Talk:December 2013 North American storm complex/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Juliancolton (talk · contribs) 15:47, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I'll be reviewing this article's GA nomination. I'll post comments as I read.

• The first thing I notice is that the article's introduction is dreadfully short, and provides next to no information about the event. An ideal introduction should summarize the entire article.
• The "synopsis" section (which should be renamed either "meteorological history", "storm history", or "synoptic history") requires a total overhaul and expansion. The first sentence is incomprehensible, for example.

  where forecasts of lower temperatures caused ice accumulation - how could a forecast of low temperatures cause ice to accumulate?

• The associated warm front, which ran from Texas to Toronto and the extreme north of New York and New England, had been almost stationary for two days. - neither of the given sources support this statement, and it seems quite misleading in any case. Surely a warm front that had been station for two days would be better classified a stationary front...?
• What were the conditions that resulted in the genesis of this storm system? Where were the surrounding synoptic features? Sources like this from NESDIS (and ideally other NOAA/NCEP products) should be utilized.

Unfortunately, I get the impression that this article would be better suited for a complete rewrite than a GA nomination. Presently it fails multiple GA criterion, including depth of coverage, verifiability, clarity of prose, and proper structure. I haven't made it beyond the first few paragraphs, but it is clear to me that the article requires far more improvements than I'm able to suggest here. Sorry. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:47, 9 October 2014 (UTC)