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Number 2, [[July 2]], [[2006]]
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The Hurricane Herald
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This is the monthly newsletter of [[WP:WPTC|WikiProject Tropical Cyclones]]. ''The Hurricane Herald'' aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global [[tropical cyclone]] activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the [[WP:WPTC/SPAM|mailing list]].
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'''Storm of the month'''

[[Image:Alberto 2006-06-12 1830Z.jpg|right|Tropical Storm Alberto near peak intensity|150px]] '''[[Tropical Storm Alberto (2006)|Tropical Storm Alberto]]''' was the first tropical storm of the [[2006 Atlantic hurricane season]]. Forming on [[June 10]] over the western [[Caribbean Sea]], the system moved northwestward as a disorganized tropical depression due to dry air and wind shear. It passed to the west of [[Cuba]], bringing heavy rainfall to Cuba and [[Grand Cayman]]. The rainfall damaged 37 homes and destroyed 3 in [[Havana]]. It strengthened over the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and became a tropical storm on [[June 11]]. The center reformed to the northeast near its deep convection, and Alberto reached a peak intensity of 70 mph (110 km/h) before weakening and hitting the [[Florida Panhandle]] on [[June 13]]. Alberto brought heavy rainfall to the southeastern United States, peaking at 7.16 inches in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]. The rainfall in [[Florida]] was beneficial in places as it alleviated [[drought]] conditions. The storm indirectly caused two deaths: A pilot who crashed near [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] due to poor conditions and a boy who drowned in the flooding in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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'''Other tropical cyclone activity'''
*[[2006 Pacific hurricane season#Tropical Depression Two-E|Tropical Depression Two-E]] briefly existed near the Mexican coast on [[June 3]] to [[June 4]] and brought heavy rainfall to [[Acapulco]].
*[[2006 Pacific typhoon season#Tropical Storm Jelawat (Domeng)|Tropical Storm Jelawat]] lasted from [[June 26]] to [[June 29]] in the [[South China Sea]] and made landfall on [[China]]. The storm caused flooding which killed at least seven people.
*[[2006 Pacific typhoon season#Tropical Storm Ewiniar|Tropical Storm Ewiniar]] formed on [[June 30]] east of [[Palau]]. It is forecast to reach typhoon strength. 
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'''New and improved articles'''
*New storm articles include: [[Tropical Storm Alberto (2006)]], [[Typhoon Patsy (1970)]], [[Tropical Storm Larry (2003)]], [[Cyclone Steve]] and [[Hurricane Danielle (1998)]].
*New non-storm articles include: [[Subtropical ridge]] and [[List of named tropical cyclones]].
*New [[Wikipedia:Featured Article|Featured article]]s: [[Hurricane Nora (1997)]], [[List of New Jersey hurricanes]], [[Hurricane John (1994)]] and [[Hurricane Katrina]].
*Articles which became A/GA class include: [[Tropical Storm Allison]] (A), [[Eye (cyclone)]] (GA), [[Tropical Cyclone]] (GA), [[Project Stormfury]] (GA), [[Hurricane Lenny]] (GA), [[Hurricane Epsilon (2005)]] (GA), [[Hurricane Esther (1961)]] (GA), [[Tropical Storm Henri (2003)]] (GA) and [[Hurricane Camille]] (GA).
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'''New articles and improvements wanted'''
*New article: [[List of California tropical storms]] and [[List of New Jersey hurricanes]] are both [[WP:FL|featured lists]], so why is there no [[List of Louisiana hurricanes]] or [[List of Cuban hurricanes]]?
*The current [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Tropical_cyclones/Collaboration|collaboration of the fortnight]] is [[Hurricane Fifi]], please help improve this article.
*Please help to expand and improve the coverage of [[:n:Portal:Tropical cyclones|Tropical cyclones]] on [[:n:Main Page|Wikinews]].
*Improvements are requested to [[Hurricane Janet]], [[Hurricane Erin (1995)]] and [[:Category:Pacific hurricane seasons|Pacific hurricane season]] articles.
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'''Member of the month'''
[[Image:Cyclone barnstar.png|left|Cyclone barnstar|50px]]
The June member of the month is [[User:Jdorje|Jdorje]]. The WikiProject awards this to him for his many contributions to the coverage of tropical cyclones on Wikipedia. Jdorje founded the WikiProject in October 2005 and established much of the categorizations the project depends on. His most significant contributions include the [[WP:FA|Featured article]] [[1928 Okeechobee Hurricane]] and his [[User:Jdorje/Tracks|track map generator]] with which he has created hundreds of track maps.
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'''Main Page content'''
*[[Hurricane Floyd]] appeared on the [[Main Page]] as [[WP:TFA|Today's Featured Article]] on [[June 17]].
*Entries from 5 articles: [[Tropical Storm Larry (2003)]], [[Tropical Storm Henri (2003)]], [[Typhoon Kate (1970)]], [[Typhoon Patsy (1970)]] and [[List of named tropical cyclones]] appeared on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know]] column during June.
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'''Storm article statistics'''
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;"
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Grade
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | April<!--2006-04-16-->
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | May<!--2006-05-05-->
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | June <!--2006-06-03-->
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | July <!--2006-07-01, needs updating-->
|- align=right
| {{FA-Class}}
|   7 || 7 || 10 || 13
|- align=right
| {{A-Class}} 
|  4 || 5 || 7 || 6
|- align=right
| {{GA-Class}}
|  0 || 3 || 5 || 18
|- align=right 
| {{B-Class}}
|  62 || 66 || 82 || 79
|- align=right
| {{Start-Class}} 
| 154 || 177 || 168 || 180
|- align=right
| {{Stub-Class}}
|  13 || 12 || 10 || 8
|- align=right
! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Total 
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 240 
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 263 
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 282
| {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | 303
|- align=right
| percentage<br/>&ge;''Less than B'' 
| 69.6 || 71.6 || 63.1 || 62.0
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|}
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'''WikiProject subpages'''

This is a brief description of some of the subpages of the WikiProject, explaining their purpose briefly, to find out more read the pages.
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Assessments|Assessments]]: Provides a series of guidelines to help with the assessment and improvement of articles. Discussion of how to improve specific articles is also held here and future nominations for FAC.
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Merging|Merging]]: Discussion of articles which could be merged is held here. Generally for less significant topics, their articles are likely to be listed here unless very well written.
*[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Article requests|Article requests]]: A list of many possible subjects for articles, with comments on the worth of an article. If you have a topic which you think should have an article, list it here.
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Collaboration|Collaboration]]: Discussion of the collaboration of the fortnight is held here. Nominate an article for WikiProject collaboration or comment on the existing nominations on this page.
*[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter|Newsletter]]: The content of future editions of this newsletter and selection of Member of the month are discussed here.
*Other topics not relating to a specific article are handled on the main [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tropical cyclones|WikiProject talk page]].
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Thanks to [[User:Hurricanehink|Hurricanehink]] to maintaining the stats table and producing the storm summaries. [[User:Nilfanion|Nilfanion]] ([[User talk:Nilfanion|talk]])
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