I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it is now a complete timeline, documenting all the important events of the season. What a journey it has been with all of the articles in the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. I would like to thank
Cyclonebiskit for all his help with this list as well.
NoahTalk22:18, 29 April 2021 (UTC)reply
The
2018 Pacific hurricane season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The season officially started on May 15 in the eastern Pacific—east of
140°W—and began on June 1 in the central Pacific—between the
International Date Lineand 140°W, and ended on November 30. These dates typically cover the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the eastern
Pacific basin. - this is a bit generic. Can you remove or replace it with something else? I know the most recent WPTC FL has this as well though, so it isn't that big of a deal. Maybe also add "...and began on June 1 in the central Pacific – the region between the..." if you keep it.
The table with the storms and their intensities doesn't seem to fit well with everything else, IMO. Are you open to removing it?
The table exists mainly to clarify the date of dissipation for Hector since it exited the basin and to show 96C, which can't be displayed in the timeline image per the current treatment of unofficial storms. It also shows the designations of each system (Walaka was never a TD operationally and thus the 01C was not explicitly mentioned).
NoahTalk20:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)reply
Well, I didn't want there to be a large gap in the article for images. Given the landfall was historic for two islands, I think both images can be justified.
NoahTalk20:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)reply
If you do keep the table, use "Tropical depression" and "Tropical storm" in the intensities. After all, you use "Category 1 hurricane."
Try varying the prose a bit. I'm seeing a lot of "strengthened" and "weakened". Try throwing in the occasional "intensified," "degenerated," and the like.
Actually intensifies and strengthens are both used about equally (intensifies is used more). Other synonyms aren't very academic or don't fit. I will add in more degenerated since weakened appears to be the main one.
NoahTalk21:21, 30 April 2021 (UTC)reply
There are really a small handful of issues that I have been able to pick out, mostly involving the same issues. I think you did a phenomenal job here. LightandDark2000 🌀 (
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02:44, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
The season began with the formation of Tropical Depression One-E, developed on May 10, and ended with the dissipation of the season's final storm, Tropical Storm Xavier, dissipated as a tropical cyclone on November 5. Change "developed" to "which developed", and change "dissipated" to "which dissipated". The sentence would sound more grammatically-sound after these changes.
Question: Aren't the storms with their own articles supposed to be linked via their names? This is how things are done in the season articles. If not, then you can just ignore this one.
They are linked in the timeline map directly above it and in the infobox. I think that should be sufficient.
NoahTalk02:57, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Body
Hurricane Bud reaches peak intensity with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a pressure of 943 mbar (hPa; 27.85 inHg), Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure". We should be consistent with how we handle things.
Tropical Storm Bud weakens into a post-tropical cyclone about 140 miles (220 km) south-southwest of Huatabampito, Mexico. Link "
post-tropical cyclone".
Tropical Depression Five-E develops from an area of low pressure about 730 miles (1,175 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Link
Baja California.
Tropical Storm Ileana peaks with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a pressure of 998 mbar (29.47inHg) approximately 170 miles (490 km) southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Hurricane Hector reaches peak intensity with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a pressure of 936 mbar (27.64 inHg) approximately 890 miles (1,430 km) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. Same as the above. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Hurricane John degenerates into a tropical storm while located roughly 275 mi (445 km) southwest of Punta Abreojos, Baja California Sur. Link
Punta Abreojos.
Tropical Storm Kristy reaches peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 991 mbar (29.3 inHg) while located roughly 1,170 mi (1,885 km) west-southwest of Punta Eugenia, Baja California Sur. Link
Punta Eugenia.
Tropical Storm Kristy weakens into a tropical depression while located roughly 1,095 mi (1,760 km) southwest of Point Conception, California. Link
Point Conception, and also link
California.
Tropical Storm Hector crosses the International Dateline and enters the Japan Meteorological Agency's area of responsibility. Maybe add "(JMA)" after
Japan Meteorological Agency, because this is a common acronym.
Hurricane Lane peaks with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a pressure of 926 mbar (27.3 inHg), about 360 miles (580 km) south of Hilo, Hawaii. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Hurricane Norman peaks with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a pressure of 937 mbar (27.7 inHg), approximately 520 miles (835 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Same as the above.
Hurricane Miriam peaks as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a pressure of 974 mbar (28.8 inHg) approximately 910 miles (1,465 km) east of Hilo, Hawaii. Same as the above.
that absorbed the remnants of Hurricane Lane transitions into a tropical or subtropical cyclone approximately 1,015 mi (1,635 km) south of Adak, Alaska. Link
subtropical cyclone.
Hurricane Olivia rapidly intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about 215 mi (345 km) west-southwest of Clarion Island. Link "rapidly intensifies" to
rapid intensification.
Hurricane Olivia further intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane and reaches its peak intensity with maximum winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a pressure of 951 mbar (hPa; 28.08 inHg) about 950 mi (1,525 km) west of Clarion Island. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Tropical Depression Nineteen-E develops from an elongated trough just east of Loreto, Baja California Sur over the Gulf of California. Link "trough" to
trough (meteorology).
Tropical Depression Nineteen-E reaches its peak intensity with winds of 35 mph (55 km/h) and a pressure of 1002 mbar (29.6 inHg) about 60 mi (95 km) west-southwest of Ciudad Obregón. Same as the above.
Tropical Depression Twenty-E forms from a tropical wave while located roughly 405 mi (650 km) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Link
tropical wave.
Hurricane Rosa peaks with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a pressure of 936 mbar (27.6 inHg), while 895 mi (1,440 km) south-southwest of Punta San Antonio, Mexico. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Hurricane Sergio peaks with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a pressure of 942 mbar (27.8 inHg), about 825 mi (1,330 km) southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Tropical Depression Twenty-Two-E forms while located roughly 75 mi (120 km) south-southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán. Link "Lázaro Cárdenas" to
Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, and link also
Michoacán.
Tropical Depression Twenty-Three-E forms while located roughly 90 mi (145 km) west-southwest of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. Link
Puerto San José, and also link
Guatemala.
Hurricane Willa's rapid intensification culminates with it becoming a Category 5 hurricane roughly 200 mi (320 km) west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima. It reaches its peak intensity at this time with maximum winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a pressure of 925 mbar (27.32 inHg). Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Tropical Storm Vicente weakens to a tropical depression around 95 mi (155 km) southwest of Playa Azul, Mexico. Link "Playa Azul" to
Playa Azul (Michoacán).
Hurricane Willa rapidly degenerates to a tropical storm due to a combination of mountainous terrain and strong wind shear while located about 10 mi (15 km) southeast of Durango City, Durango. change "degenerates to" to "degenerates into". Also, add a comma after "tropical storm".
Tropical Storm Xavier reaches peak intensity with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a pressure of 996 mbar (29.41 inHg), about 130 mi (210 km) southwest of Manzanillo, Colima. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
These are really the only issues that I have found. I think that CodingCyclone got the rest of them. This article is close to becoming a Featured List; it just needs some minor improvements before it's ready. LightandDark2000 🌀 (
talk)
02:44, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
@
LightandDark2000: I don't want to be invasive, but I think that you should collapse your review due to its length as it is a common practice and from what I remember, one of the guidelines here. :)
CodingCyclone!🌀📘04:25, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Support - this is probably the best hurricane season timeline on Wikipedia. The references and details are on point, and the images are all public domain. Two tiny quips. One, 96C isn't in the timeline graphic at the top of "Timeline of events", which makes sense since it wasn't a proper tropical cyclone. Second, you should spell out PDT/CDT/MDT/HDT/MST/CST on their first usage, I think that's some rule on Wikipedia about spelling out acronyms. It could be confusing at the end that MST/CST aren't spelled out anywhere, and people might not realize that the acronym changed because of the dreaded daylight saving time. ♫
Hurricanehink (
talk)
16:13, 3 May 2021 (UTC)reply
I can add a note about the timezone switching due to DST. As for spelling out timezones: Abbreviations for time zones (e.g. GMT and UTC) should not be written out in full in times.NoahTalk17:37, 3 May 2021 (UTC)reply
"Throughout the season, 26 tropical depressions developed, 23 of which became tropical storms, 13 of them reached hurricane strength, and 10 achieved major hurricane intensity". This could do with breaking up into two sentences. It's also unclear if the 13 and 10 are subsets of the 23 or of the whole 26.
Technically, it is a subset of both. 13/23 TSs became hurricanes and 13/26 TDs became hurricanes.
"Several storms severy affected land" - "severely" spelt wrong
Hmm I'm not sure about the authors for ref 1, it seems like they are references for the reference, so perhaps their inclusion is not necessary? With ref 1 as well, I believe the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory is the publisher, so should be under the parameter; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration feels unnecessary, what do you think?
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I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it is now a complete timeline, documenting all the important events of the season. What a journey it has been with all of the articles in the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. I would like to thank
Cyclonebiskit for all his help with this list as well.
NoahTalk22:18, 29 April 2021 (UTC)reply
The
2018 Pacific hurricane season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The season officially started on May 15 in the eastern Pacific—east of
140°W—and began on June 1 in the central Pacific—between the
International Date Lineand 140°W, and ended on November 30. These dates typically cover the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the eastern
Pacific basin. - this is a bit generic. Can you remove or replace it with something else? I know the most recent WPTC FL has this as well though, so it isn't that big of a deal. Maybe also add "...and began on June 1 in the central Pacific – the region between the..." if you keep it.
The table with the storms and their intensities doesn't seem to fit well with everything else, IMO. Are you open to removing it?
The table exists mainly to clarify the date of dissipation for Hector since it exited the basin and to show 96C, which can't be displayed in the timeline image per the current treatment of unofficial storms. It also shows the designations of each system (Walaka was never a TD operationally and thus the 01C was not explicitly mentioned).
NoahTalk20:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)reply
Well, I didn't want there to be a large gap in the article for images. Given the landfall was historic for two islands, I think both images can be justified.
NoahTalk20:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)reply
If you do keep the table, use "Tropical depression" and "Tropical storm" in the intensities. After all, you use "Category 1 hurricane."
Try varying the prose a bit. I'm seeing a lot of "strengthened" and "weakened". Try throwing in the occasional "intensified," "degenerated," and the like.
Actually intensifies and strengthens are both used about equally (intensifies is used more). Other synonyms aren't very academic or don't fit. I will add in more degenerated since weakened appears to be the main one.
NoahTalk21:21, 30 April 2021 (UTC)reply
There are really a small handful of issues that I have been able to pick out, mostly involving the same issues. I think you did a phenomenal job here. LightandDark2000 🌀 (
talk)
02:44, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
The season began with the formation of Tropical Depression One-E, developed on May 10, and ended with the dissipation of the season's final storm, Tropical Storm Xavier, dissipated as a tropical cyclone on November 5. Change "developed" to "which developed", and change "dissipated" to "which dissipated". The sentence would sound more grammatically-sound after these changes.
Question: Aren't the storms with their own articles supposed to be linked via their names? This is how things are done in the season articles. If not, then you can just ignore this one.
They are linked in the timeline map directly above it and in the infobox. I think that should be sufficient.
NoahTalk02:57, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Body
Hurricane Bud reaches peak intensity with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a pressure of 943 mbar (hPa; 27.85 inHg), Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure". We should be consistent with how we handle things.
Tropical Storm Bud weakens into a post-tropical cyclone about 140 miles (220 km) south-southwest of Huatabampito, Mexico. Link "
post-tropical cyclone".
Tropical Depression Five-E develops from an area of low pressure about 730 miles (1,175 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Link
Baja California.
Tropical Storm Ileana peaks with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a pressure of 998 mbar (29.47inHg) approximately 170 miles (490 km) southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Hurricane Hector reaches peak intensity with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a pressure of 936 mbar (27.64 inHg) approximately 890 miles (1,430 km) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. Same as the above. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Hurricane John degenerates into a tropical storm while located roughly 275 mi (445 km) southwest of Punta Abreojos, Baja California Sur. Link
Punta Abreojos.
Tropical Storm Kristy reaches peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 991 mbar (29.3 inHg) while located roughly 1,170 mi (1,885 km) west-southwest of Punta Eugenia, Baja California Sur. Link
Punta Eugenia.
Tropical Storm Kristy weakens into a tropical depression while located roughly 1,095 mi (1,760 km) southwest of Point Conception, California. Link
Point Conception, and also link
California.
Tropical Storm Hector crosses the International Dateline and enters the Japan Meteorological Agency's area of responsibility. Maybe add "(JMA)" after
Japan Meteorological Agency, because this is a common acronym.
Hurricane Lane peaks with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a pressure of 926 mbar (27.3 inHg), about 360 miles (580 km) south of Hilo, Hawaii. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Hurricane Norman peaks with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a pressure of 937 mbar (27.7 inHg), approximately 520 miles (835 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Same as the above.
Hurricane Miriam peaks as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a pressure of 974 mbar (28.8 inHg) approximately 910 miles (1,465 km) east of Hilo, Hawaii. Same as the above.
that absorbed the remnants of Hurricane Lane transitions into a tropical or subtropical cyclone approximately 1,015 mi (1,635 km) south of Adak, Alaska. Link
subtropical cyclone.
Hurricane Olivia rapidly intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about 215 mi (345 km) west-southwest of Clarion Island. Link "rapidly intensifies" to
rapid intensification.
Hurricane Olivia further intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane and reaches its peak intensity with maximum winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a pressure of 951 mbar (hPa; 28.08 inHg) about 950 mi (1,525 km) west of Clarion Island. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Tropical Depression Nineteen-E develops from an elongated trough just east of Loreto, Baja California Sur over the Gulf of California. Link "trough" to
trough (meteorology).
Tropical Depression Nineteen-E reaches its peak intensity with winds of 35 mph (55 km/h) and a pressure of 1002 mbar (29.6 inHg) about 60 mi (95 km) west-southwest of Ciudad Obregón. Same as the above.
Tropical Depression Twenty-E forms from a tropical wave while located roughly 405 mi (650 km) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Link
tropical wave.
Hurricane Rosa peaks with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a pressure of 936 mbar (27.6 inHg), while 895 mi (1,440 km) south-southwest of Punta San Antonio, Mexico. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Hurricane Sergio peaks with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a pressure of 942 mbar (27.8 inHg), about 825 mi (1,330 km) southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Tropical Depression Twenty-Two-E forms while located roughly 75 mi (120 km) south-southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán. Link "Lázaro Cárdenas" to
Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, and link also
Michoacán.
Tropical Depression Twenty-Three-E forms while located roughly 90 mi (145 km) west-southwest of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. Link
Puerto San José, and also link
Guatemala.
Hurricane Willa's rapid intensification culminates with it becoming a Category 5 hurricane roughly 200 mi (320 km) west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima. It reaches its peak intensity at this time with maximum winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a pressure of 925 mbar (27.32 inHg). Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
Tropical Storm Vicente weakens to a tropical depression around 95 mi (155 km) southwest of Playa Azul, Mexico. Link "Playa Azul" to
Playa Azul (Michoacán).
Hurricane Willa rapidly degenerates to a tropical storm due to a combination of mountainous terrain and strong wind shear while located about 10 mi (15 km) southeast of Durango City, Durango. change "degenerates to" to "degenerates into". Also, add a comma after "tropical storm".
Tropical Storm Xavier reaches peak intensity with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a pressure of 996 mbar (29.41 inHg), about 130 mi (210 km) southwest of Manzanillo, Colima. Change "pressure" to "minimum pressure".
These are really the only issues that I have found. I think that CodingCyclone got the rest of them. This article is close to becoming a Featured List; it just needs some minor improvements before it's ready. LightandDark2000 🌀 (
talk)
02:44, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
@
LightandDark2000: I don't want to be invasive, but I think that you should collapse your review due to its length as it is a common practice and from what I remember, one of the guidelines here. :)
CodingCyclone!🌀📘04:25, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Support - this is probably the best hurricane season timeline on Wikipedia. The references and details are on point, and the images are all public domain. Two tiny quips. One, 96C isn't in the timeline graphic at the top of "Timeline of events", which makes sense since it wasn't a proper tropical cyclone. Second, you should spell out PDT/CDT/MDT/HDT/MST/CST on their first usage, I think that's some rule on Wikipedia about spelling out acronyms. It could be confusing at the end that MST/CST aren't spelled out anywhere, and people might not realize that the acronym changed because of the dreaded daylight saving time. ♫
Hurricanehink (
talk)
16:13, 3 May 2021 (UTC)reply
I can add a note about the timezone switching due to DST. As for spelling out timezones: Abbreviations for time zones (e.g. GMT and UTC) should not be written out in full in times.NoahTalk17:37, 3 May 2021 (UTC)reply
"Throughout the season, 26 tropical depressions developed, 23 of which became tropical storms, 13 of them reached hurricane strength, and 10 achieved major hurricane intensity". This could do with breaking up into two sentences. It's also unclear if the 13 and 10 are subsets of the 23 or of the whole 26.
Technically, it is a subset of both. 13/23 TSs became hurricanes and 13/26 TDs became hurricanes.
"Several storms severy affected land" - "severely" spelt wrong
Hmm I'm not sure about the authors for ref 1, it seems like they are references for the reference, so perhaps their inclusion is not necessary? With ref 1 as well, I believe the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory is the publisher, so should be under the parameter; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration feels unnecessary, what do you think?
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