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• 31 Oct 2024 – 2020 Hyderabad floods (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Deep Depression BOB 02 (2020) by Tavantius (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Oct 2024 – Hurricane Paul (1982) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Hurricane Paul by AwesomeAndEpicGamer (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Oct 2024 – Tropical Storm Harold (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Tropical Storm Harold (2023) by AwesomeAndEpicGamer (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Oct 2024 – Hurricane Fox (1952) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Hurricane Fox by SomeoneWiki04 (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Hurricane Oscar (2024) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Hurricane Oscar by SomeoneWiki04 (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Oct 2024 – Tropical Storm Trami (2024) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Tropical Storm Trami by HurricaneEdgar (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Oct 2024 – Typhoon Bebinca (2024) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Typhoon Bebinca by TheNuggeteer (t · c) was moved to Typhoon Bebinca (talk · edit · hist) by Frost (t · c) on 01 Nov 2024; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 01 Nov 2024 – Tropical Storm Matthew (2004) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2004 Atlantic hurricane season by Zzzs (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Hurricane Elida (2002) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2002 Pacific hurricane season by Zzzs (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Oct 2024 – Meteorological history of Typhoon Durian (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Typhoon Durian by Zzzs (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Oct 2024 – Tropical Storm Fay tornado outbreak (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Tropical Storm Fay (2008) by 155.190.18.45 (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Oct 2024 – Tropical Storm Fay (2008) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Tropical Storm Fay tornado outbreak by 155.190.18.45 (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Oct 2024 – Tropical Storm Debby (2012) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2012 Tropical Storm Debby tornado outbreak by 155.190.18.45 (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Oct 2024 – 2012 Tropical Storm Debby tornado outbreak (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Tropical Storm Debby (2012) by 155.190.18.45 (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Oct 2024 – 1887 Halloween tropical storm (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 1887 Atlantic hurricane season by Hurricanehink (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Sep 2024 – Tropical Storm Fernand (2013) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2013 Atlantic hurricane season by Hurricanehink (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Sep 2024 – Civil engineering and infrastructure repair in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Reconstruction of New Orleans by Hurricanehink (t · c); see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 30 Oct 2024 – Hurricane Helene (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 74.101.118.218 (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Oct 2024 – Hurricane Hugo (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 69.123.54.241 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• undated – Draft:List of storms named Patty (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC was deleted by KylieTastic (t · c) on 02 Nov 2024

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Project notes

I just created this wikiproject, after several months of contemplating doing so. I hope everyone working on hurricane articles will get involved. I went ahead and wrote a bunch of guidelines, basically based on current practices...naturally since this is something I just wrote it doesn't necessarily represent community consensus and needs to be discussed. That discussion should probably go here for now...although eventually we may make these pages a little more structured. For a general TODO list, see the "tasks" item on the project page. Jdorje 23:17, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Hurricane lists

Why hasn’t anyone thought of making a list of major (cat 3+) hurricane landfalls in the United States?

My proposed list would ONLY include storms that were cat 3+ at the time of landfall (eg: Ian) and in a separate list (in the same article) storms that were close enough to the US to bring major hurricane conditions even if a direct landfall was avoided (eg: Matthew). It would NOT include hurricanes that were at one point cat 3+ but did not make landfall/impact as a cat 3+ (eg: Beryl). Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 12:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

I like the idea but you would have to include systems such as Val 91, Paka and Yutu which came close enough to the "United States" to cause major hurricane conditions, but were not officially classified on the SSHWS.Jason Rees (talk) 13:21, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Too similar to List of United States hurricanes IMO. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 18:11, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Is there any way we can add a section (on the list of United States hurricanes) that solely singles out major hurricane landfalls then? Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 19:21, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

If it's OK Hurricane Clyde (talk · contribs), I'd like to expand on your idea, and continue the discussion on the talk page for List of United States hurricanes. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Template:Costliest U.S. Atlantic hurricanes

I came across the template while looking at Hurricane Helene, and I think the intensity at landfall is a bit misleading. Yes, Katrina was officially a Cat 3, and Sandy was extratropical at landfall, but I don't think the categories help, since in some instances it makes a storm seem not as bad - Ike as a Cat 2. If no one opposes, I'll remove the categories for landfall. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:49, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Neutral – I’m not opposed; but I’m not going to explicitly say that I support it either. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 20:42, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Discussion on the reliability of Wayne Neely

There is a discussion on the Reliable Sources Noticeboard about "The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1866" by Wayne Neely, editor witb subject knowledge would be appreciated. See WP:RSN#Bahamas Department of Meteorology history. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 13:56, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Units

In many Atlantic and Pacific hurricane articles, sections about impacts in Mexico use imperial units first, despite that Mexico uses metric system exclusively. In many instances, the sources give metric units but then these are then flipped to show imperial units first. They should have metric units first to reflect practices in Mexico. --40bus (talk) 20:47, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

I agree, if the storm article is about Mexico, then it should have metric units first. Not every article is properly formatted. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 23:45, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

GIBBS is down

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/gibbs/, a site for looking up satellite images of the Earth since 1966, has not been up since Hurricane Helene hit. Because I want to see imagery of the late 60's and early 70's tropical cyclone seasons, particularly the Western Pacific ones, where could I get the satellite data? I have seen several websites with satellite data, such as ESSA-9, but they may need an account.The Space Enthusiast (talk) 23:25, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Can I join this WikiProject?

I want to help the Tropical Cyclone WikiProject in any way. Can I please join, because I “wanna go for a spin”. HurricaneKirk2024 (talk) 02:24, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

I’m just obsessed with hurricanes tbh and Nadine (Invest 94L) is coming so HurricaneKirk2024 (talk) 02:25, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

If you want to join WPTC, you can add your name to the current members at the bottom of the list, under the last person who joined. You can then add the following to your user page. Based on your editing history and comments I recommend you become familiar with Wikipedia's style of writing and core policies so you can start editing tropical cyclone articles. Also note you don't have to ask permission to join a Wikiproject or make an edit. JayTee⛈️ 16:09, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

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Climate Change effects on hurricanes

Should we mention the effects of climate change on hurricanes in every hurricane article? There appears to be no consensus, with some people wanting to make climate change info its own subsection, others wanting to just add a paragraph on it, and a third group that does not want to add it at all for repetition/RS issues(since Tropical cyclones and climate change applies to every tropical cyclone). Wildfireupdateman (talk) 20:06, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Personally I think no. It comes up with almost every landfalling major hurricane, because there happen to be sources that talk about it. For example, if the climate change bit was about rainfall, or higher water temperatures, just mention them without the "climate change", which is more about the broad patterns and not any individual storm. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:31, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Draft for PTC Eight?

I think we need an article/draft for Eight. It caused one (indirect) fatality, and made minor flooding in the Carolinas. This “tropical disturbance” only lasted two days; but with enough sources, I think it might be able to have an article.

• To be honest, I think any storm that causes a fatality should have an article.

HurricaneKirk2024 (talk) 16:32, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

There's already a discussion about that on the 2024 AHS talk page. Also, that rule (any storm that causes a fatality gets an article) is impractical. Too many old historical storms that caused a death or two that couldn't support a sub-article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:40, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

ok HurricaneKirk2024 (talk) 17:18, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Tropical Storm Conson (2021)#Requested move 8 September 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Tropical Storm Conson (2021)#Requested move 8 September 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. asilvering (talk) 00:25, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Does being a Category 5 Pacific hurricane establish notability?

Per the recommendation of @Jasper Deng I'm going to start a broader project discussion about this. As the subheading states, does being a Category 5 hurricane alone establish a Pacific hurricane as notable? Apparently there is standing project precedent that all Category 5 Pacific hurricanes get their own articles. I don't think this precedent should really be in place to begin with. While it's true Category 5 hurricanes are less common in the Pacific than the Atlantic, I think a storm intensifying to Category 5 status then weakening without affecting land or setting any meteorological records doesn't establish its notability. What's more, these storms generally don't receive news coverage that goes beyond stating what the NHC had already said about the storm intensity-wise, so this doesn't seem to meet the "Significant coverage" metric of WP:GNG. Additionally, simply stating the storm's meteorological history and data without any other significant information seems to be violating WP:NOTPLOT. Looking for comments on whether this precedent should stand as it directly affects an article for an active storm. JayTee⛈️ 00:29, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

It should. WP:NOTPLOT applies to human works and does not apply to real-life events. Hurricane Celia (2010) is a similar storm to Kristy and although its records aren't truly records in the sense of first place in anything (except strongest June hurricane), they're enough to warrant a section.

GNG is not a problem with the RS coverage we do have; the NHC is the WP:PRIMARY source with the other news articles the needed WP:SECONDARY sources. We can easily flesh out enough material to satisfy WP:SPLIT for all such storms. The question should be how do we serve our readers best, and Cat 5's are one of the most sought-after topics for readers in this basin.--Jasper Deng (talk) 00:43, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

For Kristy specifically, could we tack it onto Nadine like with Tropical storms Amanda and Cristobal? ✶Quxyz✶ 00:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Very few sources join the two in the way Amanda and Cristobal did, so probably not. But that could be a better alternative than not having an article at all for Kristy.--Jasper Deng (talk) 00:58, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

I would agree as, if Kristy has no other notability, it would be the better route. For the conversation as a whole, I believe that Category 5s shouldn't have inherent notability. Possibly, they could have lower standards but fish-storm Category 5s without any records should not have articles. ✶Quxyz✶ 01:02, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Several sources directly connect the remnants of Nadine with the formation of Kristy, as will official season summaries and TCRs I'm sure. A combined Nadine–Kristy article would have both notability, and a depth that the Nadine article lacks due to its small-scale impact, and a Kristy article would lack due to it being a Category 5 fish storm without any records or land affects to its name. Drdpw (talk) 01:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

I am creating the merge request now. ✶Quxyz✶ 01:38, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Hold your horses. The idea of merging the two needs a separate discussion on one of the talk pages and a consensus therefore.--Jasper Deng (talk) 01:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

To the main subject of this discussion, not every notable topic needs a standalone pages, or in this instance, not every Category 5 hurricane needs its own article. The question is, "how best to help readers understand the subject." For a system like Kristy, the best way might well be through a well written section in the season article. Drdpw (talk) 01:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Hard disagree. A reader looking into the intricacies of things like eyewall replacement cycles and the overall genesis process for the strongest storms will not be satisfied by the season article section. A reader coming from List of Category 5 Pacific hurricanes is also unlikely to be interested in the rest of the season. Jasper Deng (talk) 01:58, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

While it is less common for a Pacific storm to reach category five, it seems to me that that alone isn't and shouldn't be enough for an article, as most people above have stated like Drdpw. Shmego (talk) 18:35, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Category 5 status does not confer notability automatically. To Jasper's point, eyewall replacement cycles are often mentioned in season articles, but if that only happens once, and the storm weakens over land, then it can easily be summarized in the season article. I could see storms like Hurricane Elida (2002) and Hurricane Hernan (2002) getting merged. I mention those two as examples because the 2002 Pacific hurricane season is under 5,000 words, so an expansion is warranted. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:04, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

"Easily summarized in the season article" – don't think so. Kristy in particular is a two-peaked storm, and Pacific Category 5 hurricanes tend to be long-lived and have substantial history of their own, or be short-lived with land impacts. Kristy is in the former category.--Jasper Deng (talk) 02:06, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Kristy's met history can be easily summarized in the season section, we don't need to get into the intricacies of the storm's history and an article of such would be filler. JayTee⛈️ 05:00, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

An article that provides details a reader wants is not "filler". The existing summary leaves open several questions, such as its structural evolution before peak.--Jasper Deng (talk) 05:45, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

We don't delve into the structural evolution of every single tropical cyclone in heavy detail nor do we need to, that caters to a very small proportion of readers. I stand by my point that Kristy's met history can easily be summarized with its season section. By your argument another fish storm like Hurricane Gilma, which underwent more structural evolutions than Kristy, deserves an article. JayTee⛈️ 16:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Adding on, we can ramble on about anything that a reader wants to learn about a subject for pages. This reasoning also kind of feels like saying that everything related to a celeberty is notable, which I believe there is a guideline against but I do not know what it is called. ✶Quxyz✶ 18:20, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

• Noting that the draft Kristy article has been published; a case of dueling draft reviewers. Drdpw (talk) 20:43, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Also, for the record, given the discussion here and on other talk pages, I do not see that there exists consensus that being a Category 5 Pacific hurricane alone establishes notability or qualifies a system for its own article automatically. Drdpw (talk) 23:52, 25 October 2024 (UTC)