Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Graphics task force

Project notes

I just created this wikiproject, after several months of contemplating doing so. I hope everyone working on hurricane articles will get involved. I went ahead and wrote a bunch of guidelines, basically based on current practices...naturally since this is something I just wrote it doesn't necessarily represent community consensus and needs to be discussed. That discussion should probably go here for now...although eventually we may make these pages a little more structured. For a general TODO list, see the "tasks" item on the project page. Jdorje 23:17, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

FAC queue

1. Hurricane Frances
2. Hurricane Jeanne
3. Hurricane Beryl
4. Cyclone Hudhud
5. Hurricane Audrey
6. Hurricane Carla
7. Hurricane Igor
8. 1900 Galveston hurricane
9. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane

I feel that both of the above articles are nearly finished. They are both awaiting GA reviews, but assuming there are no issues, I will nominate both of them to featured article status in the near future. We've had A-class in the past, as a project review status, but I think it could be easier if users added the articles they intend to take to FA status in the future. This can help notify other users if they want to help out. Users should be proactive and make the small changes (especially typos), as well as point out what needs to be done on the talk page (if anything). There are a lot of pretty good articles in the project, and I think it would be better to have more of them featured, provided they are either of moderate importance, or help to complete an important topic. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:55, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

I will try to get all 5 major ATL2024 hurricanes to FA. (Beryl, Debby, Helene, Milton, Rafael) GiftedIceCream 15:35, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

It’s pretty far off now but Cyclone Hudhud would be a good first FA. I think I can still expand it like 1.5-2x in some parts. HurricaneZeta^C 15:48, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

@GiftedIceCream and HurricaneZeta: when either of you are considering going for FA and would like a review beforehand, let me know. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:32, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink I could take a review for Hurricane Rafael. GiftedIceCream 15:29, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

@GiftedIceCream: let me know after it passes GAN. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:43, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

I added Carla, due to the extensive work recently done by MCRPY22 (talk · contribs). The article isn't done yet, and there are a few things still needed, but it's almost FAC-able, which should be the purpose of this section. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:17, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

1900 Galveston hurricane is also close. The comments on its 2019 FAC should be easy to address, for such an important article. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 18:45, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

I also added 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and Hurricane Igor, both of which garnered some support for their most recent FAC runs. Hurricane Audrey also has had a lot of work done by TheAustinMan (talk · contribs), and looks like close to being ready. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:35, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hurricane Frances/archive1 - Hurricane Frances is on FAC right now. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:58, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Broken timelines

Any user creating or editing timelines be aware they are currently broken and give an error - past ones seem okay but probably because the cache hasn’t changed with them, so refrain from editing those until this is fixed. Any admin know the exact cause of the bug? MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 23:37, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Edit: I’ve brought this up at WP:Village pump/Technical as I realized this affects projects outside our own scope. MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 23:58, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

It appears to have been fixed at some point. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:29, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Merge-a-thon

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hurricane Erika (1997) - Hurricane Erika (1997) has been proposed to be merged with the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:34, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hurricane Irene (2005) - Hurricane Irene (2005) has been proposed to be merged with the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:18, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

NMC best track

The agency "NMC" has been used in several track maps for extratropical points but I can't find what agency that is nor their track data. Does anyone know? Sria-72 (talk) 00:20, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

National Meteorological Center which was renamed to National Centers for Environmental Prediction in 1995 – The Grid (talk) 17:17, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! Do you have any idea where on their website the BT is ? Sria-72 (talk) 17:21, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

@Sria: do you have an example for what you're talking about with the NMC? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:27, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fabian_1988_path.png here is an example of a track file that Nino Marakot made that uses NMC data. I asked them about it but didn't get a response so that's why I asked here. on IBTRACS they cut off WPac extatropical paths past 180E, whereas the ones that nino is making have points past 180E Sria-72 (talk) 17:30, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

I want to imagine that one is National Meteorological Center of CMA? – The Grid (talk) 17:38, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Website is proving hard to navigate, for some reason my browser doesn't autotranslate and I have to click the button every time. Sria-72 (talk) 17:48, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

@Nino Marakot: can you give insight to this? Thanks in advance. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:54, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink and Sria-72: The data is indeed from the National Meteorological Center which is now NCEP. The track data is compiled in an extratropical cyclone database by WPC meteorologist David Roth which can be accessed here. Also apologies if I haven't been able to reply to previous queries. Regards, 👦 01:35, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Removing tornado tables from TC articles

Recently, I noticed Hurricane Carla, Hurricane Isbell, Hurricane Frances and Tropical Storm Alberto (2024) had tornado tables in their articles. I propose they get removed, and written in prose instead. I will note that was done in Hurricane Cindy (2005), and worked perfectly. TC tables are long and bloated and don’t really belong in these articles. Especially for Alberto, where there is a list article that can be linked to instead. ~2026-36662-33 (talk) 14:58, 25 June 2026 (UTC) strike sock-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:18, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

TC tables can be collapsed. I'm not sure why you feel they don't belong in these articles. If a storm caused a tornado outbreak, and that was a notable part of the storm, then it's more organized having a table and a single section for the tornadoes. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:27, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

I agree. I don't see an issue with the tables. – The Grid (talk) 17:19, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink: OP was an Andrew5 sock so disregard. I see nothing wrong with what we’re doing now. :) MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 17:20, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Well color me yellow and insert the shocked Pikachu meme, I am shocked. Glad to see the agreement that the current approach is good. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:26, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

If Alberto has one should we add one to Tropical Storm Arthur (2026) since it has 24 tornadoes? ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 17:43, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Arthur of this year is a good example where we should have tornado tables, since the storm had a variety of impacts (including floods). That would organize the info better. But I don’t think every storm that produced tornadoes needs a table. It’s a case-by-base basis. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 19:29, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Alberto could probably do without one. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 19:30, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Yea, especially since the tornadoes are already included in prose. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 19:46, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Finding surface weather analysis for Pacific typhoons

It is easier than you may initially realize to find surface weather analysis for tropical cyclones from 1899–1971. I have found a working strategy that accompanies a wide majority of storms in the Northern Hemisphere with their own analysis map that takes no more than 5-10 minutes per storm. This process has already been done for old Atlantic hurricanes (and some Pacific hurricanes) but still needs to be done with hundreds of Pacific typhoons. The process I found is the below.

• Go to the NOAA Synoptic Weather Analysis Archive. This is where the analysis is found.
• Enter the correct date in the synoptic weather maps dropdown, ideally for the typhoon's peak intensity. I did 1953-07-31 for Wanda.
• Click See synoptic map and locate the typhoon on the map. If you have JTWC monitoring, there should be a tropical cyclone icon in the storm's core.
• Because you are dealing with a PDF, take a screenshot of the typhoon. If you want a high quality image, you may have to take multiple screenshots and stitch them together.
• Take the screenshot (or stitched image) and follow the correct instructions to upload to Wikimedia Commons.

Occasionally, surface weather analysis from NOAA may be unavailable or lost, so not all storms can get the treatment. If that is the case, rely on external maps from other agencies (JMA is a good alternative.) Also, there is some question with when satellite imagery is available. If there is satellite imagery available, but it is nowhere to the typhoons peak intensity, I think it is better to replace it with the analysis, but if it is somewhat close to its peak (±8 hours), you are best with using it. CycloneTheta (talk) 01:12, 26 June 2026 (UTC)