Talk:1946 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1

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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 00:09, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Because they were named in a parallel universe :P --12george1 (talk) 21:13, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Although every tropical storm impacted land, effects overall were light, with less than $10 million (1946 USD) in damage and no deaths in the United States throughout the season." - this feels like it should lead the 2nd paragraph, not end it

"The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1946." - what did that mean back then? Nowadays, it's when the NHC issues outlooks every six hours, their operations are at 100% (although in recent years, they've been fully operational all months of the year). When I did 1954 AHS, the season began when the Weather Bureau began sending daily reconnaissance flights to investigate for storms, and another was when the coastal radar stations turned on. Was either the case for this season?

The source explicitly stated that hurricane season started that day.--12george1 (talk) 21:13, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"slightly below the 20-year average of 8.5 per season." - I think you should emphasize that it was the then-average. The current average is closer to 10

"Collectively, the storms of this season left more than $5.2 million in damage and five fatalities, plus several millions of dollars in damage from the seventh tropical storm." - this just sounds a little weird. Since you don't know the damage total, just say "the storms of the season left at least $5.2 million in damage" This way itcovers the upper end

"on November 3,[5] ~~about~~ 12 days before the official end of the season on November 15, 1946"

"Although September is the climatological peak of hurricane season, there was only one tropical cyclone that strengthened to tropical storm status that month. A tropical depression briefly existed near Central America. The season's most intense storm developed on September 12 and later peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a lowest known barometric pressure of 975 millibars (28.8 inHg)." - I feel like the third sentence should be sooner. You already mention September's only TC in the first sentence – plop that other one on in.

"The season's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 20, the lowest total since 1925." - and lowest since 1983! Add that.

I think you meant lowest until 1983. You must have been high when you did this review :P --12george1 (talk) 21:13, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"After slightly further intensification, the hurricane reached peak intensity at 18:00 UTC on July 7 with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h" - based on ship report?

Interestingly, META mentions it, but gives no more details other than this: "HURDAT lists this as a 70 kt hurricane at 38.0N, 66.0W."--12george1 (talk) 21:13, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have more info on the radar imagery? I only found that in a book, and while I trust the information, I had never done research on it.

That info actually came from an image in NOAA's photo library. I forgot to replace the old URL. However, the info isn't quite right. It mentions the storm being east of Orlando on September 16, but by that time, the cyclone was already extratropical.--12george1 (talk) 21:13, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, no. I searched Google and Newspapers.com and couldn't find anymore info or follow up on the 120 missing people.--12george1 (talk) 21:13, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

All around, a good article. Lemme know if any of these cause excessive difficulty. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:09, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]