Talk:Tropical Storm Fern

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Latest comment: 3 years ago by MarioJump83 in topic A-class review

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GA Review edit

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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 02:28, 1 October 2014 (UTC)Reply


  • " began to have deep convection" - "have" --> "produce"
  • "sheared by a shear line" - is redundant
  • "weakened back to a tropical storm" - since JMA is official, it was never officially a typhoon, therefore it couldn't weak back to a tropical storm
  • "A cargo ship was abandoned after it was damaged by high winds." - was this on Yap? If so, you should mention that. If not, then the subsequent sentence should clarify it's Yap.
  • "and JMA began tracking it at 0000 UTC" - you should add "as a tropical depression" here
  • "westernly" - is not a word
  • "The storm received the name Fern." - this is a short, dumpy sentence that I'm sure could be merged into the previous or subsequent one.
  • "Eighteen hours later" - when you start a new paragraph, you should always indicate what the date is
  • "JMA continued to keep the same strength at that time." - same strength as what?
  • "Fern reached its peak at 140 km/h (90 mph) north of Yap, according to JTWC" - why is this inconsistent with the infobox?
  • "975 millibars" - convert to hPa
  • "On the next day, JTWC downgraded Fern back to tropical storm strength, with winds of 110 km/h (70 mph).[4] At the same time, the storm had weakened to 80 km/h (50 mph)" - how is this possible?
  • Why did the storm move the way it did?
  • What allowed Fern to strengthen initially?
  • @Hurricanehink: The ATCR doesn't say anything about strengthening initially. It only says "Reaching peak intensity after turning northward is a common behavior in TCs in north-oriented patterns." Would that count?—CycloneIsaac (Talk)
  • "Yap was directly hit by Fern on Christmas Day, and about $3 million (1996 USD) of damage was caused." - try rewriting in active voice
  • "The island constantly received gusts around 93 km/h (58 mph)." - constantly? For how long? And why this very specific reading
  • 'costing half of the damage" - use "accounting for" instead of "costing"
  • "On January 15, 1997, a state of emergency was declared for Yap by Acting President Jacob Nena" - this is false according to the ref, which says it happened on the 3rd

That's it for now. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:28, 1 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

So far so good for the fixes. Lemme know when you're done with them. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:35, 3 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

I just read the ATCR for myself. How come you didn't include that the storm was a twin with a storm in the SHEM? You should also say it formed from the monsoon trough. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:16, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

I added it.—CycloneIsaac (Talk) 17:35, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

A-class review edit