Talk:Storm

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I wasn't sure how to deal with this topic. There's alot of storm articles floating around, but none general enough to warrant a redirect imo. Some Meterology buff familiar with wikipedia should take a look at these articles and work some kind of coherence into the list. I'm new to this, so please comment, I try to be bold in updating pages.
-W

Can anyone help with weather related searches?

The Weather Channel's storm encyclopedia might be a good start. (^'-')^ Covington 06:33, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Merge

Hey I think that Freezing rain can be merged into this article. Please give me some feedback.ch 17:45, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Merged, maybe. Into Storm, no. If we want to do any merging, then we should take all the different articles on PRECIPITATION (including this one) and merge them together. I have no opinion, personally, on whether this merging should take place or not, but if it is done, then all precipitation articles (rain, snow, sleet, wintry showers, hail, graupel, and freezing rain) should be merged into one article on precipitation. Famartin 22:14 28 April 2006 UTC
ABSOLUTY AGAINST MOVING freezing rain article:
That article is about Freezing rain not Ice storms. Therefore it is about a type of precipitations. The same way RAIN and SNOW have their own article, freezing rain HAS to REMAIN on its own. As the writer above mentionned, only a merge of all types of precipitations together into the article Precipitation (meteorology) would be acceptable. However this would demand a lot of work and I personnally think that short articles on individual subject are better with reference to them in that article. Pierre_cb 2005-04-28 23:30 UTC.
AGAINST MERGE PROPOSAL
Freezing rain is a specific kind of weather. No reason whatsoever to merge it into the general topic.PDXblazers 03:18, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Windstorm here

[edit] from dutch?

This [1] page says that the german is Sturm and the dutch is Storm. Changing accordingly to Storm. If that's wrong, just change it. The Missing Piece 14:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beaufort / Storm Classification

"Storms measuring 10 on the Beaufort scale occur once every five years on average."

Maybe I don't understand the Beaufort Scale, but as I read it category 12 storms are Hurricanes. If this is true there are an average of 10 or 15 Hurricanes in the West Atlantic each year alone. I would assume the statement is based on the storm classification chart from Univ. of Virginia, which seems equally unclear. Storms of the varying intensity happen all the time not once every five or forty years. Could it be that this chart was meant for the Virginia region alone? or am I misreading/misunderstanding it? CRobey 00:22, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Content restructing

This article needs major work. For a start, the long-list-of-storm-types should be revised significantly. I think the list of storm types subsection should include (part of) the list from Cyclone, Monsoon, Blizzard, Thunderstorm, Dust storm and more. The 3rd lead paragraph makes no sense at all, as referred to above hurricanes are hardly as rare as that implys; and the classification table makes no sense; it has not been explained at all. Other sections - the cultural bit, non-terrestrial storms (should solar flares count?), a link to various precipitation types, information on wind and classifications (Beaufort Scale, Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, Fujita scale…). A formation/structure section would be useful in theory, but with the disparate types of storms would not make much sense.--Nilfanion (talk) 21:56, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Great ideas. Let me know if you'd like a hand. (^'-')^ Covington 22:56, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Squall speeds

Note that there is discrepancy between squall speeds in the article vs. the squall entry. Quoting from this independent source:

"5.4 SQUALLS
A squall is defined as a sudden increase in wind speed by at least 3 stages of the Beaufort Scale (by 16 knots if facilities are available for measuring the wind speed), the speed rising to Force 6 (or 22 knots or more) and lasting for at least 1 minute then diminishing."

it would seem that the values in this article are OK but the ones in squall are not. Obviously consistency is needed. Someone? Crum375 19:06, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually now I see the speeds in squall are in mph while here they are in knots, so we are OK, except it would be nice to use the same units. And IMO knots are more correct for winds, at least in N.A. Crum375 21:27, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major Overall

Let me know how the overall of the Storm article worked. This article still needs more information, but I am unable to provide it. SuperCow 22:43, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

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