This article is within the scope of WikiProject Weather, which collaborates on weather and related subjects on Wikipedia. To participate, help improve this article or visit the
project page for details.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Micronesia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Micronesia on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MicronesiaWikipedia:WikiProject MicronesiaTemplate:WikiProject MicronesiaMicronesia articles
I did what I could with the advice here. The only stumbling block was the Little Ark sentence (the source wasn't very descriptive). Another editor did a copyedit (we edit-conflited). I hope this addesses the concerns. And thanks for the review!
Hurricane Angel Saki (
talk)
13:52, 9 January 2012 (UTC)reply
No problem, I just have one minor quibble. 1.), Finally, when it reached Category 4 strength on August 14, Celeste became the most intense storm to form in the 1972 Pacific hurricane season. – I would remove this from the records section, as it isn't a record. Passing the article! –
TropicalAnalystwx13 (
talk)
20:57, 9 January 2012 (UTC)reply
Lead
Hurricane Celeste was the first known hurricane to strike Johnston Atoll at that intensity. — At what intensity?
The storm intensified steadily, becoming a Category 1 hurricane four days after forming. It kept this intensity through its time in the East Pacific. — At least to me, this makes it sound like Celeste stayed a Category 1 hurricane its whole lifespan. Try wording?
After maintaining this intensity for twelve hours, the hurricane began to weaken while passing south of Hawai'i. — Hawaii? (use for whole article)
Celeste then made a turn to the northwest and dropped below hurricane intensity a week after it reached its peak — For this sentence and the third sentence, could you give exact dates and not just "x days later"?
Meteorological history
After two days, it peaked as a minimum Category 4 hurricane, an intensity it would keep for twelve hours. — Like the lead, exact date.
Afterward, the hurricane began a slow weakenening, despite reaching its lowest pressure — 940 millibars (28 inHg) — after its wind speed decreased — Afterward → Afterwards | weakenening → weakening (trend) | wind speed → wind speeds.
On August 16, the hurricane made a turn to the west-northwest, putting it on a track towards Johnston Atoll. — You cannot "put" a hurricane on its track. Reword?
After passing the atoll, Celeste turned to the northwest and eventually weakened to a tropical storm eleven days after having first become a hurricane — Let's go with exact date here.
Shortly after weakening to a tropical storm, it entered an area of vertical wind shear which sped up its weakening and, on August 22, led to its dissipation. → Shortly after weakened to a tropical storm, it entered an area of higher vertical wind shear which ultimately led to its dissipation by August 22.
Impact
The ship — the Regina Maris — issued a distress call was impacted by high winds and rough seas, resulting in damage that lead to the ship taking on 2000 gallons of water an hour. — Are you missing a word or two at the beginning of this sentence?
A Hurricane Hunter aircraft en route to the hurricane found the ship after receiving word on the ship and helped guide a rescue aircraft to the vessel before resuming its reconnaissance flight. → A Hurricane Hunter aircraft en route to the hurricane found the ship after receiving it was in the area, and helped guide a rescue plane to the vessel before resuming its reconnaissance flight.
Another rescue attempt was affected when a homemade yacht called the Little Ark was threatened by the hurricane after rescuing the crew of the ship Pipedream II. — This sentence is confusing, I'm not sure what it is trying to say.