Talk:1940 Atlantic hurricane season

Todo

It needs at least a one sentence description of every storm to be a start.--Nilfanion (talk) 22:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Fulfilled. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 23:23, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Reverted to stub-class, because there aren't descriptions of all the storms, not just the ones that hit land. This can be derived from the best track data. --Coredesat 23:31, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

No storm has been left behind, now. All have a section. -- §HurricaneERICarchive 22:04, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Neat season. Two of the wetter TCs on record struck the US this year. Thegreatdr (talk) 22:54, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

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GA Review

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Reviewer: TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contribs) 22:00, 11 May 2013 (UTC) Hi, TAM. I've got this article.

• "The 1940 Atlantic hurricane season was a generally average period of tropical cyclogenesis in 1940." - It's not stated anywhere in the lede unless I'm missing it...what's considered "average"?

 Done - I added an "nb" note detailing what average was. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "Throughout the year, fourteen tropical cyclones formed, of which nine were of at least tropical storm intensity; six were hurricanes." - Using "of" in close proximity is slightly repetitive. Also, state that no major hurricanes were known.

 Done - Tweaked the wording and added in that extra tidbit of information. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "At the time, this was a rare occurrence, as only four other tropical disturbances were known to have formed prior; since then reanalysis of previous seasons has concluded that there were more than four tropical cyclones in May before 1940." - Original research or is this sourced/rementioned farther in the article? Comma after "since then".

 Done - I added a source in-lead, and inputted comma. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "The second hurricane impacted regions of the Southeastern United States, producing record precipitation and killing at least 52 people." - Where was the record precipitation at (specific state)?

 Done - Wasn't really at any specific state, though at the time this was in the top statistics for many of the states in the Southeast. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "This hurricane would also be the strongest in the hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 961 mbar(hPa; 28.39 inHg), making it a high-end Category 2 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale." - This is a long sentence. Any reason to mention the SSHWS?

 Done - Removed the mention of the SSHWS. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "Two tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm strength were confirmed in October, though both of these did not cause any fatalities." --> "Two tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm strength were recorded in October, though neither resulted in fatalities."

 Done - Changed to suggest wording.

• "The 1940 South Carolina hurricane which swept through areas of the Southeastern United States in August was the most damaging and deadly of the tropical cyclones." - Comma after "hurricane" and "August".

 Done - Added commas. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• In the timeline image, Category 1 starts at 118 km/h. Change "Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale" to "Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale".

 Done - Changed to reflect naming change. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "Continuing northward, the tropical storm gradually intensified, and attained maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) by 0000 UTC on May 22." - No comma after "intensified", unless you want to change "attained" to "attaining".

 Done - Decided to remove the comma altogether. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "The Belgian ship M.S. Lubrafol recorded a peripheral barometric pressure of 996 mbar (hPa; 29.42 inHg); this was the lowest pressure measured in connection with the storm" - peripheral?

As in "not in the center of the eye." The Metadata makes abundant use of the term, and peripheral means "outside of" anyways. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "The following day, the tropical storm temporarily curved towards the east-southeast, before recurving back towards a northeast direction" - No comma after southeast.

 Done - Removed comma.

• "At the same time, the storm expanded in size, and began to transition into an extratropical cyclone." - No comma after "size".

 Done - Removed comma, again.

• "By 1200 UTC, the cyclone completed its extratropical transition,[2] due to the entrainment of colder air in more northerly latitudes" - More northerly is strange wording. Reword?

 Done - There's not really much a workaround, so I just removed the 'more northerly latitudes' part - the sentence still makes sense :P. I hope the errors in the first storm didn't make you cringe at what the other sections might've been. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "After reaching hurricane strength on August 5 south of the Mississippi River Delta, the storm strengthened further into a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and a minimum barometric pressure of 972 mbar (hPa; 28.71 inHg) at 0600 UTC on August 7." - Comma after "Category 2 hurricane".

 Done - Added comma.

• "Nineteen official weather stations in both Texas and Louisiana recorded 24-hour rainfall totals for the month of August as a result of the slow-moving hurricane." - 24-hour rainfall total records?

 Done - I changed it to "observed record 24-hour rainfall totals" TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "Property, livestock, and crops–especially cotton, corn, and pecan crops–were heavily damaged." - Change to em dash or place spaces between the en dashes and the words.

 Done - Added spaces. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• "Initially moving westward, the tropical storm gradually gained in intensity, before making a sharp curve towards the north on August 8." - The comma places emphasis on the idea that it gaining in intensity caused it to make a sharp curve. This is typically a cyclone rule (stronger, more north) but I don't think that's what you intending here...they were meant to be two separate ideas. If so, no comma.

 Done - Removed comma. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• Not sure why, throughout the article, you're saying it attained its intensity as a Category X. The SSHWS wasn't developed until 1971. Be sure to state modern-day in each instance.

Since you're not done with the GAR I'll hold off until you've stated all your qualms before tackling this one. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 03:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done - It gets redundant with all the 'modern-day's', but I tried the best that I could. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry for the month-long wait, TAM. :P Will get this article's review finished tomorrow. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 01:32, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Per IRC, I will take over this review. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:03, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "Afterwards, the hurricane began a weakening trend as it proceeded northward," "the hurricane" to "Four". YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

✗ Not done - Since 'Four' is not a name but a designation in HURDAT I did not change 'the hurricane' to the specified wording. I did, however, change it to 'the tropical cyclone.' TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "Overall, the hurricane caused $4.05 million in damage, primarily due to floods in New Jersey," floods to flooding, right? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done - Both makes sense, but 'flooding' makes more sense. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "seven fatalities.[14]" how or where did they die? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

✗ Not done - Deaths were spread out. Specification of death locations and reasons is not needed, there is a main article for a reason. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "A tropical depression was first detected east of the Lesser Antilles on September 7,[3] though at the time weather observations in the area were sparse, so its formation was inferred.[2][4]" run on sentence, I think you should just axe the last part. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done - Axed off the infered part. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "Overall, the hurricane caused three fatalities, with two off of the United States and one in New Brunswick.[19][18]" order the refs numerically. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "In the Gulf, the storm made a gradual curve northward,[3] " which gulf? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

✗ Not done - The gulf is specified in the end of the last sentence, so it would be quite redundant. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "The tropical storm made landfall on the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua at 1400 UTC with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h).[4][3]" see above and comma before "with". YE ^{Pacific Hurricane}

 Done - Flipped references and added comma. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "At Angra do Heroísmo, 13.11 in (333 mm) of precipitation was reported in a four day, accounting for a third of the station's yearly average rainfall." wanna round? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

✗ Not done - If the measurements in inches are given to the nearest hundredth, then it would make sense to have the exact metric conversion. If the inches were in ones though, then I would round the metric conversion. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "and then northwest." missing a "the" here. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done - Added 'the'. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• "On October 27, the system was analyzed to have a minimum pressure of at least 985 mbar (hPa; 29.09 inHg) after passing to the southeast of Bermuda.[4][3] " order refs numerically. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done - Ordered. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• For the TD's, add an opener like "In addition to the above, X tropical depressions were noted. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done - Added something more elaborate than that. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• In the SE Chart, please round the damage total. Thanks. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:14, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done - Rounded to 29.3. TheAustinMan^{(Talk·Works)} 15:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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