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September 2019[edit]

Information icon Hello, I'm Sandy14156. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to 2019 Atlantic hurricane season have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the help desk. Thanks. Sandy14156 :) 00:47, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppet investigation[edit]

An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hurricaneboy23, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

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November 2019[edit]

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ITN recognition for Cyclone Bulbul[edit]

On 13 November 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Cyclone Bulbul, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:34, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Image names[edit]

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Please stop making the geostationary images with the wrong name, and therefore I removed it and used my image instead. Also please do not make the JTWC track maps yourself since we already established a bot to do it, and therefore, I removed it. Please note this in the future. Very disappointed with those images. Typhoon2013 (talk) 00:43, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah and I know it takes a while for the bot to upload (which I get impatient) and update these images but it does save time for users creating it and plus, it is better to keep all storm trackfiles the same name. Thank you for understanding, though. :) Typhoon2013 (talk) 01:03, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize. I'm relatively new to the Wikipedia, anyways. Probably should research more to be honest. Sorry for the inconvenience. Hurricaneboy23 01:07, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tropical Storm Nestor (November 30)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sagotreespirit was:
The proposed article does not have sufficient content to require an article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at Tropical Storm Nestor (2019). Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are welcome to add that information yourself. Thank you.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
— Sagotreespirit (talk) 12:18, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Tropical Storm Nestor has a new comment[edit]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Tropical Storm Nestor. Thanks! — Sagotreespirit (talk) 12:19, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, so the article’s layout and info is good but it just needs to be pasted into the existing one? That’s good! Thank you! Hurricaneboy23 14:47, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Nestor (2019)[edit]

I just went ahead and replaced the redirect on Tropical Storm Nestor (2019) with your article since there has been no discussion for over 24 hours. If Jasper Deng wants, he can propose deletion, but I don't think it would go through. Jayab314 03:57, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature[edit]

Per WP:SIGLINK, you are required to link at least one of your userpage, this page, or your contributions page. Your current signature does not do any of that. Please change your signature to be compliant before you reply to this.--Jasper Deng (talk) 02:40, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hagibis damages[edit]

Hi and I will not revert your recent edits yet, but where did you get the fact that Hagibis has a total of $15b (with an extra boost of $6b from your edit summary). Which source did you use? Typhoon2013 (talk) 00:19, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, my bad. I just saw the source. Have a great day! :) Typhoon2013 (talk) 00:36, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources needed for Days of the Year pages[edit]

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Please do not add new additions to these pages without direct sources as the burden to provide them is on the editor who adds or restores material to these pages.

Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 22:00, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Disagreement regarding the number of tropical lows[edit]

@Hurricaneboy23: There are currently two active tropical lows in the Australian region. The references for the formation of each of these tropical lows are provided in the article sections for each system, which you evidently have not read. For your convenience, I will reproduce them here:

In the future, please be more thorough in checking your information before reverting edits and throwing insults around. ChocolateTrain (talk) 16:51, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Doesnt it seem a little fishy they formed on the same day and are at the exact same position? No. They’re the exact same system. Its just 2 different outlooks regarding the same system... look at the map! Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 16:53, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

... http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/index.shtml Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 16:53, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricaneboy23: No they are not two different outlooks concerning the same system. The first TL 02U is roughly located at 14S 122E while the second is at 7S 130E. By my very rough maths there are 8 degrees of latitude between them.Jason Rees (talk) 16:57, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Did you look at the map? Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 16:58, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It doesnt mention 2 systems. They were issued at 2 different times im pretty sure, thats why theres a difference in latitude/longitude. Sorry to break it to you. Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 16:59, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Also, if there were 2 systems, im pretty sure the JTWC would mention 2 invests. Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 17:00, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Hurricaneboy23: Firstly, please use the ping template to notify someone when you have responded to their comment, as they do not automatically get a notification. Secondly, please indent your replies (I have done this for you).
No, it is not at all "fishy" that two systems formed on the same day. Things like that happen regularly in meteorology. There is only one system shown on the summary map because that is the only system that the BOM is currently issuing advisories on. This does not mean it is the only tropical low. The BOM regularly discusses tropical lows in their tropical cyclone outlooks which tropical cyclone forecast maps are not issued for. This is the case again this time. The sources that I provided clearly indicate the existence of two different tropical lows. That can be determined from the coordinates of each tropical low, as well as the locations mentioned. Furthermore, the two systems are more than 1,000 km apart. It is not one system that has travelled that distance in five hours. ChocolateTrain (talk) 17:04, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@ChocolateTrain:“Firstly”, you legit just showed me 2 advisories. Why would there be only 1 TL on the map? Secondly, the JTWC would’ve probably been issuing on 2 “invests” if this was the case. Third, Northern Territory is a region right by Western Australia’s Kimberly region... Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 17:08, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Also you do not mark the strongest storm as “Tropical Low” 02U. Have you seen other articles? They don’t have “Tropical Cyclone” Veronica and “Tropical Low” in front of the name. Sheesh. Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 17:10, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This isnt even worth arguing about anymore. Just please let me do my edits. I wont delete your stupid “Tropical Low” Section. Im deleting this talk... Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 17:14, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You can't just delete a discussion you don't want to have. I have already explained why there is only 1 TL on the map. It is because there is only a track map for one of them. The JTWC does not mention all tropical lows that are designated by the BOM, and the BOM is the RSMC for this basin. Your point about the Kimberley and the Northern Territory is simply irrelevant. Australia is an enormous country, and the distance between the systems is more than 1,000 km. I don't understand why you are being confrontational or continuing to argue this point. ChocolateTrain (talk) 17:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion is done lmao. Please, just stop bugging me. Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 17:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If the discussion is done, I have full right to delete it. It’s my talk page. Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 17:21, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe if you read my last message you would understand... lol. Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 17:22, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

January 2020[edit]

Information icon Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your image was inserted successfully on the page Cyclone Bulbul, but because it appeared to be irrelevant to the article or violated the image use policy, it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Hi there. I reverted your edit on Bulbul which changed the track map from that of Bulbul to that of Matmo-Bulbul. The latter is not the correct map. JavaHurricane 16:41, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing[edit]

Hi there. Thanks for adding information to the Cyclone Damien section recently. However, you have not provided any references to verify any of this information, which is in contravention of Wikipedia's important verifiability rule. It is extremely important that you provide references for all of the information that you add in any edits. Additionally, some of the information that you have included is not correct, specifically regarding wind speeds, which is a reason why references are so vital. ChocolateTrain (talk) 16:34, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I just added the info so somebody else can reference it Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 16:42, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's not really how it works. Only you know where you got the information from. Leaving unfinished work for other people to clean up and reference tediously is just bad form and inconsiderate. ChocolateTrain (talk) 17:56, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am not as generous as CT and I just removed nearly all of this information, not only because of the aforementioned sourcing issues, but also because you have for some reason decided that mph should be used in a basin where km/h has priority, that storms in this basin can be called “hurricanes”, that SSHWS is used officially in this basin, and that any clouding over and reclearing of the eye is an “eyewall replacement cycle”. All of these are mistaken. I appreciate your efforts to improve the article but you need to ensure you comply with content guidelines.—Jasper Deng (talk) 02:50, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ok. good luck doing that yourself with your crappy editing skills then Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 03:09, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked you for 72 hours because of your refusal to comply with basic editing guidelines, as well as your continued and flagrant dismissal of good-faith criticism. Please take this time to reflect on your attitude here and review our policies on verifiability and collaborative editing. – Juliancolton | Talk 04:46, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your very nonsensical reasoning to block me from editing is really sad. The only reason I’m being punished is because you think I’m dismissing “good faith” criticism of a user who has a history of making unaccurate edits. Your only excuse is your opinion, not actually Wikipedia’s guidelines. Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 04:55, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Don’t even bother to make a counter-arguement, I said what I said and I’m not going to take it back. Hurricaneboy23 (Page) 04:57, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Which user? A cursory review of the previous discussions here reveals that you've received cautionary messages from half a dozen different editors over the course of several months. Feel free to follow the instructions at WP:APPEAL if you feel this block was in error. – Juliancolton | Talk 04:58, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Good articles and such[edit]

Hey there Hurricaneboy23! I've seen you editing around for a while (especially lately on Cyclone Harold). I just wanted to check in, seeing how you're enjoying editing. Do you have any articles that you're looking at working on but don't have the sources? Updating a current storm is always important too, as they're often some of our worst articles (until someone takes the time to finish them). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:45, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, actually. I was working on the Typhoon Mitag (2019) article a while ago but got caught in with a bit of real life stuff. Cyclone Harold may be the most interesting and probably significant storm article I've actually worked on, so I'm trying my best to get good info out there for it for this time being before working on any past storm articles. Hurricaneboy23 (Page)
Yea, Harold is an interesting storm! It's good to be working on that one while it's live, so you can comb through news sources now and get their info. Mitag looks like an interesting storm. For either of the articles, are you familiar with how to find new sources? The best way is to go on Google and to do a generic search for the name of the storm and the location, such as [Cyclone Harold Fiji], which will likely give you thousands of sources. That might feel overwhelming, but you'll realize after your third article that most of these sources are going to be identical. That's why it's good to be pretty familiar with a storm while you're writing the article. You can quickly go through sources and realize "nothing new in this source", or "oh, this source has one sentence that I can add". Also, regarding sources, do you know how to cite properly? Again, just checking :) I want to make sure your editing is easy and without any problems. Cheers! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:54, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I do know how to cite. I did a lot of it for articles like Cyclone Bulbul and such I worked hard in. However, finding good reliable sources for Mitag has been fairly difficult. Mainly since most sources I find on google just mention South Korea but barely any other affected regions, so I had to dig deep to even find some sources for the meteorological history since it's an old storm and the section of the article it exists in 2019 Pacific typhoon season is quite poorly written.
Cool, I'm glad you know how to cite. And this is where your location is going to affect how good your article is. The Philippines, for instance, have a lot of really good sources through their weather agencies, but you need to look up [Typhoon Onyok] (and not Mitag) for sources there. You can use Google to your advantage by being more specific, or putting "Typhoon Mitag" in quotes to only bring up search results with the two words together. For instance, "Typhoon Mitag" +Taiwan gives you lots of sources for Taiwan's impacts. Then you'd do the same for China and South Korea. China always reports their news through their news agency Xinhua, which is usually available in English. As for South Korea, if that's what a lot of sources cover, then you're probably gonna find a lot of repetition, which could make it tricky to find sources that have different info. It just takes a bit of time to go through all of the sources and integrate them. As for the met history, yea, that can be tricky with recent storms, when no official report is out. Still, the most important part of the article is the impact section, not the MH. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:05, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please read[edit]

New cyclone making 4 may Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm amphan made landfall in odisha coast Vala keep (talk) 05:45, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I’m sorry, pardon? The cyclone hasn’t formed yet nor been named. You can check the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season article to keep updated though if it does. Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 14:20, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The 40th edition of The Hurricane Herald[edit]

Hello there! As a new user, I'd like to point out the project newsletter, located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 40 - you get a mention for being a new project member! If you'd like to get this newsletter, please add your name to the list. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:12, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User:Hurricaneboy23/List of super typhoons[edit]

Hey there! I like that you're working on the article for List of super typhoons. I wondered if you gave any consideration to the JMA intensity, given that they are the official warning agency for the basin. I know it would be a lot more work, but would you consider adding the JMA intensity to a column in the list? I know you're still working on the draft, and I really appreciate that, so don't feel like you have to. It would just help in the long run. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:17, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just a tip...[edit]

... as a person who looks more in the PTS articles, I'd advice to only put the important information in a storm article. As much as possible, we shouldn't be putting way excessive information in one storm article as the article at the end of the year could be too big, and this goes with the references section as well. Well of course, unless there is a separate article for that storm system. Stay safe and have a good day! :) Typhoon2013 (talk) 01:02, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Same thing here, as per my revert to your edit, if a system is named by the JMA (since they are the RSMC) we use that name and no need to use PAGASA name. But if a system is ONLY named by PAGASA we use that name. I really don't know where you make that statement since that was never discussed. Typhoon2013 (talk) 01:01, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I really wouldn't like to repeat this but yea as per your edit from 02W (Butchoy), so I reverted your edit. Typhoon2013 (talk) 12:00, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Images[edit]

I am sorry if I am spamming your talk page right now. One of the other users have not responded yet to this situation, but one of your edits in the 2020 PTS article is removing the image. I just want to know why because there seems like a small edit war regarding this. Thanks. Typhoon2013 (talk) 05:41, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The image is low resolution and is highly off-center. We only put images that actually are high resolution, not just some low-quality small image and that isn't even focused on the storm. Plus, it's outdated. Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 16:59, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You are right. And now since the JTWC has began tracking the system, I shall upload the Geostationary image for everyone to update, as per the norm for several years now. Typhoon2013 (talk) 00:00, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 as 6th latest start on record[edit]

I will keep the edit of calling it "the first tropical cyclone to develop on May 10" for now as this leads to the second part of the paragraph regarding the 6th latest start of a season. This should be reworded at the end of the year as we use the tropical storm intensity because the JMA could track minor TDs before-hand (see previous articles). Moreover, I will have to double check whether 2020 stays as the 6th latest on record a I still have not looked at the JMA weather maps of 1973. I will try to update you and the article regarding this until I find that the 1973 season has started before hand. Because if not so, we have to move the 2020 season to 5th place. Kind regards. Typhoon2013 (talk) 02:40, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok then. I just think it makes more sense to say when it formed instead of when it was upgraded to TS status since you’re mentioning the season start, not the first named storm start. Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 03:02, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries you had a point too. I got confused for a bit because I realised there were a number of typhoon seasons where the season began with just a weak TD but the first named storm didn't develop months after, and that's where the conflict begins (as for instance with the 1998 and 2016 seasons). Yea I know it is confusing but that's how it just goes between the JMA and the JTWC with designated TDs and minor TDs. I guess it's just how my mindset is pretty dead because of unproductivity due to lockdown. On a side note I hope my messages toward you isn't too aggressive. Not a fan of random IP users changing stuff in the PTS articles due to past experience and lately those articles are being left behind. Typhoon2013 (talk) 04:24, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I can say now that the 2020 PTS is the 6th latest, but only just. I am currently finding the minor TDs from the 1973 season and found that the first system developed on May 12. So it really was close. Typhoon2013 (talk) 08:14, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

the Arthur problem[edit]

Hi. I saw your draft at Draft:Tropical Storm Arthur (2020), and I think it fits Wikipedia's structure of a storm article. The problem is, there is already an existing redirect at Tropical Storm Arthur (2020), and the only way to move that is a copy and paste move. Click here for my experiences of such a thing. You will have to request deletion of the redirect under speedy deletion criterion number six, "Deleted to make way for move". Thanks, 🐔Chicdat ChickenDatabase 10:19, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know that @CooperScience: is doing a draft for the same TS Arthur at User:CooperScience/Tropical Storm Arthur (2020)? Pierre cb (talk) 13:36, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Must I wait for an official reviewer to review it or no? Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 13:36, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you talk with CooperScience. Pierre cb (talk) 22:05, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Season summary[edit]

Hi I've seen your recent revert to that IP user in the 2020 PTS article in regards of the Season summary section, which at this point I do agree. But just keep in mind, though, that the section is for all storms that develop in the season. Your edit summary stated that it is only for Vongfong, but in fact it talks about the entire basin itself. Kind regards, Typhoon2013 (talk) 23:35, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

June 2020[edit]

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I’m sorry, but the garbage image for Amanda that is low resolution does not mean the guidelines for TC images and you reverting it back is absolute nonsense. Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 22:26, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

41st edition of The Hurricane Herald[edit]

Volume XLI, Issue 41, July 1, 2020
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The Hurricane Herald: Special Hurricane Season/New SHEM Cyclone Year Edition!

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2018 Featured Topic

Hurricane Noah recently announced an initiative to get a featured topic for the year of 2018 with complete subtopics. The Eastern Pacific portion is very close to achieving a featured topic, and the Atlantic and North Indian Ocean are around a B-class average. The Western Pacific, Southern Hemisphere, and the global article for 2018 need your help! A lot of work is needed to get those three items up to par. For more information on which articles need specifically, please check out the project talk page. Getting a featured topic for an entire year would be an impressive feat for our project.

Happy New Year by Jason Rees

I want to invite you all to sing Auld Lang Syne with me and open up the egg nog with me as today July 1, 2020, marks the formal start of the 2020-21 tropical cyclone year, as well as the start of the season in the South-West Indian Ocean. As a result, it is a good chance to look back at the previous TC year and look forward to the season starting on November 1. As things stand, it appears that the status of the El Nino Southern Oscillation will either be La Nina or neutral conditions leaning towards La Nina. As a result, I would expect more activity to occur within the Coral Sea, near Queensland rather than out towards French Polynesia. On a social basis, the biggest question this year will be how will the island nations deal will Covid 19 and a major tropical cyclone - assuming it's still around in November. We got an early taster of how Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga will deal with it thanks Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold.


Storms of the month over the last year
Month Storm
April 2020 Cyclone Harold
March 2020 Cyclone Herold
February 2020 Cyclone Damien
January 2020 Cyclone Tino
December 2019 Cyclone Ambali
November 2019 Cyclone Bulbul
October 2019 Typhoon Hagibis
September 2019 Hurricane Dorian
August 2019 Typhoon Lekima (2019)
July 2019 Hurricane Barry (2019)

Storm of the month and other tropical activity for May

Cyclone Amphan was the second Category 5-equivalent tropical cyclone of 2020, and the first tropical cyclone of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. It formed in the southern Bay of Bengal, and made landfall on Odisha and Bangladesh, killing 128 people. It was a very strong super cyclonic storm. It was also the costliest North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone in recorded history, shattering the record held by Cyclone Nargis, after it left US$13.6 billion in damage.

Member of the month (edition) – KN2731

KN2731 first joined Wikipedia in 2015, and has contributed to/written 13 good articles in the project. Recently, he has contributed to the project-wide goal of improving tropical cyclones in 2018 to a featured topic, including tropical storms Sanba, Bolaven, and Ewiniar, plus Typhoon Maria. KN2731 has also worked in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, and contributed to two featured lists – Timeline of the 2015 Pacific hurricane season and List of Category 3 Pacific hurricanes. We thank KN2731 for his many edits, and hope he keeps up the good work!

New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter

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OPINION PIECE, by Chicdat

When a new storm undergoes rapid intensification and makes landfall, the members of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones try hard to create an article for it. Suddenly, the storm goes back out to sea again and makes landfall somewhere different. In one 20-kilobyte edit, Hurricaneboy23, let's say, adds in more information about this landfall, but not before the storm undergoes a cyclonic loop and makes a third landfall. As the article gets huge and bloated, it's split.

The story above is fictional, but things like it happen often, like in Cyclone Amphan's revision history. For Wikipedia to have an accurate coverage of tropical cyclones, there need to be enough members to put the new information — boosted by reliable sources, of course — into the article. So, if you haven't already, go to WP:WPTC/MEMBER and add your name! 🐔Chicdat ChickenDatabase

Burnout - an opinion piece by ♫ Hurricanehink (talk)
I've been editing Wikipedia for a while. I've retired a few times, thinking I would be done for good, but something kept drawing me back. It might be the thrill to be the first one to post an advisory, or if you found a damage total that wasn't in the article, or the thrill of publishing an article and making it the best source of information on a given storm. Those are all great reasons to edit and to continue editing. But while the text we write is just computer code, we all are humans, subjected to outside stresses and the dreaded real life (RL).

When you edit for too long, you might find that you can't finish that list of projects you wanted to work on. It is better to take a break from what you were working on, and try something different (maybe not even weather-related) so that editing becomes enjoyable again. There's no sense getting burned out and stressed. The work will eventually get done on Wikipedia. Some projects are in much worse shape, but improving slowly but surely. The WPTC has a leg up on other projects because we have such a passionate group of editors and writers. It's better for the long run to take a break, focus on RL, get some sun, have a laugh, and do whatever you can to stay sane these days.

Current assessment table

Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
As of this issue, there are 157 featured articles and 70 featured lists. There are 135 A-class articles, and 1,002 good articles. There are only 65 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 369 C-class articles, 736 start-class articles, and 151 stub-class articles, with 31 lists, and 8 current articles. These figures mean that slightly more than half of the project is rated a GA or better. Typhoon Warren was the 1000th GA in the project.

About the assessment scale →

Storm of the month and other tropical activity for June

Tropical Storm Cristobal formed on June 1 in the Bay of Campeche from the remnants of Amanda in the eastern Pacific. Cristobal looped over the Yucatán peninsula before progressing northward, striking Louisiana on June 7, marking the second-earliest landfall on record in the state. The system moved through the central United States, eventually becoming extratropical over Wisconsin. Cristobal killed four people and left US$343 million in damage.

  • Atlantic - in addition to Cristobal, Tropical Storm Dolly formed in late June off the east coast of the United States. Originating as a subtropical depression, Dolly transitioned into a tropical cyclone over the Gulf Stream, and became extratropical on June 24.
  • Eastern Pacific - there were two short-lived tropical cyclones in the basin in late June. Tropical Storm Boris formed on June 24 and was a minimal tropical storm, and Tropical Depression Four-E formed at the end of the month off of Baja California.
  • Western Pacific - one tropical storm - Nuri - formed in the South China Sea, and killed one person when it struck southern China.
  • North Indian Ocean - Cyclone Nisarga formed on June 1 off India's western coast. The storm intensified into a severe cyclonic storm before it made landfall south of Mumbai. The cyclone killed 6 people and caused US$665 million in damage.

List of Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes[edit]

Hey there, I've been adding a few storms to the article for C1 Atlantic canes. I think it could be a good collaboration, especially among newer users who are learning the ropes. Would you be interested in participating in a collaboration with other users to help finish the article? I already asked Destroyeraa. The more people that work on it, the quicker it'll get done. There are like 80 years' worth of Cat 1 storms to add to the list. I saw you've been editing a lot of articles lately, that's why I wondered if you might be interested in the collab. Happy editing! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:56, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

42nd edition of The Hurricane Herald![edit]

Volume XLII, Issue 42, September 1, 2020
←(Previous issues) 39 · 40 · 41 · 42 · 43 →

The Hurricane Herald: September Edition!

The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from July 1–August 31, 2020. This edition's editors and authors are (alphabetically) Chicdat, Destroyeraa, Hurricanehink, Jason Rees, KN2731, Typhoon2013, & Weatherman27.

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here.

WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments

  • As we rapidly approach the 15th anniversary of the project in October, it has been proposed that the Climate, Tropical cyclone, Severe Weather, and Non-tropical storms (defunct) wikiprojects get merged into a single project: Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather. This brand new project would remove the overlap that exists between the projects. It provide us with a better opportunity to develop articles such as List of named storms A, B, C etc; Tornadoes in Fiji/New Zealand/Hawaii/etc; Floods in 2018, 2019, 2020, etc; Floods in Bangladesh/United States/Egypt, etc; Weather of 1997, 1998, 2020, etc; Weather in Tokelau/South Africa/France, etc; Hurricanes in the United States, Hurricanes in Mexico, Typhoons in China, etc. The discussion continues on WP:Meteorology. Any feedback would be appreciated.
  • There are now more than 1,000 distinct good articles in the project, as of June, when Tropical Storm Sanba (2018) passed its GAR. That doesn't include the articles rated A-class that also passed GA status. There are now 1,299 good or featured articles, which 47.1% of all articles in the project. 80 net more good articles are needed for half of the project to be good or featured.
  • There are more than 500 articles in the Western Pacific, as of July, when Yellow Evan (talk · contribs) created Tropical Storm Ofelia (1993) and Tropical Storm Percy (1993). The WPAC is the second basin to reach that milestone, after the Atlantic, which crossed that threshold in 2008. In fact, the WPAC is growing at a rate of 33 articles per year (since 2017), while the Atlantic is only growing at a rate of 13.6 articles per year (also since 2017). At that rate, the WPAC would surpass the Atlantic in number of articles in 15 years, when both basins would have about 1,000 articles. The EPAC would only have about 450 articles by that point. At the current rate, the entire WPTC would have 4,632 articles. For reference, there are 2727 articles in the WPTC at the moment, 2,185 of which are a storm/season/timeline article.
  • The intensity lists by basin are progressing. List of Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes is still under construction, and could use help adding storms from 1936 to 2014. The List of Eastern Pacific tropical storms could use help adding storms from 1949 to 1989. The List of typhoons is going to take some time, as the current plan is to list every recorded typhoon, and not separate it (like the other basins) by category. This is because JMA is the RSMC for the WPAC, and they don't publicly use super/violent typhoon. Most intensity lists are finished for the North Indian Ocean, excepting the proposed List of depressions and deep depressions within the North Indian Ocean. Australia is almost done, only needing List of Australian region tropical lows, and SPAC is done all the way down to List of South Pacific tropical disturbances and tropical depressions. SWIO has only lists for very intense and intense tropical cyclones, so it could use more help.
  • There is a discussion to merge the nearly 600 disambiguation/set index article into naming lists by letter, such as List of named storms (I), instead of Tropical Storm Ingrid. This would make sure that the pages are centralized, which would make updating and navigation easier.

New articles since the last newsletter include:

New GA's include:

Featured Content

From July 1 to present, two featured articles were promoted:

From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from July 1–August 31, 2020 in chronological order.

Today's Featured Article/List

There is currently one featured article candidate:

WikiProject To-Do


Here are some tasks you can do:

2018 Featured Topic

Hurricane Noah recently announced an initiative to get a featured topic for the year of 2018 with complete subtopics. The Eastern Pacific portion is very close to achieving a featured topic, and the Atlantic and North Indian Ocean are around a B-class average. The Western Pacific, Southern Hemisphere, and the global article for 2018 need your help! A lot of work is needed to get those three items up to par. For more information on which articles need specifically, please check out the project talk page. Getting a featured topic for an entire year would be an impressive feat for our project.

Storms of the month over the last year
Month Storm
June 2020 Tropical Storm Cristobal (2020)
May 2020 Cyclone Amphan
April 2020 Cyclone Harold
March 2020 Cyclone Herold
February 2020 Cyclone Damien
January 2020 Cyclone Tino
December 2019 Cyclone Ambali
November 2019 Cyclone Bulbul
October 2019 Typhoon Hagibis
September 2019 Hurricane Dorian

Storm of the month and other tropical activity for July

Hurricane Isaias caused widespread flooding and wind damage to the East Coast of the United States, spawning a destructive tornado outbreak and killing at least 18 people. Forming from a tropical wave near the Lesser Antilles on July 30, Isaias crossed Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and parts of the Bahamas, before making its final landfall in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. The storm proceeded up the East Coast, spawning 37 tornadoes and causing more than 3 million power outages, with more than half of them in New Jersey. Overall, Isaias caused a total of $4.2 billion in damage and 18 fatalities.

  • Atlantic - there were five named storms in the North Atlantic in July, tying the record set by 2005. In addition to Isaias, the first storm of the month was Tropical Storm Edouard, which formed near Bermuda and moved quickly across the north Atlantic. A few days later, Tropical Storm Fay became the first storm to hit New Jersey since 2011. Fay caused 6 fatalities and $400 million in damage. Short-lived Tropical Storm Gonzalo threatened the southern Lesser Antilles, but it dissipated while crossing into the Caribbean Sea. Hurricane Hanna formed in the Gulf of Mexico and rapidly intensified as it made landfall in Padre Island, Texas. The storm caused $500 million in damage and 5 fatalities. There was also a short-lived tropical depression near Cabo Verde.
  • Eastern Pacific - Tropical Storm Cristina nearly reached hurricane intensity as it moved to the southwest of Mexico, affecting Socorro Island. After two short-lived tropical depressions, Hurricane Douglas became the basin's first hurricane on July 23, which was the fourth-latest on record. Douglas would go on to strengthen into the season's first major hurricane, briefly attaining Category 4 status before weakening as it passed north of Hawaii. Damage in Hawaii was minor.
  • Western Pacific - For the first time on record, there were no tropical storms or typhoons during the month of July in the western Pacific. There were two nondeveloping tropical depressions during the month, as well as two tropical depressions in late July that would reach peak intensity in August. Tropical Storm Sinlaku formed on July 31 and made landfall in Vietnam, causing significant flooding and killing 6 people. Typhoon Hagupit formed east of the Philippines and later made landfall in Wenzhou, China, killing 12 and causing more than ¥2.858 billion (US$411 million) in damage.

Member of the month (edition) – ChessEric

ChessEric first joined Wikipedia in April of this year, and has quickly become a prolific weather editor. In addition to his work on tornado and severe weather articles, ChessEric helped write the bulk of the Hurricane Laura article (the storm of the month), in addition to making sure the article stayed free of vandalism, with 224 edits to the article as of this newsletter. ChessEric was one of 190 editors who worked on the Laura article. We thank ChessEric for his edits, and hope we can build on more collaborations in the future between the severe and the tropical cyclone Wikiprojects.

New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter

More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue. Sorted chronologically.

To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions!

WPTC and WP:ITN, by Destroyeraa

A few weeks ago, I created an article, Hurricane Isaias, as it threatened much of the East Coast. I've created several articles already, but Isaias is one that stood out to me. First of all, it affected me, my town and my state of New Jersey, along with millions of other people. Two months ago, I learned about Wikipedia's In The News section of the main page, which documents recent events that are in the news. I nominated Isaias' article on August 1 here, and the discussion was closed quickly after Isaias had weakened significantly after impacting the Bahamas. As Isaias made landfall in the Carolinas, spawned 36+ tornadoes and killed 18 people, I re-nominated Isaias [1], got rejected again, and I learned a few lessons that I want to share to other editors:

When posting

  • If you post something that isn't in the news or isn't notable at all, then it would be quickly closed without much discussion.
  • Don't feel upset when someone opposes your nomination. It is almost guaranteed that someone will oppose your nomination.
  • Keep improving the article. An article that is a stub won't likely be posted.
  • When posting about a person, make sure the article complies with BLP policies, and is adequately referenced and well-written.

I also learned a few lessons about which tropical cyclones to post. In July, someone nominated Hurricane Hanna (2020) here, and it was also rejected because it didn't meet the notability requirements. Also, keep in mind that damage estimates and death reports often come out several days after the storm, which makes passing the nomination for a storm like Isaias, a storm that caused $4.2 billion and 18 deaths, somewhat hard.

My opinions on when to nominate an article (this list mainly refers to tropical cyclone articles)

  • The storm should affect more than two countries. However, if the storm causes a lot of death and destruction in one country (such as Tropical Storm Imelda), see the requirements below
  • The storm should cause more than $1 billion in damage. However, if the storm causes less destruction and less death, see the requirements below
  • The storm should cause at least 10 or 20 deaths. Most ITN nominations about a disaster that have less than 10 deaths are usually rejected/closed.
  • The storm should break at least 1 notable record (such as the deadliest storm to hit a country in 20 years, or something like that).

There is currently a discussion on the WPTC project page about this topic.

New user perspective on WPTC, By Weatherman27

Around six months ago, I joined Wikipedia after seeing many articles on tropical cyclones and their seasons. Being someone who has studied (and been through) multiple storms, I realized I could help make a difference, bring more attention to tropical cyclones and that Wikipedia was the perfect place to do that. Soon after, I came across the WikiProject Tropical cyclones page, and after seeing what they did, I decided to sign my name and join the project. I really enjoyed how they gave to-do lists of tropical cyclone pages that needed work among other things. One of the great things about this WikiProject is the warm welcome I received when I joined and I got to know some of the more veteran editors, and they really helped me get around on Wikipedia, such as helpful tips and great advice to make better edits. As I have become comfortable editing and helping other users, some things came to mind that I thought other new users should know when they join the WPTC:

  • If you are new and have questions, don't be afraid to ask someone. There are plenty of helpful editors who know what they are doing, and who would be happy to give some great tips to get you used to editing weather articles on Wikipedia.
  • Don't be afraid to start editing. You can edit tropical cyclone pages as much as you want, just make sure you use the proper sources and citations.
  • Be kind. It is simply the Golden Rule, if you use it, others will too.
  • If you see something wrong, do something! If you see vandalism or any strange edits, make sure you revert them.
  • Help improve. There are plenty of tropical cyclone articles that need improvement and we need all the help we can get.
  • If you have any ideas but you're not sure if they would be right for an article, you can discuss them with fellow users on a talk page.

I am sure I missed some tips, but these are important for getting started with WPTC. This WikiProject has some amazing people and articles and I am sure new users (and veteran users as well) enjoy this as much as I do and will continue to make great edits as well as informative articles.

Current assessment table

Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
As of this issue, there are 157 featured articles and 70 featured lists. There are 135 A-class articles, and 1,002 good articles. There are only 65 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 369 C-class articles, 736 start-class articles, and 151 stub-class articles, with 31 lists, and 8 current articles. These figures mean that slightly more than half of the project is rated a GA or better. Typhoon Warren was the 1000th GA in the project.

About the assessment scale →

Storm of the month and other tropical activity for August

Hurricane Laura tied the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the U.S state of Louisiana, as measured by maximum sustained winds. It moved across the Lesser and Greater Antilles as a tropical storm, killing 35 people on the island of Hispaniola due to flooding and landslides. Laura rapidly intensified once it reached the Gulf of Mexico, becoming a powerful Category 4 hurricane on August 26 with peak winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) early the next day. On August 27, Laura made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana at peak intensity, producing wind gusts of 137 mph (220 km/h) in Lake Charles, and leaving at least $8 billion in damage. Overall, Laura killed more than 57 people, with more missing.

  • Atlantic - the basin continued its record pace of activity. In the middle of the month, Tropical Storm Josephine formed east of the Lesser Antilles and eventually dissipated north of the islands. Tropical Storm Kyle originated off the east coast of the United States and moved to the east-northeast. Hurricane Marco formed in the Caribbean and briefly strengthened into a minimal hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. For a few days, the NHC forecast back-to-back hurricane landfalls from Marco and Laura within two days of each other; however, Marco dissipated near the Louisiana coastline without causing significant damage. Toward the end of the month, Tropical Depression Fifteen formed off the southeastern United States.
  • Eastern Pacific - Hurricane Elida was the season's second hurricane, which brushed the Baja California Peninsula while moving northwestward. In the middle of the month, a series of storms formed, including a long-lived tropical depression, Tropical Storm Fausto, and Hurricane Genevieve, the last of which passed near the Baja California Peninsula. Genevieve killed two people, and its moisture spread into the southwestern United States. Toward the end of the month, Tropical Storm Hernan caused flooding and landslides in southwestern Mexico, and Iselle formed around the same time farther west over open water.
  • Western Pacific - after a quiet July, the basin became more active in August. Tropical Storm Jangmi brushed western Japan and South Korea with heavy rainfall. A short-lived tropical depression existed south of Japan. Severe Tropical Storm Mekkhala formed in the South China Sea and struck Guangdong, resulting in heavy rainfall and $154 million in damage. About a week later, Severe Tropical Storm Higos struck the same region, leaving eight deaths. Typhoon Bavi formed east of Taiwan and moved northward through the Yellow Sea, eventually striking North Korea, where it caused one fatality. Toward the end of the month, Typhoon Maysak formed east of Taiwan and followed a similar path to Bavi, becoming a powerful typhoon as it moved through the Ryukyu Islands. Another tropical depression formed between the Marianas Islands and Japan on August 31.

Project Goals & Progress

The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page.


September 2020[edit]

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Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Jasper Deng (talk) 15:46, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

43rd edition of The Hurricane Herald[edit]

Volume XLIII, Issue 43, October 5, 2020
←(Previous issues) 40 · 41 · 42 · 43 · 44 →

The Hurricane Herald: 15th Anniversary Edition!

The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from September 1–October 5, 2020, which is the 15th anniversary of the WPTC. This edition's editors and authors are ChessEric, Chicdat, Destroyeraa, Hurricanehink, and our member of the month, SMB99thx!

Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here.

WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments

  • As we rapidly approach the 15th anniversary of the project in October, it has been proposed that the Climate, Tropical cyclone, Severe Weather, and Non-tropical storms (defunct) wikiprojects get merged into a single project: Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather. This brand new project would remove the overlap that exists between the projects. It provide us with a better opportunity to develop articles such as List of named storms A, B, C etc; Tornadoes in Fiji/New Zealand/Hawaii/etc; Floods in 2018, 2019, 2020, etc; Floods in Bangladesh/United States/Egypt, etc; Weather of 1997, 1998, 2020, etc; Weather in Tokelau/South Africa/France, etc; Hurricanes in the United States, Hurricanes in Mexico, Typhoons in China, etc. The discussion continues on WP:Meteorology. Any feedback would be appreciated.
  • A series of goals, proposed for the project, has been extended to January 2021 for Wikipedia's 20th anniversary. Goals include tropical cyclone effects for every location around the world, merging the hundreds of disambiguation articles into lists by letter, and featured topics for every list of retired names. Some of these goals might take another 20 years to complete, but some are doable with some sustained effort.
  • Hurricane Noah announced an initiative to get a featured topic for the year of 2018 with complete subtopics. The Eastern Pacific portion is very close to achieving a featured topic, and the Atlantic and North Indian Ocean are around a B-class average. The Western Pacific, Southern Hemisphere, and the global article for 2018 need your help! A lot of work is needed to get those three items up to par. For more information on which articles need specifically, please check out the project talk page. Getting a featured topic for an entire year would be an impressive feat for our project.

New articles since the last newsletter include:

New GA's include:

WikiProject To-Do


Here are some tasks you can do:
Storms of the month over the last year
Month Storm
August 2020 Hurricane Laura
July 2020 Hurricane Isaias
June 2020 Tropical Storm Cristobal (2020)
May 2020 Cyclone Amphan
April 2020 Cyclone Harold
March 2020 Cyclone Herold
February 2020 Cyclone Damien
January 2020 Cyclone Tino
December 2019 Cyclone Ambali
November 2019 Cyclone Bulbul
October 2019 Typhoon Hagibis
September 2019 Hurricane Dorian

Storm of the month and other tropical activity for September (and the first 5 days of October)

Ianos, was a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone, also known as a Medicane. The Mediterranean isn't officially a tropical cyclone basin, so there aren't any official intensity estimates for the storm. The system originated from a low pressure area north of Libya, and it developed organized convection while moving northeastward. On September 18, Ianos struck the Greek island of Cephalonia, and later moved across the Greek mainland. The World Meteorological Organization mentioned the medicane and its similarities to tropical cyclones. Although these medicanes are unofficial, Wikipedia covers them like other tropical cyclones, using the same reliable sources and news articles to document the event. As Ianos was created, not many users edited it, as coverage of tropical cyclones and storms outside of main development regions are, unfortunately, low. However, as Ianos was nominated and posted at ITN, a current news section on the main page, many users outside of the TC WikiProject began working on it, As these storms are becoming more common and better documented, these storms may be officially classified in the future.

  • Atlantic - September 2020 was the most active month on record in the Atlantic, with nine named storms forming, as well as Omar which formed on August 31 but was named a day later. Nana formed on September 1, rapidly intensifying into a minimal hurricane before making landfall in Belize. After a short lull in activity, Paulette and Rene both formed on the 7th, with the former intensifying into a strong Category 1 hurricane while making a rare landfall in Bermuda. The latter made landfall in the Cabo Verde Islands, causing minimal damage. Hurricane Sally had its origins over the Bahamas, and after stalling in the northern Gulf of Mexico it struck Alabama, dropping 36 in (910 mm) of rainfall on the Florida Panhandle; Sally left about $7 billion in damage and three deaths. On September 12, Hurricane Teddy formed, which grew into a powerful Category 4 hurricane, and later swept across Atlantic Canada. Near the Cape Verde Islands, Tropical Storm Vicky formed on September 14, and four days later, Wilfred formed in the same region. Tropical Storm Beta formed in the Gulf of Mexico on September 17 ahead of Wilfred and Alpha, and later brought heavy rainfall to Texas. A day later, Subtropical Storm Alpha formed near the coast of Portugal, marking only the second time that the Atlantic hurricane naming list was exhausted, thus requiring the usage of the Greek alphabet for names. Beta also formed, though before both Wilfred and Alpha. Beta would hit Texas and Louisiana with moderate flooding and kill one person.
  • Eastern Pacific - The month of September was not very active. Tropical Storm Julio formed from the mid-level circulation of Hurricane Nana in the Atlantic on September 4; however it stayed weak due to wind shear. In mid-September, tropical storms Karina and Lowell formed southwest of Mexico and were short-lived tropical storms. Toward the end of the month, Marie formed, becoming a hurricane on the last day of the month. Marie would later go on to be the current strongest storm of the EPAC season this year.
  • Western Pacific - The month of September was fairly active for the WPAC. Typhoon Maysak, which formed in late August, struck South Korea early in the month, followed days later by Typhoon Haishen, which became the season's first super typhoon. Haishen caused 4 fatalities and heavy damage in the Korean Peninsula. Later, Tropical Storm Noul formed on September 17, hitting Vietnam and causing 6 deaths and $30.4 million in damage. Later, Dolphin formed on the 19th, brushing Japan. Toward the end of the month, Tropical Storm Kujira formed northeast of the Marianas Islands.

Member of the month (edition) – SMB99thx

SMB99thx first joined Wikipedia in 2013, but didn't officially join the WPTC until August 2020. Since then, they have been a prolific contributor, helping with less visible pages such as project talk pages, or splitting older season articles in the North Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific. They are a such a tireless contributor and kind user, who appreciates others' contributions while being humble about their own. It was SMB99thx who gave barnstars along with kind and encouraging messages to countless other WPTC contributors and Wikipedians. SMB99thx also worked on several lists, including area affects lists, various drafts, and List of named storms (T). We'll take that T and say TY to SMB99thx for all of their contributions, and wish them luck at college.

New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter

More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue. Sorted chronologically.

To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions!

Featured Content

From September 1 to October 5, one featured article was promoted:

From the Main Page documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from September 1–October 5, 2020 in chronological order.

Today's Featured Article/List

There is currently one featured article candidate:

How WikiProject Tropical cyclones should move forward by SMB99thx

As we have seen in the month of August and September, there is a surge of new articles. Most of these new articles are season/decade articles and Pacific typhoon articles, and most of these articles are assessed by me as either Start-class or Stub-class. These articles I believe would have been rejected by WikiProject Tropical cyclones in the earlier years (especially 2008-2012) - and these reflected the changes in WikiProject Tropical cyclones after I joined in July 2020.

In order to counteract that surge of Start-class and Stub-class articles in recent months, I have been closely working on the Article requests page (used to be a primary contributor of the surge that happened in August and September), trying to make this recently-extended WikiProject 15th anniversary as some serious effort as well as revamping WikiProject To-Do (and completing some, but not all tasks) - and the results of my work on these three projects led into the explosive growth of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones draftspace (I tried to prevent this by publishing the half-finished drafts into mainspace (which is primarily composed of C-class with some speck of Start-class articles coming out of it, and these are the ones that aren't as obviously unfinished like Draft:Effects of Hurricane Dorian on the Mainland United States), and made several drafts on articles that are not considered notable like Draft:Hurricane Barbara (2019) into redirects or deleted, but there is less kinds of these drafts now) as well as discovery of several drafts that isn't done by this point or are not listed as part of WikiProject Tropical cyclones. These drafts are later linked to the Article requests page. I don't my work is done yet, and in order to consider that effectively done, I need to get these drafts done and submitted as C-class or higher.

However, there is a personal problem I had to face in order to getting this work done when I'm still new to WikiProject Tropical cyclones. Article creation from drafts are not my strength. I create articles mostly from splits, not from drafts. As such, I consider article creation from drafts to be personally tedious work. As our 15th anniversary gets near, it appears that things are changing. As the draft space exploded, it appears fellow WikiProject Tropical cyclones are helping me out in getting these drafts complete, especially Destroyeraa (helping me out in deciding which drafts can pass the cut), ChessEric (working on Draft:Tropical Storm Noul (2020)), Robloxsupersuperhappyface (for developing current events articles, alongside ChessEric), I like hurricanes (Tropical cyclone lists), Chicdat (for the work on Tropical cyclones in 2002 and will probably work on others), Janm 7 (for working on Tropical cyclones in 2011 and 2003), and Iseriously (for useful season summaries, and this isn't a WPTC member!). I also began to frequently give out barnstars to these hard-working people like Jason Rees and Hurricanehink.

These events led me to believe that, if this WikiProject has to move forward then in my opinion this WikiProject should:

  • Take things in Article requests, WikiProject To-Do, WikiProject Tropical cyclones draftspace and WPTC 15th anniversary push (now extended into January 15th, 2021) seriously. I have seen some serious neglect from this area of the WikiProject and i believe this really held back the growth of this WikiProject. In my opinion, this WikiProject could have been easily have 2500 articles, or even 3000 articles by now if that area of WikiProject had been taken seriously. Even possibly, this WikiProject could have a lot more quality articles than it is today!
  • Frequently collaborate with each other. Don't bite the newcomers, but help them! They will help you.
  • If someone wants to take a break, e.g. Yellow Evan, let them be. Don't hurt their feelings! (i.e. moving their userspace drafts into mainspace) If you are hurting their feelings, then this could discourage future collaborations that could advance this WikiProject.

Thanks for reading this opinion piece! And happy 15th anniversary, WikiProject Tropical cyclones!

OPINION PIECE - by ChessEric

Accuracy has always been one of my biggest sticking points when it comes to editing on Wikipedia. When I came here back in April, my first edit was a revert of misinformation on the 2020 Easter tornado outbreak article. Of course, I understand that as a relatively new user, I still have a lot to learn and I don't profess to know everything, even after I started several large projects that I will probably be working on for quite some time. My first tornado outbreak pages used only the Tornado History Projects which, while generally good for tornado tracks, provides no damage info and if weren't for editors like CapeVerdeWave and Halls4521, my "breakthrough" articles would be so incomplete. However, I've been able to research more and more and find ways to complete these articles and that has carried over into the tropical cyclone projects as well. My thing has always been is that If I can't find a source for it, then it's not true. I will continue to follow that motto and hope that others will do the same.

Current assessment table

Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
As of this issue, there are 157 featured articles and 70 featured lists. There are 135 A-class articles, and 1,002 good articles. There are only 65 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 369 C-class articles, 736 start-class articles, and 151 stub-class articles, with 31 lists, and 8 current articles. These figures mean that slightly more than half of the project is rated a GA or better. Typhoon Warren was the 1000th GA in the project.

About the assessment scale →

Comparison of 2005 and 2020

WikiProject Tropical cyclones was founded on October 5, 2005. By that time, Wikipedia had its small share of articles, including the four deadly hurricanes that hit the United States in 2004. The hyperactive 2005 Atlantic hurricane season featured a series of deadly and historic hurricanes, the first of which was Hurricane Dennis. This is how the article looked on 10/5/05. It might not look like much, considering how much larger storm articles tend to be today. However, Dennis quickly became a featured article by February 2006. Its quality showed a marked improvement from the 2004 hurricanes. For comparison, here is what Hurricane Charley looked like on 10/5/05, with barely any references, no preparations, no aftermath, and one sentence worth of impact for a location with $1 billion in damage.

The busy 2005 season featured Hurricane Katrina, and in the aftermath of the storm, dozens of articles related to the hurricane were created. Some still exist, such as Katrina refrigerator, Memorial Medical Center and Hurricane Katrina, and Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Louisiana Superdome. I don't know if those hyper-specific articles would be created today, and many of these old articles are still of low quality. On the other hand, one of the most notable changes since 2005 is the improvement in articles throughout Wikipedia, both new and old. Every Atlantic season from 1945 to 2019 is a good article, and all but 31 seasons since 1851 are a good article. More impressive is how much other basins around the world have improved. As of June 2006 (the oldest date for our assessment tables), the EPAC only had articles back to 1970, WPAC with yearly articles back to 1945 (with a rump article for everything beforehand - there are now decade articles going back to 1850), and the NIO only had one yearly season article (with five-yearly articles going back to 1980, and one rump article for everything beforehand), with only six storm articles. There are now yearly NIO articles going back to 1960. Also as of June 2006, all SHEM storms were put into yearly articles going back to 1995, with three five-yearly articles going back to 1980, and then one article for everything beforehand. The SHEM is now split into its three sub-basins (plus a distinct article for SATL storms), with yearly articles back to 1970. There are also now yearly articles for tropical cyclones back to 2009.

15 years might not feel like much, or for some of you it's an entire lifetime. Users should be reminded of eventualism, in work will improve over time, especially with sustained editor attention. There are now over 2,000 articles in the project, versus less than 500 15 years ago, or 1000 10 years ago, or 1500 13 years ago. The project's growth hasn't always been even, but it has trended toward inclusion, with hundreds of articles that are the best resources available anywhere on a given storm/season/topic. As Mother Nature throws us hyperactive seasons, it will be difficult, but not impossible, to keep up with the annual cycle of tropical cyclone activity, so the world can remain informed of these swirling furies.

Project Goals & Progress

The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page.


Ambali article[edit]

Hello, I am the guy who said you might as well make an article for Cyclone Ambali. I just want you to know, when your done with the draft, you can send to me on my talk page. Regards, CyclonicStormYutu (talk) 15:25, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

20W[edit]

Just to note that as of this edit, 20W is still active per the JMA (As seen from their weather maps). Kind regards, Typhoon2013 (talk) 00:48, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Tropical Storm Arthur (2020)[edit]

Hi there, I wondered if you were considering nominating Arthur for GA. The article would be part of the good topic for off-season Atlantic hurricanes. I can help if you need. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:16, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, any update on this? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:26, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I nominated it for GA, thought you'd like to know. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 01:46, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh thanks. Sorry I haven't replied recently. Don't look on this talk page often. I can try and expand the article more, if needed. I mean, it got merge-requested like twice for no reason but stil.. Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 02:03, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, thanks. One issue Hink's picked on is the lack of information from the TCR in the Met history. Also, he said to look for Virginia impacts. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 03:13, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Cyclone Ava[edit]

The article Cyclone Ava you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Cyclone Ava for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 19:21, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink: Where is the to do list? I know I have fixed the metric problems. Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 15:46, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Cyclone Ava/GA1 - here is the review. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:42, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rather than worrying about 2020 AHS, I wondered if there was any questions about Ava's GAR? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:25, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Thanksgiving![edit]

 🌀Weatherman27🏈 (Chat|Edits|sandbox) has given you a Turkey! Turkeys promote WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a turkey, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy Thanksgiving!

Spread the goodness of turkey by adding {{subst:Thanksgiving Turkey}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks! Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 15:45, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, enjoy! 🌀Weatherman27🏈 (Chat|Edits|sandbox) 16:49, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please send me a friend request on discord? NoahTalk 20:05, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I think so, later. Taking a relatively long-ish break from discord as of now Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 21:23, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Okay.. Hope everything goes well with Ava. I have been expanding Hurricane Bud (2018) today. NoahTalk 22:54, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Just a reminder for Ava... it will fail if you don't fix it up. NoahTalk 13:01, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Writer's Barnstar
Thank you for the you put more information in many articles. Dam222 🌋 (talk) 20:00, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much, dear sir! I've never earned a barnstar before. Tropical cyclones are my specialty. Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 20:06, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Editor's Barnstar
Thanks for you work at Tropical cyclones in 2020! Updating is very important, and thanks for doing that. ~ Destroyer🌀🌀 23:24, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much! Honestly, its been my pleasure to work with this project. Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 03:27, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Resilient Barnstar
Early in your career there is a lot of warnings, draft failures and a sockpuppetry investigation against you. You are lucky that you are here helping us, especially the 2018 Global FT with your article Cyclone Ava. SMB99thx my edits! 17:15, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Krovanh[edit]

I believe I have reminded you this before. But just to note that Krovanh is still active per the JMA. Thanks. Typhoon2013 (talk) 23:56, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to know where you get your info from your recent edit with Krovanh, stating that JMA no longer tracks it? As of this edit, JMA still clearly tracks Krovanh and thus, is still active. I use the JMA weather maps for this just to note. Kind regards along with a good holidays. Typhoon2013 (talk) 01:02, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New message from HurricaneTracker495[edit]

Hello, Hurricaneboy23. You have new messages at Talk: Tropical Storm Krovanh (2020).
Message added 23:06, 23 December 2020 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Please see my comment about our merge moratorium. Hurricane Tracker 495 23:06, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Before another edit war occurs...(+ Happy holidays)[edit]

Even if you are right that both the WPac and Nio basins do not have an official boundary for season durations, I think it's useless to revert another person's edit to declare that the system has dissipated like a day before the new year. We should not stress this out even for a small situation. Hope all is well for you and have a good safe new year! Kind regards, Typhoon2013 (talk) 09:37, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year![edit]

Hurricaneboy23,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! HurricaneEdgar 18:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
– Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.

Thank you Hurricaneboy23 (page) * (talk) 19:31, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year![edit]

Hurricaneboy23,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! ~ Destroyer🌀🌀 21:58, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
– Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.

45th edition of Hurricane Herald![edit]

Volume XLV, Issue 45, January 15, 2021
←(Previous issues) 42 · 43 · 44 · 45 · 46 →


The Hurricane Herald: Wikipedia's 20th Anniversary and New Year's Special Edition!

The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition ran on June 4, 2006. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the mailing list. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from December 1, 2020–January 15, 2021. This edition's editors and authors are MarioJump83, Hurricanehink, Destroyeraa, Chicdat, Typhoon2013, CycloneFootball71, Hurricane Noah, LightandDark2000, Cyclone Toby (editor's pick for member of the month), Skarmory, Shift674, and HurricaneCovid. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions can be viewed here.

WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments

New articles since the last newsletter include:

New GA's include:

Typhoon Ike was also promoted from GA to A-class article.

Member of the month (Editor's Pick) – Cyclone Toby

Cyclone Toby first joined Wikipedia in July 2020 as I like hurricanes. Since then, they have become one of the most active editors, taking the initiative of fulfilling article requests, as well as helping us work on finishing many drafts we have. These articles include Hurricanes in Hispaniola, Hurricanes in Nicaragua, and Hurricanes in Honduras, as well as helping out getting Effects of Hurricane Dorian in the Carolinas (a long-standing draft that took many efforts to get it published to mainspace) nominated for GA, as of this writing. There are more articles Cyclone Toby is currently working on other than the ones previously listed. Also, Cyclone Toby is one of the kinder members of WPTC, actively welcoming many new editors that edited articles under WikiProject Tropical cyclones banner, as well as inviting some of these editors to the project, in which their influence ended up bringing more editors to WPTC without any invitation. We thank Cyclone Toby for work they have done in the past year, which was a horrible year for many of us, but Toby is one of many bright spots that helped us get through that year. As we enter the new year, we encourage Cyclone Toby to keep up their work and eventually complete these drafts, which will ultimately lead to the clearing of the backlog of drafts within the project.

Featured Content

From December 1, 2020 to January 15, 2021, there were no articles promoted to Featured Article status.
From the Main Page: Documents WikiProject related materials that have appeared on the main page from December 1, 2020–January 15, 2021 in chronological order.

Today's Featured Article/List
Did you know...?

There is currently one featured article candidate:

2018 Featured Topic Update
Featured Articles promoted (May 22–December 31)
Good Articles promoted (May 25–December 31)
Current Candidates
New Articles (Only C and below)
Next Steps

For the next steps of the 2018 Global FT project, we're likely to finish the 2018 Pacific hurricane season FT by the end of the year. Hurricane Bud (2018) is likely to become a Featured Article (FA) around the first anniversary of the 2018 Global FT task force, which will be in June 2021, while Hurricane Olivia (2018) is the most likely FAC next in line. Sooner or later (which might happen before Bud or Olivia is FA), Timeline of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season will be completed, and subsequently nominated for Good Article (GA) status. After that, 2018 Pacific hurricane season might be nominated for Featured Topic (FT) before the timeline or the article is nominated for FA, based on the likely order of completion provided by Hurricane Noah on December 22, 2020 with some changes due to priorities after that time.

We also began to focus more attention on the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season FT, as evidenced by Hurricane Beryl and Hurricane Chris (2018) becoming GAs by the time of this issue of The Hurricane Herald, as well as the merger of Meteorological history of Hurricane Michael into Hurricane Michael (despite the merge moratorium which was enacted in November 23, 2020 - this was made possible by getting the consensus for an exception to the merge moratorium), which boosted the prospects of Hurricane Michael becoming a GA by the time of the next issue or the following one. Our next step in the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season FT, as it is currently planned right now, is to have Hurricane Leslie (2018) promoted to a GA.

In the Western Pacific, the creation of Effects of Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines is still being planned out, while Cimaron, Trami, Kong-rey, and Son-Tinh are in line to be nominated for GA later on - and Jebi may well become a FA by the next issue. In the North Indian Ocean, Cyclone Titli was recently created and likely to be expanded later on. In the Southern Hemisphere, Cyclone Owen is currently being worked on to become a GA someday, while Berguitta, Josie, Keni, and Liua are still under construction. For the Mediterranean, Cyclone Zorbas will be expanded upon and nominated for GA, some time after this issue.

We are recruiting

If you are interested in writing new articles, promoting articles to GA, or helping with the FAC review process for the Global 2018 FT project, please reach out to Hurricane Noah or any other member of the 2018 FT task force.

WikiProject To-Do


Here are some tasks you can do:

Current assessment table

Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics.
As of this issue, there are 164 featured articles and 70 featured lists. There are 133 A-class articles, and 1,010 good articles. There are only 71 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 415 C-class articles, 788 start-class articles, and 182 stub-class articles, with 23 lists, and 9 current articles. These figures mean that slightly more than half of the project is rated a GA or better. Typhoon Warren was the 1,000th GA in the project.

About the assessment scale →

Project Goals & Progress

The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page.

Storms of the month over the last year
Month Storm
Storm of the Year 2020 Hurricane Eta
December 2020 Cyclone Yasa
November 2020 Hurricane Iota
October 2020 Typhoon Goni (2020)
September 2020 Cyclone Ianos
August 2020 Hurricane Laura
July 2020 Hurricane Isaias
June 2020 Tropical Storm Cristobal (2020)
May 2020 Cyclone Amphan
April 2020 Cyclone Harold
March 2020 Cyclone Herold
February 2020 Cyclone Damien
January 2020 Cyclone Tino

Storm of the month and other tropical activity for December through January 15, 2021

Storm of the month for December  – Cyclone Yasa
Yasa was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that struck the island nation of Fiji in December 2020. The second tropical tropical disturbance, and the first and strongest severe tropical cyclone of the season, Yasa originated from a low pressure area on December 10, to the north of Port Vila, in Vanuatu. The storm became a tropical disturbance on the next day and was given the designation 02F by the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS). The system gradually strengthened over the next couple of days while moving southeastward, reaching tropical storm-equivalent status (Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale) and receiving the name Yasa on December 13. For the next 3 days, Yasa made a slow clockwise loop, during which time it underwent rapid intensification from December 14 to 16, bombing out from tropical storm-equivalent status to a Category 5-equivalent tropical cyclone on both the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS) and the Australian scale. On December 16, Yasa reached its peak intensity, with maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 250 km/h (155 mph), maximum 1-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph), and a minimum central pressure of 899 millibars (26.5 inHg). This made Yasa the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the South Pacific basin, as well as the second Category 5 severe tropical cyclone in 2020, after Cyclone Harold.

Afterward, Yasa underwent an eyewall replacement cycle as it neared Fiji, causing the storm to weaken. Early on December 17, Yasa made landfall on Bua Province on Vanua Levu, as a powerful Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone on the SSHWS (Category 5 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale). Following landfall, Yasa quickly weakened, dropping back to tropical storm-equivalent status within two days. Afterward, Yasa moved in a southward direction while continuing its weakening trend, falling below tropical cyclone status on December 19, and dissipating on December 24. Yasa killed 4 people in Fiji and left another person missing. As of this writing, the damage estimates for Yasa are still being calculated, but Yasa had caused extensive damage on Vanua Levu, likely becoming the most destructive tropical cyclone to strike Fiji since Winston in 2016.

  • North Atlantic – This season, after being the most active on record for its basin, in terms of tropical cyclone formation, officially ended on November 30.
  • Eastern Pacific – This season, along with the Atlantic hurricane season, ended on November 30.
  • Western Pacific – Tropical Storm Krovanh (Vicky) developed over the Philippine Sea. The storm is the third tropical cyclone to receive the name Vicky in the year 2020. The storm made landfall on Palawan on December 19, and eventually moved into the South China Sea.
  • North Indian Ocean – Activity continued into December, with the strengthening of Cyclonic Storm Burevi in the Bay of Bengal. Burevi then made landfall in Sri Lanka a few days later.
  • South-West Indian Ocean – The third cyclone of the season, Tropical Storm Bongoyo, formed, gradually strengthening over open waters. Within a few weeks, the season began to ramp up, with the formation Tropical Storm Chalane, before it made landfall on Madagascar and in Mozambique. After a tropical depression left the basin, another system would form, becoming Tropical Storm Danilo. On January 14, another Zone of Disturbed Weather developed over the central south Indian Ocean, which became Tropical Depression 07 two days later.
  • Australian region – A tropical low formed, slowly developing, before gaining tropical-storm strength winds. Soon after, another tropical low formed, this making landfall along the Pilbara Coast of Australia with tropical storm-force winds. Within just a few days, yet another tropical low formed that made landfall along the Kimberly Coast. After a series of two more tropical lows, another system formed. This low would strengthen into Tropical Cyclone Imogen, before making landfall along the Queensland Coast. A seventh tropical low developed on January 5, before dissipating five days later. On January 13, an eighth tropical low, 07U, developed east-northeast of the Cocos Islands.
  • South Pacific – The first system of the season, 01F, formed on December 11. Within a few days, the season began to ramp up, with the development of Tropical cyclones Yasa and Zazu, with the former rapidly intensifying and becoming a powerful Category 5-equivalent cyclone. Yasa went on to make landfall on the island of Vanua Levu in Fiji on December 17, becoming the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike the island nation since Winston in 2016.
  • South Atlantic – On December 27, Subtropical Storm Oquira, the second storm of the season, formed in the South Atlantic, off the coast of Brazil. The system lasted for several days as a subtropical storm while moving away from Brazil, before transitioning into an extratropical low on December 31.

Storm of the Year 2020 – Hurricane Eta

Eta was a powerful and long-lived hurricane that devastated Central America in November 2020. The twenty-ninth tropical depression, record-tying twenty-eighth named storm, twelfth hurricane, and fifth major hurricane of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Eta originated from a vigorous tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea on October 28. On October 30, the system organized into Tropical Depression Twenty-Nine, before becoming a tropical storm on the next day, at which time it was given the name Eta by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). On November 2, Eta became undergoing rapid intensification over the western Caribbean, as it progressed westward, with the cyclone ultimately becoming a Category 4 hurricane on November 3. Later that day, Eta reached its peak intensity, with 1-minute sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 922 mbar (hPa; 27.23 inHg), it was the third-most intense November Atlantic hurricane on record, behind the 1932 Cuba hurricane, and Hurricane Iota, which struck the same region just two weeks later. However, satellite data suggests that Eta may have reached Category 5 intensity at the time of its peak intensity, since reconnaissance aircraft failed to sample the hurricane's strongest winds at the time of its peak intensity. Despite this, in their post-storm report, the NHC maintained Eta as a powerful Category 4 hurricane. Six hours after reaching its peak, Eta underwent an eyewall replacement cycle, causing the storm to weaken somewhat. At 21:00 UTC on November 2, Eta made landfall south of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) and a central pressure of 940 mbar (hPa; 27.76 inHg). Following landfall, Eta rapidly weakened to a tropical depression by 00:00 UTC on November 5.

Despite the mountainous terrain, Eta's low-level circulation survived, and Eta retained tropical depression status for another day, during its two-day trek across Central America, before degenerating into a remnant low overland later on November 5. On November 6, Eta's remnant low moved north over water and regenerated into a tropical depression, before turning towards the northeast. Afterward, Eta reorganized into a tropical storm over the Caribbean on November 7, as it accelerated toward Cuba. On the next day, Eta made landfall on Cuba's Sancti Spíritus Province as a tropical storm, before quickly emerging into the Atlantic and turning westward. Over the next five days, the system moved erratically, making a third landfall on Lower Matecumbe Key in the Florida Keys, on November 9, before slowing down and making a counterclockwise loop in the southern Gulf of Mexico, just off the coast of Cuba, with the storm's intensity fluctuating along the way. Afterward, Eta turned north-northeastward and briefly regained Category 1 hurricane strength on November 11, before weakening back into a tropical storm several hours later. On November 12, Eta made a fourth landfall over Cedar Key, Florida. Eta weakened after making landfall, before eventually re-emerging into the Atlantic later that day. Afterward, Eta became extratropical on November 13, before being absorbed into another frontal system off the coast of the Eastern United States on the next day. In all, Hurricane Eta killed at least 211 people, left 120 people missing, and caused at least $7.9 billion (2020 USD) in damages, with the vast majority of the deaths and damages occurring in Central America. Just two weeks later, Central America was struck by Hurricane Iota as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, making landfall near the same location as Eta, which further exacerbated the disaster in the region.

Member of the month (edition) – Jason Rees

Jason first created an account on Wikipedia in August 2006, after tracking Hurricane Katrina and countless other storms in 2005. Since then, he has written four featured articles and 21 good articles. Recently, Jason has done great work expanding and cleaning up Cyclone Yasa, one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the South Pacific basin. He is also an active content creator, currently writing Cyclone Meena. Overall, Jason has done an outstanding job expanding the scope of tropical cyclone articles in the Southern Hemisphere basins, such as the South Pacific, where there is, sadly, a shortage of active users. We want to thank him for his wonderful work, and thus award him the Member of the Month award for this edition.

New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter

More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue. Sorted chronologically.

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