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Content is fairly complete, but the article is lacking sources, wording is poor in some places, and the pictures haven't been added yet.
Jdorje08:30, 11 January 2006 (UTC)reply
The tanya section makes little sense. There's argument about whether the storm was a Category 1 or a Category 3 hurricane when it hit "the island". What island? The only land affected was the
Azores islands, while Tanya was extratropical and had gale-force winds. —
jdorje (
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06:32, 26 February 2006 (UTC)reply
The results of the discussion was rather ambiguous, so it could go either way. I personally like the table format, so when you finish the templates, someone could tablize everything.
Hurricanehink00:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
I removed the following table from the article. I'm not sure of its purpose, so I'll just put it here for now. It's merely a table of the most active seasons, which can easily be said in words.
Hurricanehink (
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02:07, 26 May 2006 (UTC)reply
According to Jack Beven's summaries there was a possible (sub)tropical storm with approximate peak winds of 45kts located to the S of Nova Scotia and E of Virginia - visible in this
GIBBS image.--
Nilfanion (
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21:46, 6 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Here's a good site regarding why the season was so active. Some of that should probably be added. Looking at the article as a whole, we might be able to do a redo of 2005. Yes, I am talking about having articles for all storms and having a season summary, not a list of storms. I don't know, maybe I'm foolish and shouldn't even think of it, but it could potentially work. Thoughts?
Hurricanehink (
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22:00, 6 September 2006 (UTC)reply
Right now, this is the season I am most heavily targetting for new articles. I don't think the 2005 format should be used; it should be modelled after 2003 and 2004 as they were not a whole lot less active; 2005 was "off the charts" and deserves special treatment.
CrazyC8302:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)reply
New style season format
I think the new style for the season format should be used for 1995. Clarifying what I am saying, I would like to but the layout for the 1995 season as the summary for June-November, then create a separate article, List of storms in the
1995 Atlantic hurricane season. View the
2005 Atlantic hurricane season page and
List of storms in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season for reference. I would like to see this because the format it is intended for extremely active seasons, and 1995 just so happens to be one, although people have recently gone crazy and made this for
1994 and most years in the 2000's, even
2006 and
2009. So because of the extreme amounts of tropical activity, I believe that the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season deserves this special format. I have also noticed that most of the seasons with this formation end up as a Featured Article, while other seasons don't, such as
2000,
2004, and
2008, although I also plan on pushing the format for those three seasons.--
12george1 (
talk)
15:40, 9 October 2010 (UTC)reply
Sounds good. I personally feel there is a major redundancy issue when having the new style, the list article, as well as a timeline, not to mention the numerous articles. Basically it is a
content fork just so there can be the old style and new style. That said, I'll take my rant elsewhere, but I agree with 1995 getting the new format. Be sure to emphasize monthly records and notable events within the season (for example, the August paragraph should begin by mentioning there being four named storms at the same time, as well as there being three hurricanes at the same time).
Hurricanehink (
talk)
19:22, 9 October 2010 (UTC)reply
Also, anyone is welcome to help me piece this thing together,
click here and start editing if you desire. Believe me, this is a lot of work and it should probably qualify at least as a c-class article when the new format is posted on the main 1995 AHS article. If is lower than c-class, there would be no reason to do this since it would only degrade the article quality.--
12george1 (
talk)
04:13, 14 October 2010 (UTC)reply
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"Hurricanes Luis and Marilyn caused catastrophic damages in the Leeward Islands and Virgin Islands, while also the first and most destructive hurricane to affect those regions since Hurricane Hugo, respectively." - Not a fan of plural "damages". I'm not sure how to interpret the second half of that sentence--reword to clarify?
I hope you're ok with my revisions. As for the second part, Luis was the first hurricane to impact those regions since Hugo, while Marilyn was the most devastating there since Hugo.--
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04:31, 2 January 2017 (UTC)reply
"Opal, the strongest and most intense storm of the season, devastation along portions of the Gulf Coast of the United States." - Words are missing
"Collectively, the tropical cyclones of the season caused over $12.85 billion (1995 USD) in damage and at least 182 deaths." - Fairly minor, but the infobox lists $12.846 billion (exact) and the sentence reads over $12.85 billion. Which one?
"At the time, only one Atlantic hurricane season, 1933 surpassed the season's total storms making the season the second most active in recorded history tying with 1887" --> "At season's end, 1995 ranked as the second most active in recorded history, tying 1887" or something like that.
"A normal season, as defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has 12.1 named storms, of these 6.4 reach hurricane strength, and 2.7 major hurricanes, which are Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale." - Can we get some semicolons in here or split into two sentences?
"In December 1994, CSU predicted that only 12 named storms would form and 8 of those would become hurricanes; 3 major hurricanes were projected." - Why only 12? That's average (or above average by CSU definition).
"Additionally, the western areas of the Sahara Desert were predicted to have the fourth or fifth rainiest season since 1970." - Explain why that would help TC activity otherwise it sounds disconnected.
"The forecast by the WRC in early 1995 was 10 named storms and 6 hurricanes, though there was no prediction on the number of major hurricanes" - Change "though there was" to "with".
"It was a well-above average season in which 21 tropical depressions formed, nineteen of which attained tropical storm status, and 11 of these attained hurricane status." - Nineteen --> 19
"Although September is the climatological peak of hurricane season, it was much less active with August, with four tropical cyclones developing in that month, and Marilyn, Noel, and Opal eventually strengthened into a hurricane." - "with August" --> "than August" and split this sentence into two. Fix the subject-verb agreement (Marilyn, Noel, Opal strengthened into hurricanes).
"The last storm of the season, Hurricane Tanya, developed later in October, and eventually became extratropical on November 1." - Remove the comma after October.
"The season officially began on June 1, 1995, and ended on November 30, 1995, dates which conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin." - Forgot this. No need for the years.
"While moving rapidly northeastward, Barry made landfall in Hart Island, Nova Scotia, late on July 9 with winds of 50 mph (85 km/h)." - You already told us it held 50 mph until landfall earlier.
"Initially, Chantal threatened the Bahamas, and the Government of the Bahamas issued a tropical storm watches and warnings, which were in effect for the southeast and central islands as well as the Turks and Caicos Islands." - A tropical storm watches and warnings?
"After the cyclone turned northward, it threatened Bermuda, which prompted a tropical storm watch for the island on July 16, which was canceled on July 18 as the storm passed well northwest of the island." - Break this up.
"As the depression curved west-northwestward, it began to strengthen, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Dean while located only 70 mi (110 km) from the Texas coastline on July 30." - Remove the second comma. Any reason stated why it began intensifying?
It sounds like Dean was initially too poorly organized to take advantage of the otherwise favorable conditions. I made a note of it in the previous sentence.--
12george1 (
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03:54, 9 January 2017 (UTC)reply
"The storm continued to slowly weaken as it moved northwestward, and dissipating on August 2 near the Texas–Oklahoma border." - Remove the "and"
"Dean dropped mostly light rainfall across Texas, though some areas received more than 17 in (430 mm)." - "Mostly light" and "17 in" are two very different ends of the scale. Looking at the rainfall map, Dean dropped widespread amounts of 6-8". That's not light at all.
"The resulting floods caused the evacuation of 20 families in Chambers County[23] and flooded 38 houses in the southeastern portions of Texas." - Adding a reference in the middle of a sentence is generally discouraged. Just put it at the end.
I decided to re-word the sentence because there three variations of the word "flood" in that sentence and the one before it because of your previous comment--
12george1 (
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03:54, 9 January 2017 (UTC)reply
"Outside of Oklahoma and Texas, the remnants of the storm dropped rainfall in 10 other states, though minimal damage occurred." - "10 other states" is very ambiguous, can we get a geographic area? Northeast US? Midwest?
"A tropical wave exited the west coast of Africa on July 22 and headed toward the Leeward Islands, where the system nearly developed into a tropical cyclone." - Why did it stop?
After re-reading the TCR, it appears to have been delayed, rather than stopped. Vertical wind shear delayed the development of a circulation until the wave came near the Bahamas--
12george1 (
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03:54, 9 January 2017 (UTC)reply
"Despite affects from wind shear, Erin continued to strengthen as it moved northwestward, and was upgraded to a hurricane later on July 31." - "affects" to "effects," remove the second comma.
"Although many islands in the Bahamas experience high winds and heavy rainfall, damage associated with Erin was fairly minor." - "experience" to "experienced".
"In addition, the storm left over one million people without electricity. Several tornadoes were spawned in the state, which also caused some damage. Over 100 houses were also damaged in Alabama." - Chill with the "in addition," "which/were also"s.
"Similar damage also occurred in Mississippi, although to a lesser degree." - Contradictory sentence. How about "similar impacts" instead of "similar damage"?
"As it tracked west-northwestward, preparations were occurring as Felix also posed a threat to the United States." --> "Continuing on its northwest trek, the cyclone also temporarily prompted preparations along the East Coast of the United States"
"Felix briefly threatened Bermuda again, but weakened to a tropical storm and turned back to the northeast on August 20." - Switch the order here (say it turned first and then weakened)
"Gabrielle dropped heavy rainfall in Mexico, where some areas possibly experienced more than 24 in (610 mm) of precipitation" - What makes you think this?
"A tropical wave formed over Africa in mid August 1995. By August 19, it crossed over Dakar, Senegal, shortly before entering into the Atlantic Ocean." - Any reason to be so specific with when the wave formed and where it tracked here? You didn't do that with other storms.
"The depression slowly intensified as it tracked between 11 and 16 mph (18 and 26 km/h) west-northwestward under the influence of low- to mid-level flow." - 11-16 mph isnt exactly record breaking or notable. Why not just say steadily west-northwestward?
"In the United States, storm surge and high tides were reported along the east coast, leading to two drowning deaths, one in North Carolina and the other in New York." - East Coast is a geographic region, capitalize it. Change the comma after "deaths" to an em dash.
"However, the National Hurricane Center did not declare the system as Tropical Depression Fourteen until September 11, while the system was centered 950 mi (1,530 km) southeast of Bermuda." - Operationally, right?
"The depression moved toward the northwest and encountered strong upper-level winds which removed the convection from the low-level center on September 13." - Ok...what happened next?
"20 in (510 mm) of rain fell at Saint-Claude, which was the highest precipitation total associated with Marilyn." - Starting a sentence with a number is a no no.
"Shortly thereafter, the storm began weakening and upon making landfall in
Pensacola Beach, Florida, about 12 hours later, winds had decreased to 115 mph (185 km/h), which is Category 3 intensity." - Break this up or reword it
"Later that day, the National Hurricane Center noted that, "it is impossible to locate a low level circulation on infrared imagery"." - Really not a fan of using NHC quotes in general. Why can't you just say an LLC was indiscernible?
"The storm was located to the northeast of the northern Leeward Islands" - This reads weird to me. Why not just say it moved north but then turned southwest?
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