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I mentioned this to the CPHC:
<blockquote>Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your help. For now, this will help as we can include Emilia in our article. If you could indeed help to find out the discrepancy, it would be of even greater help. A few tropical cyclone article editors suspect Emilia may not be an isolated case; one of them notes that "one Central Pacific advisory on Hurricane John gave a central pressure of 910mb, much lower than the 929mb minimum which is currently accepted." How accurate his comment is, I am unsure, but I and all the Wikipedia editors who do articles on tropical cyclones would like to thank you for your help in this.

Yours,
Chacor</blockquote>


Got this reply:
<blockquote>no problem...and you guys have some good eyes. indeed one of the
Hurricane John forecast bulletins went out with 910mb, however at that
same time there was a hurricane recon flight in the storm and they
reported back 929mb. those are some of the records we have to review,
but the feeling here is 929mb is probably more accurate than the 910mb....</blockquote>

Just thought I'd let you know. &ndash; [[User:Chacor|Ch]][[User talk:Chacor|acor]] 06:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

== [[Hurricane Danny (2003)]] ==

You may find it easier to work on [[Hurricane Danny (2003)]] in userspace, especially if it's incomplete. In the mainspace, someone who stumbles over it might get kind of a poor impression if they assume it's a finished article. It's also easier to co-ordinate stuff in userspace as you have the relevant user talk subpage to put all your links. '''If''' you think you want to do so, [[Special:Movepage/Hurricane Danny (2003)|move]] [[Hurricane Danny (2003)]] to something like [[User:Pobbie Rarr/Danny 2003]] ''without moving the talk page''. Then, remove {{tl|hurricane}} from the left over talk page, and tag the new redirect to your userspace that's left in mainspace for speedy deletion as a cross-namsepace redirect. &ndash; [[User:Chacor|Ch]][[User talk:Chacor|acor]] 11:55, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

== [[WP:LAME]] ==

Hi,  That edit war might be lame in itself, but [[WP:LAME]] is also a humor page, so please pile on the funny :-) --[[User:GunnarRene|GunnarRene]] 23:54, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
*An editor found this addition very funny :) [[User_talk:Radiant!|<b><span style="color:#DD0000;">&gt;<span style="color:#FF6600;">R<span style="color:#FF9900;">a<span style="color:#FFCC00;">d<span style="color:#FFEE00;">i</span>a</span>n</span>t</span>&lt;</span></b>]] 09:30, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

== Basque Portal? ==
Kaixo, I'm contacting you because you figure in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:User_eu Category:User eu], meaning that you speak some [[Basque language|Basque]]. You must therefore be [[Basque people|Basque]] yourself or have an intense connection with the [[Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque Country]]. 

I am thinking that maybe was a good idea to create a [[WP:P|Portal]] (or maybe a [[WP:PROJ|Wikiproject]]? or both?) on the Basque theme but I feel such kind of project requires more than just one person. 

If you are interested, please comment in [[User_talk:Sugaar#Portal:_Basque_Country.3F_or_Wikiproject:Basque_Country|my talk page]]. 

Enjoy,
--[[User:Sugaar|Sugaar]] 10:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

==Survey Invitation==
Hi there, I am a research student from the [[National University of Singapore]] and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the [http://www-appn.comp.nus.edu.sg/~seahruho/ research home page]. Thank you. --[[User:WikiInquirer|WikiInquirer]] 09:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC)<sup>[[User talk:WikiInquirer|talk to me]]</sup>

== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #10 ==

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Number 10, [[March 4]], [[2007]]
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The Hurricane Herald
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This is the monthly newsletter of [[WP:WPTC|WikiProject Tropical Cyclones]]. ''The Hurricane Herald'' aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global [[tropical cyclone]] activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the [[WP:WPTC/SPAM|mailing list]].
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'''[[2006-07 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season#Intense Tropical Cyclone Favio (09R)|Cyclone Favio]]''' developed well to the east of northern [[Madagascar]] on [[February 12]] and moved to the southwest as it developed. The storm did not significantly intensify until [[February 19]] when it was just off the soutern coast of Madagascar, but rapidly intenstified soon after to its peak with 185&nbsp;km/h (115&nbsp;mph) winds. Favio turned to the northwest and hit [[Mozambique]] worsening the [[2007 Mozambican flood|floods]] already occuring in the country. Favio claimed at least 4 lives and destroyed thousands of homes. 
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'''Other tropical cyclone activity'''<br/>
There were a total of 6 tropical cyclones in the [[2006-07 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season|southern hemisphere]] during February. Five of these, including Favio, were in the South West Indian Ocean.
*The only other storm in the Australian region was [[2006-07 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season#Tropical Cyclone Nelson|Cyclone Nelson]] which formed at the end of January in the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]] before it hit [[Queensland]].
*Cyclone Dora was active in January and reached its peak as an [[annular hurricane|annular cyclone]] on [[February 3]] with 185 km/h (115 mph) winds. 
*Cyclone Gamede was an unusally large storm that prompted the highest level of cyclone warning on [[Réunion]] and brought strong winds to the island on [[February 27]], causing a bridge to collapse. 
*Neither Enok towards the start of the month or Humba near its end, had any impact on land.

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'''Member of the month'''   
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The February member of the month is [[User:Miss Madeline|Miss Madeline]]. Miss Madeline is responsible for many of the projects [[WP:FL|featured lists]] such as [[List of Category 5 Pacific hurricanes]] and [[List of California hurricanes]]. She has also put serious work into many of our Pacific hurricane articles since she joined the project as one of its founding members. Recently she has worked on [[1996 Pacific hurricane season]], bringing it from a stub-class article to a [[WP:GAC|Good article candidate]].
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'''New and improved articles'''
*New [[WP:FC|featured content]]: [[Hurricane Erika (1997)]], [[Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C.]], [[Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma]], [[2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone]], [[Hurricane Isabel]] and [[List of Florida hurricanes (pre-1900)]].
*New [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good articles]] include [[Hurricane Pauline]], [[Hurricane Isis (1998)]], [[1939 Pacific typhoon season]], [[Typhoon Tip]] and [[1983 Atlantic hurricane season]].
*New articles include [[Hurricane Isis (1998)]], [[Hurricane Debby (1982)]], [[Hurricane Adolph (2001)]], [[Hurricane Alberto (1982)]] and [[Tropical Depression One (1992)]].
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'''Main Page content'''
*Entries from 6 articles: [[Hurricane Flossy (1956)]], [[Hurricane Able (1951)]], [[Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma]], [[Effects of Hurricane Wilma in the Bahamas]], [[Tropical Depression One (1992)]] and [[Tropical cyclone basins]] appeared on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know]] column during February.
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'''New articles and improvements wanted'''
*Articles are wanted on [[Pacific typhoon]], [[North Indian cyclone]], [[diffluence]], [[Outflow (meteorology)]] and [[Central dense overcast]].
*Improvements are wanted to [[Subtropical cyclone]], [[Japan Meteorological Agency]], [[Intertropical Convergence Zone]], [[1919 Florida Keys Hurricane]] [[Hurricane Ivan]] and [[Hurricane Andrew]].
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'''Comments wanted on project talk'''
Many discussions that potentially have far reaching impact for the whole project are carried out on the project's talk page. However, only a fraction of our active contributors actually engage in those discussions. If you add the project page to your [[Special:Watchlist|Watchlist]] and keep an eye on discussions there to monitor upcoming changes, even if you don't participate in those discussions it would help both yourself and the project as a whole. For instance, at the moment the primary infobox templates such as {{tl|Infobox hurricane}} are in the process of being deprecated and replaced by new versions which do the role more effectively.
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== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #11 ==

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Number 11, [[April 1]], [[2007]]
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This is the monthly newsletter of [[WP:WPTC|WikiProject Tropical Cyclones]]. ''The Hurricane Herald'' aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global [[tropical cyclone]] activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the [[WP:WPTC/SPAM|mailing list]]. 

''Please visit [[User talk:Nilfanion/Directory|this page]] and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.''
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'''Storm of the month'''
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'''[[User:Coredesat|Hurricane Will]]''' developed from a [[student|tropical wave]] to the east of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones|Caribbean Sea]] and [[m:Edit counting|intensified]]. It crossed over [[WP:AFD|Jamaica]] and re-emerged over [[WP:WIAA|water]] a few [[month|day]]s later. The storm intensified into a hurricane and an [[Hurricane Esther (1961)|eye]] began to [[WP:FAC|develop]]. Will became a [[Wikipedia:Administrator|major hurricane]] over the [[WP:RFA|Gulf of Mexico]] and made landfall on the [[CAT:ABL|vulnerable]] [[CAT:CSD|Gulf Coast]] of the [[Wikipedia|United States]] soon after. To date, Hurricane Will has claimed over [[WP:BP|350 lives]] and is directly responsible for about [[WP:DP|$5&nbsp;billion of damages]]; of which an unknown amount was [[WP:DRV|insured]]. Despite the damage, it is not expected that the name will be [[WP:BAN|retired]] by [[WP:CABAL|WMO]].
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'''Other tropical cyclone activity'''<br/>
*After threatening the [[Hurricane Isabel|Eastern Seaboard]] for some time, [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricane Hink]] has turned away and the [[WP:WEEKLY|NHC]] has cancelled all warnings associated with the storm.
*The [[2007 Pacific typhoon season]] began with Tropical Storm Kong-rey forming on [[March 31]].
*There were a total of 7 cyclones in the [[2006-07 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season|southern hemisphere]]: Becky in the South Pacific, Indlala and Jaya in the Southwestern Indian Ocean and Odette, George, Jacob and Kara in the Australian region. Indlala killed at least 80 and left over 100,000 homeless; whilst [[Cyclone George]] was the worst storm to affect [[Port Hedland]] in over 30 years.
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'''Member of the month'''   
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The April member of the month is [[Hurricane Irene (2005)|HurricaneIrene]]. Irene began contributing to tropical cyclone articles on Wikipedia in August 2005, but ran out of [[sea surface temperature|steam]] and [[extratropical|left]] after barely 2 weeks. However, Irene's influence on the project has been wide-reaching. Her efforts led directly to two articles attaining [[WP:FA|featured status]] and her legacy inspired many of our most active editors to write a plethora of [[WP:GA|good article]]s on a wide range of storms.
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'''New and improved articles'''
*The was one new [[WP:FA|featured article]]: [[Hurricane Kenna]]
*New [[WP:GA|Good articles]] include: [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale]], [[Hurricane Florence (1988)]], [[Tropical cyclone observation]] and [[1996 Pacific hurricane season]].
*New storm articles include: [[Hurricane Lili (1990)]], [[Tropical Storm Alberto (1988)]], [[Cyclone George]] and [[Typhoon Durian]].
*New non-storm articles include: [[Tropical cyclone naming]], [[list of cyclones in Western Australia]], [[Hurricane evacuation route]] and [[Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting]].
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'''Main Page content'''
*[[Hurricane Iniki]] appeared on the [[Main Page]] as [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Today's featured article]] on [[March 15]].
*Entries from 2 articles: [[Hurricane Katrina (1981)]] and [[Hurricane Guillermo (1997)]] appeared on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know]] column during March.
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'''The [[Main Page]]'''

The WikiProject has a narrow scope, so it is not surprising that our articles are not frequently selected for [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Today's featured article]]. Most destructive cyclones are likely to be mentioned on the [[WP:ITN|In the news]] column. We have no real control over that, but we should submit [[Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates|suggestions]] when appropriate.

However, we can do a more lot more to place our content in the other major section of the main page: The [[WP:DYK|Did you know]] column. In the past month we created over 30 articles. Of these only 2 were even submitted as ''suggestions'' for DYK. We can do much better, please submit DYK entries for new articles when you do the initial assessment.
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== Lithuanian grammar ==

Hi. 
Thanks for your previous imput to [[Lithuanian grammar]]. I liked your English style particularly. Couldn't you help me copyediting some new pieces of this article (see [[talk:Lithuanian grammar]] about declension paradigms below [[talk:Lithuanian grammar#Declension tables | >>]] ). Thanks. [[User:LinasLit|Linas Lituanus]] 17:51, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

See [[User_talk:LinasLit |my talk page]] for the answer, please. [[User:LinasLit|Linas Lituanus]] 09:05, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

== WPTC Active Members ==

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== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #12 ==

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Number 12, [[January 10]], [[2008]]
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This is the monthly newsletter of [[WP:WPTC|WikiProject Tropical Cyclones]]. ''The Hurricane Herald'' aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global [[tropical cyclone]] activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the [[WP:WPTC/SPAM|mailing list]]. This edition of the newsletter, after an extended hiatus, covers December 2007 and the first ten days of January 2008.

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'''Storm of the month'''
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'''''[[Tropical Storm Olga (2007)|Tropical Storm Olga]]''''' was a rare [[Atlantic hurricane|Atlantic]] December [[tropical cyclone]]. The fifteenth named storm of the season, it developed near [[Puerto Rico]] on [[December 11]], and quickly struck the [[Dominican Republic]]. There, it brought heavy rainfall and severe damage, and caused more than 40&nbsp;deaths. Casualties were also reported in Puerto Rico and [[Haiti]]. The storm greatly weakened as it crossed Hispaniola, degenerating into a remnant low pressure area in the [[Caribbean Sea]] on [[December 13]]. The remnants of Olga passed near the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] before turning northward and bringing rainfall to [[Florida]].
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'''Other tropical cyclone activity'''<br/>
* Three named tropical cyclones occurred in the [[2007-08 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season|South-West Indian Ocean]], the strongest of which being [[2007-08 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season#Moderate Tropical Storm Celina|Moderate Tropical Storm Celina]]
* Two named tropical cyclones occurred in the [[2007-08 Australian region cyclone season|Australian region]], including [[2007-08 Australian region cyclone season#Tropical Cyclone Helen|Tropical Cyclone Helen]] which struck [[Australia]]
* Two named tropical cyclones occurred in the [[2007-08 South Pacific cyclone season|South Pacific ocean]], including [[2007-08 South Pacific cyclone season#Tropical Cyclone Elisa|Tropical Cyclone Elisa]] which is currently active. Cyclone Daman was the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide during the time period, reaching a pressure of 925&nbsp;[[pascal (unit)|hPa]] before impacting [[Fiji]].
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'''Member of the month'''   
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The December member of the month is [[User:Mitchazenia|Mitchazenia]]. Mitchazenia has been a project member since 2006. He has created several tropical cyclone related articles, including the [[WP:Good article|good article]] [[Subtropical Storm One (1982)]]. Mitchazenia significantly contributed to [[1983 Atlantic hurricane season]], which is currently a [[WP:FLC|featured article candidate]].
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'''New and improved articles'''
*There were four new pieces of [[Portal:Featured content|Featured content]] : [[2003 Atlantic hurricane season]], [[Hurricane Danny (1997)]], [[Meteorological history of Hurricane Ivan]], and [[List of North Carolina hurricanes (1980-present)]]
*New [[WP:GA|Good articles]] include: 
*New storm articles include: [[Cyclone Inigo]], [[Hurricane Ava (1973)]], [[Hurricane Marco (1996)]]
*New non-storm articles include: [[Effects of Hurricane Ivan in the Lesser Antilles and South America]], [[Maximum sustained wind]], [[List of North Carolina hurricanes (pre-1900)]]
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'''Main Page content'''
*[[Tropical Storm Allison]] appeared on the [[Main Page]] as [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Today's featured article]] on [[December 19]].
*Entries from 2 articles: [[Hurricane Rick (1997)]] and [[2006 Central Pacific cyclone]] appeared on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know]] column during December and early January.
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| 80 || 78 || 82 || 86
|- align=right
| {{Start-Class}} 
| 213 || 212 || 211 || 208
|- align=right
| {{Stub-Class}}
| 6 || 5 || 6 || 6
|- align=right
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Total 
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 438
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 440
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 447
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 454
|- align=right
| percentage<br/>''Less than B'' 
| 50.0 || 49.3 || 48.5 || 47.1
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'''Categories and more'''
The project has gone under somewhat of a revamping. We have a new, more realistic goal. The members list has been dropped from 89 to 34. This newsletter is to inform users of a change in policy with categories. Previously, an Atlantic and Pacific storm article would have both [[:Category:Atlantic hurricanes]] and [[:Category:Category 3 tropical cyclones]]. However, the two were combined, resulting in [[:Category:Category 3 Atlantic hurricanes]]. The same is done with Pacific hurricanes. Tropical storm articles are dealt with either [[:Category:Eastern Pacific tropical storms]] or [[:Category:Atlantic tropical storms]].

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==Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #13==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 13}} ♬♩ [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] (<small>[[User_talk:Hurricanehink|talk]]</small>) 16:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

==Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #14==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 14}}
♬♩ [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] (<small>[[User_talk:Hurricanehink|talk]]</small>) 05:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #15 ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 15}}
♬♩ [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] (<small>[[User_talk:Hurricanehink|talk]]</small>) 02:42, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #16 ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 16}} 
♬♩ [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] (<small>[[User_talk:Hurricanehink|talk]]</small>) 03:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #17 ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 17}} ♬♩ [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] (<small>[[User_talk:Hurricanehink|talk]]</small>) 02:48, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #19 ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 19}} ♬♩ [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] (<small>[[User_talk:Hurricanehink|talk]]</small>) 03:34, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #20 ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 20}} ♬♩ [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] (<small>[[User_talk:Hurricanehink|talk]]</small>) 05:16, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #21 ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 21}} ♬♩ [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] (<small>[[User_talk:Hurricanehink|talk]]</small>) 03:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #22 ==

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[[User:Miss Madeline|Miss Madeline]] | [[User talk:Miss Madeline|Talk to Madeline]] 01:37, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

== Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #23 ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 23}} &ndash;[[User:Juliancolton|Juliancolton]] [[User talk:Juliancolton|<sup style="color:#666660;">'''T'''ropical</sup>]] [[Special:contributions/Juliancolton|<sup style="color:#666660;">'''C'''yclone</sup>]] 03:01, 4 January 2009 (UTC)


==Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #24==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 24}}[[User:Jason Rees|Jason Rees]] ([[User talk:Jason Rees|talk]]) 01:10, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

==Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #25==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 25}}[[User:Jason Rees|Jason Rees]] ([[User talk:Jason Rees|talk]]) 01:30, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

==Tropical cyclone WikiProject newsletter #26==
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Number 23, [[June 7]]
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The Hurricane Herald
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This is the monthly newsletter of [[WP:WPTC|WikiProject Tropical Cyclones]]. ''The Hurricane Herald'' aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global [[tropical cyclone]] activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the [[WP:WPTC/SPAM|mailing list]]. This newsletter covers all of April and May 2009.

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'''Storm of the month'''
[[Image:SCS Aila at peak intensity.jpg|thumb|Cyclone Aila near landfall]]
'''[[Cyclone Aila]]''' was the second [[tropical cyclone]] to form within the Northern [[Indian Ocean]] during 2009. The disturbance that was to become Cyclone Aila formed on 21 May 2009 about {{convert|950|km|mi}} to the south of [[Kolkata]], in [[India]]. Over the next couple of days the disturbance slowly developed before a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued by the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] early on 23 May 2009 and being designated as a depression by [[RSMC New Delhi]]. {{as of|2009|5|27}}, 330 people have been killed by Aila and at least 8,208 more are missing, while about 1&nbsp;million are homeless. Health officials in [[Bangladesh]] confirmed a deadly outbreak on diarrhea on 29 May, with more than 7,000 people being infected and four dying. In Bangladesh, an estimated 20&nbsp;million people were at risk of post-disaster diseases due to Aila. Damage totaled $40.7&nbsp;million (USD).</br>
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'''Other tropical cyclone activity'''<br/>
*[[2009 Atlantic hurricane season|North Atlantic]]
[[Tropical Depression One (2009)|Tropical Depression One]] was the first tropical cyclone to develop during the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. The depression formed on May 28, out of a disorganized area of low pressure off the coast of North Carolina. However after attaining its peak strength the depression began to weaken due to increasing wind shear and cooling sea surface temperatures with the final advisory being issued on May 29. 
*[[2009 Pacific typhoon season]] - In the two month period, there were four tropical cyclones, all within a short time period and small area. Tropical Depression Crising moved through the Philippines but didn't develop. [[Typhoon Kujira (2009)|Typhoon Kujira]] formed over the Philippines, causing 29 deaths and almost $30 million in damage, before becoming the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. While Kujira was active, a tropical depression formed and dissipated over the open ocean, while [[Typhoon Chan-hom (2009)|Typhoon Chan-hom]] developed and organized in the South China Sea, eventually crossing [[Luzon]] and causing 60 deaths and heavy damage.
*[[2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season|North Indian]] - Aside from Aila, [[Cyclone Bijli]] formed in April, making landfall on Bangladesh and killing 7 people.
*[[2008–09 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season|South Indian]]– Cyclone Jade was the final Cyclone to form. Jade formed on April 5th from a tropical disturbance it quickly intensifed and bcame a category one tropical cyclone on the SSHS before making its first of three landfalls on Madagascar. Jade then dissipated on April 11 after causing fifteen deaths.
*[[2008–09 Australian region cyclone season|Australian Region]] - Cyclone Kirrly formed on April 25 in the Arafura Sea to the north of [[Australia]] within 5 degrees of the [[equator]] which is an unusual area of formation. It quickly reached its peak before making landfall on eastern Indonesia.  
*[[2008–09 South Pacific cyclone season|South Pacific]] - As the last newsletter was published Tropical Cyclone Lin was just devloping as Tropical depression 14F. Lin eventually went on to affect Fiji and Tonga causing at least $1000 worth of damage. Tropical Disturbance 15F also formed this month within the Solomon Islands. It moved eventually moved into the Australian Region but was not monitored by TCWC Brisbane as anything higher than an area of low pressure.  
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'''Member of the month'''   
[[Image:Cyclone barnstar.png|left|Cyclone barnstar|50px]]
The member of the month is [[User:Jason Rees|Jason Rees]], who joined Wikipedia in 2007, and has written nine tropical cyclone GA's. Jason primarily focuses on Southern Hemisphere storms, as well as the Western Pacific. He has plans for featured topics for several seasons, but for now, he is a regular member of the project who adds his input in discussions on the talk page. We thank Jason for his work, and we look forward to more articles! 
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'''New members'''
* [[User:Kyle1278]]
* [[User:Bbabybear02]]
* [[User:Darren23]]
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'''New and improved articles'''
*There were no new pieces of [[Portal:Featured content|Featured content]]
*New [[WP:GA|Good articles]] include: [[1973 Pacific hurricane season]], [[Hurricane Kiko (1989)]], [[Tropical Storm Carlos (2003)]]
*New storm articles include: [[Hurricane Dalilia (1989)]], [[Typhoon Wipha (2007)]]
*New non-storm articles include: [[1972 Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak]], [[Meteorological history of Hurricane Luis]], [[Effects of Hurricane Georges in Louisiana]], [[Timeline of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season]]
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'''Main Page content'''
*[[Hurricane Ismael]] was Today's Featured Article on April 25
*Facts from the [[1924 Cuba hurricane]], [[Hurricane Lily (1971)]], [[Hurricane Tara (1961)]], and [[Hurricane Cora (1978)]] appeared in the [[WP:DYK|''Did You Know?'']] section of the Main Page during April and May.
*[[Typhoon Chan-hom (2009)]] and [[Cyclone Aila]] appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section.
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'''Storm article statistics'''
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| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Grade
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Sep 
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Oct 
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Nov 
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Dec 
|- align=right
| {{FA-Class}}
| 47 || 49 || 49 || 50
|- align=right
| {{A-Class}} 
|  19 || 19 || 19 || 19
|- align=right
| {{GA-Class}}
| 161 || 187 || 198 || 202
|- align=right 
| {{B-Class}}
| 17 || 13 || 21 || 22
|- align=right
| {{C-Class}}
| 107 || 119 || 118 || 122
|- align=right
| {{Start-Class}}
| 201 || 204 || 210 || 210
|- align=right
| {{Stub-Class}}
| 19 || 19 || 16 || 17
|- align=right
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Total 
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 571
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 613
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 631
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 642
|- align=right
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | ω
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 2.92
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 2.88
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 2.87
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 2.87
|- align=right
| percentage<br/>≥''Less than C'' 
| 38.5 || 36.4 || 35.8 || 35.4
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| percentage<br/>≥''GA or better'' 
| 39.8 || 42.1 || 42.2 || 42.2
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'''Project News'''<br>
There is debate as usual with regards to notability, as well as the status of the project in general, but nothing new is going on.

During the last week, some editors have organized a page &mdash; [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Viewed stats]] &mdash; that has a listing of monthly page views within the project. It is under construction, although it is complete for all Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones, as well as all Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1979 to the present. Interestingly, the top 6 viewed EPAC articles are all featured, and all of the top 16 in the basin are GA's. Unfortunately, the Atlantic, at least from 1979 to the present, is much worse, despite being viewed much, much more. The top eight-viewed Atlantic articles all are viewed more than 10,000 times per month, for a total of 363889 views per month, but only two of them are featured, and none of the others are GA. As always, any help in the retired storms would be greatly appreciated.

Somewhat tying into the bettering of project articles, the basin article challenge is still ongoing. [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] is currently in the lead with a GA in 2 basins. [[User:Cyclonebiskit|Cyclonebiskit]] is in 2nd, with one GA in the EPAC. The challenge is still open to anyone, and it is not so much a race, rather a challenge just to get a fairly important GA in each basin. 

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==Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #27==
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–'''[[User:Juliancolton|<span style="font-family:Script MT;color:#36648B">Juliancolton</span>]]'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;[[User_talk:Juliancolton|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:gray">''Talk''</span></sup>]] 02:09, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

==Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #28==
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–'''[[User:Juliancolton|<span style="font-family:Script MT;color:#36648B">Juliancolton</span>]]'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;[[User_talk:Juliancolton|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:gray">''Talk''</span></sup>]] 02:59, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
==Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #29==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 29}} [[User:JCbot|JCbot]] ([[User talk:JCbot|talk]]) 14:14, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

== The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter #31 ==

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This is the monthly newsletter of [[WP:WPTC|WikiProject Tropical Cyclones]]. ''The Hurricane Herald'' aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global [[tropical cyclone]] activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the [[WP:WPTC/SPAM|mailing list]]. This newsletter covers all of [[August 2010]].

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'''Storm of the month'''<br>
'''''[[2010_Pacific_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Frank|Hurricane Frank]]''''' is the storm of the Month.
[[Image:Hurricane_Frank_2010_off_the_coast_of_Mexico.jpg|140px|thumb|right|Hurricane Frank]]
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&nbsp;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.


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'''Other tropical cyclone activity'''<br/>

*[[2010 Atlantic hurricane season|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.

*[[2010 Pacific hurricane season|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.

* [[2010 Pacific typhoon season|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.

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'''Member of the month'''
[[Image:Cyclone barnstar.png|left|Cyclone barnstar|50px]]
The October member of the month is [[User:CrazyC83|CrazyC83]]. Since joining the project near its inception, CrazyC83 has been involved in bringing twenty two articles to [[Wikipedia:Good_articles|Good Article status]] and one article to [[Wikipedia:Featured_articles|Featured Article Status]]. Not only this, he is been working with the [[2010 Atlantic hurricane season 24/7. Our Favorite member [[User:Jason Rees|Jason Rees]] looks like he has gone on a short break with the west, but he still continues with the east.
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'''New members'''
* [[User:Marcusmax|Marcusmax]]
* [[User:Nascar1996|Nascar1996]]
* [[User:Knowledgekid87|Knowledgekid87]]
* [[User:Pookeo9|Pookeo9]]
* [[User:Cucurbitaceae|Cucurbitaceae]]
* [[User:Anikingos|Anirudh Emani]]
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'''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)]]
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'''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.
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'''Storm article statistics'''
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'''Project News'''<br>
The Newsletter has been properly restarted by [[User:Anikingos|Anirudh Emani]].
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'''Editorial Member Award'''<br>
This month the editorial member award has been disputed to [[User:CrazyC83|CrazyC83]] & [[User:Jason Rees|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, [[User:Jason Rees/Cyclone Rashimi|Rashmi]] and [[User:Jason Rees/Dianmu|Dianmu]] are a few good examples of this work. [[User:Anikingos|Anirudh Emani]] ([[User talk:Anikingos|talk]]) 08:35, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
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'''Former Featured Articles'''<br>
*[[Cyclone Tracy]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/October_18%2C_2004 October 18, 2004 TFA]
*[[Galveston Hurricane of 1900]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/April_17%2C_2005 April 16, 2005 TFA]
*[[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]]
*[[Hurricane Floyd]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/June_17%2C_2006 June 17, 2006 TFA]
*[[Hurricane Katrina]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/September_29%2C_2006 September 29, 2006 TFA]
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'''Former Featured Pictures'''<br>
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*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:Cyclone Gafilo.jpeg]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_6,_2006 August 6, 2006 POD]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:Global tropical cyclone tracks-edit2.jpg]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_3,_2006 October 3, 2006 POD]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:Felix from ISS 03 sept 2007 1138Z.jpg]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2008-07-18 July 18, 2008 POD]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:Hurricane Isabel 18 sept 2003 1555Z.jpg]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2008-09-18 September 18, 2008 POD]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:Hurricane Isabel eye from ISS (edit 1).jpg]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2009-09-18 September 18, 2009 POD]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:Hurricane Katrina Eye viewed from Hurricane Hunter.jpg]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_24,_2005 November 24, 2005 POD]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:KatrinaNewOrleansFlooded edit2.jpg]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2008-08-29 August 29, 2008 POD]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:Searching for bodies, Galveston 1900.ogg]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2009-09-08 September 8, 2009 POD]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:A big tip in Galveston2.jpg]]&nbsp;– [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2010-09-08 September 8, 2010 POD]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:Effects of Hurricane Charley from FEMA Photo Library 7.jpg]]
*{{icon|FP}}[[:Image:ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg.jpg]]
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[[User:Anikingos|Anirudh Emani]] ([[User talk:Anikingos|talk]]) 11:06, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

== The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter#32B ==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 32B}} --[[User:Anikingos|Anirudh Emani]] ([[User talk:Anikingos|talk]]) 10:12, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

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== 38th edition of The Hurricane Herald ==

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== 39th edition of The Hurricane Herald! ==

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