Talk:1994 Pacific typhoon season

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	To-do list for 1994 Pacific typhoon season:	edit  · history  · watch  · refresh
Images for every storm from full-disk GOES images Infoboxes for all storms At least a sentence for all storms to be a start; although plan is to finish storm-by-storm using ATCR, JMA BT, Uni HK, ReliefWeb, Digital Typhoon, HKO info. Add an "other storms" section to deal with some PAGASA storms not tracked by JTWC/JMA. Estimated timeline: 2007-03-01: All infoboxes complete, images found for every storm (Achieved 2007-02-28) 2007-05-28: All storms complete 2007-06-01: Good enough for a good article nomination Storm-by-storm (remaining): Walt 10W Yunya 11W Zeke 12W Brendan 14W Caitlin 16W Doug 17W Ellie 18W Fred 19W Gladys 20W Harry 21W Ivy 22W Kinna 24W Luke 25W Melissa 26W Nat 27W Orchid 28W Pat 29W Ruth 30W Seth 32W Verne 33W Wilda 35W Zelda 37W Axel 38W Bobbie 39W Other systems

[edit] Todo

It needs at least a one sentence description of every storm to be a start.--Nilfanion (talk) 09:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm working on it. Also using this as a placeholder for very helpful refs (esp. with PAGASA)... [1][2][3] – Chacor 14:53, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

We've got another problem. One of the others on the TC project told me nearly a year ago that we should not routinely use GMT on these pages, using local time instead. This works out to GMT+9-12 hours, depending upon the location of the tropical cyclone. FYI. Thegreatdr 23:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I asked User:Coredesat and User:Nilfanion about this in IRC. Core pointed out that the official RSMC uses UTC more than it does local time, and Nilf thinks there's less confusion using UTC. Furthermore, it's a large area the Pacific typhoon basin covers, not just GMT 9 - GMT 12, but GMT 7 (Thailand) to GMT 12. – Chacor 01:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I do actually like the idea of using UTC. The problem is, I've now used local times in the 1981-1984 as well as 2002-2004 Pacific Typhoon Seasons. We do use something close to local time for the Atlantic articles, which is why I never questioned HurricaneHink's initial suggestion on this matter. At the time, he appeared to be the only one doing work on Pacific typhoon seasons. Thegreatdr 02:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry 'bout that, I was young and restless then. I suppose UTC times are fine, but I personally think that they shouldn't be overused. They are estimates, after all; it's not like a tropical storm became a typhoon exactly at 12 UTC. Plus, most tropical cyclones generally don't have more than one important event in a day. Like, if a tropical depression became a tropical storm on, say July 1, it would probably not become a typhoon until a different day and a super typhoon a few days later. Even if two events did happen on the same day, one could just say "later that day". Hurricanehink (talk) 03:06, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PAGASA list of storms (placeholder)

For easier reference of myself, instead of referring to the text file PAGASA sent me:

TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE SYSTEM : Statistical Investigation 

Region: Entire Archipelago 0∞N, 110∞E -  30∞N, 150∞E

TC Intensity: TY / TS / TD

Year Range: 1 year/s

1994

Month Range: 12 month/s whole year

Day Range: 31 day/s whole month

Result : 25 TC tracks drawn

0001  >  AKANG     /  TS  /  1994  /  010400  to  010606

0002  >  BISING    /  TS  /  1994  /  033118  to  040900

0003  >  KLARING   /  TY  /  1994  /  051106  to  051612

0004  >  DELING    /  TS  /  1994  /  052218  to  052600

0005  >  EMANG     /  TY  /  1994  /  060406  to  060606

0006  >  GADING    /  TS  /  1994  /  062106  to  062318

0007  >  HELING    /  TD  /  1994  /  062500  to  062606

0008  >  ILIANG    /  TY  /  1994  /  070606  to  071012

0009  >  LOLENG    /  TS  /  1994  /  070912  to  071106

0010  >  MIDING    /  TY  /  1994  /  071400  to  071912

0011  >  NORMING   /  TD  /  1994  /  071706  to  072018

0012  >  OYANG     /  TS  /  1994  /  072418  to  072918

0013  >  PASING    /  TS  /  1994  /  073112  to  080312

0014  >  RITANG    /  TY  /  1994  /  080400  to  080718

0015  >  SUSANG   /  TY  /  1994  /  081700  to  082018

0016  >  TERING     /  TD  /  1994  /  082900  to  083000

0017  >  UDING    /  TY  /  1994  /  083000  to  090112

0018  >  WELING    /  TD  /  1994  /  090706  to  091018

0019  >  YANING    /  TD  /  1994  /  091312  to  091412

0020  >  ANING     /  TY  /  1994  /  092600  to  082700

0021  >  BIDANG    /  TY  /  1994  /  100600  to  100912

0022  >  KATRING   /  TY  /  1994  /  101800  to  102300

0023  >  DELANG    /  TY  /  1994  /  102018  to  103000

0024  >  ESANG     /  TY  /  1994  /  110506  to  110612

0025  >  GARDING   /  TY  /  1994  /  121800  to  122318

– Chacor 14:51, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I just realised that their AOR then was much bigger than it is now. 0 to 30N, 110E to 150E v.s. 5N to 25N, 115E to 135E. – Chacor 16:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Do you have the email address for where you got that info? I'm interested in doing the same thing for 1997 PTS. Hurricanehink (talk) 04:22, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I emailed PAGASA's weather chief, Nathaniel Cruz. Contact info is available here. – Chacor 06:41, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Matching PAGASA and JTWC names

Tropical storm Owen (Bising)

Tropical storm Yunya (Norming)

Typhoon Tim (Iliang)

Tropical storm Sharon (Gading)

Tropical storm Caitlin (Pasing)

Tropical storm Luke (Weling)

Typhoon Teresa (Katring)

Typhoon Axel (Garding)

• From [4]. Also gives damage info. – Chacor 02:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC)