Talk:1983 Atlantic hurricane season

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[edit] Images for each storm

Done. Nice and easy. Hurricanehink 14:41, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Fastly done juan andrés 03:58, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment

Extremely close to B-class. However, the TDs need their own sections, with infoboxes. If the intensity was unknown, you can say that in the infobox/paragraph unless you're able to find out the information. --Coredesat 20:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I got the e-mail, no info outside the four storms.Mitchazenia 20:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm holding off any further assessment pending a reply to an e-mail I sent the NHC about TD6 - it's the missing system in the various archives. --Coredesat 01:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
I set at B class. I'd still like to see a better opening sentence, perhaps, The 1983 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active Atlantic hurricane season in 53 years, which could then cite hurdat. Also, be sure units are similar. Chantal in particular isn't good. Ref similarity is needed. The ref should come just after the . in the sentence, as well. Hurricanehink (talk) 02:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Pass

  • Well-written - Pass. Just one typo, which I fixed. In some places prose could be better, but all in all pretty good.
  • Factually accurate - Pass. I noticed a few places which could use sources, though I know they are true. First, "ending what was (as of the 2006 season) the longest such gap recorded." Hurdat would suffice, or, ideally, find a NOAA document saying it. Second, "The first storm formed on August 15 which, on average, is a late start." Citing the NHC climatology page works.
  • Broad in coverage - Pass. One recommendation I have is merging the depressions section. There is a lot of blank space as it is. You can just copy over the prose, and include one image. No infobox is needed, as pressure data is unavailable and the section title would clearly say tropical depressions.
  • Non-Pov - Pass
  • Stable - Pass
  • Images - Pass, though maybe try bugging Nilfanion or someone else with a track map generator to get a better track map image for the infobox.

Good job Mitchazenia and Coredesat. Hurricanehink (talk) 20:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TD6 - Did it exist?

I recently got a reply from the National Hurricane Center on the Tropical Depression Six status. Apparently is was tracked operationally, but in post-analysis was demoted from depression status. So if anyone's confused on the depression, that would be why.Mitch32contribs 22:03, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The e-mail

Here's the e-mail (Note my first name is Adam not Mitch):

Adam: Thank you for your e-mail. A post-season analysis on TD6 indicated that it was not a TD after all, and was dropped from the season archives.Discussions on the other two TDs are found in the Monthly Weather Review, which publishes the complete and official report by the NHC specialists.

Regards, Dennis Feltgen

Public Affairs Officer

Meteorologist

National Hurricane Center

Miami, Florida


That pretty much says it all.Mitch32contribs 22:08, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes. But I don't see a reference to any TDs in the article that you put as a reference (I read it twice). The non-development tropical system file seems to support your claim, but is unreferenceable for the time being. I've placed a fact tag where the statements were made. Point me to the reference that mentions this fact, and we can remove the fact tags. As a side note, FA articles can't have fact tags, so respond soon. Thegreatdr (talk) 19:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)