Talk:Eye (cyclone)

message: I got it up.  I will be working on it periodically (mainly to fix wording and add small sections on polar and extratropical "eyes") but feel free to contribute anything you have.  Runningonbrains 04:49, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Woot 

message: Tornadoes are also cyclones, and also have eyes.  So what do we do?  I don't think they should be covered by this article, but maybe it needs to be renamed to eye (tropical cyclone) (ugly as that is). — jdorje (talk) 03:02, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *ugh* I think you may be right.  I'm going to experiment a little and see if I could possibly make it work, but it just may need to be renamed. Runningonbrains 09:42, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tornadoes 

message: IMHO, this is by far a B-class, and I am thinking of nominating it for GA status, after a little cleanup.  Therefore, well, someone let me know if you think this needs more work. Runningonbrains 07:16, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A reference in basic definitions would help, but otherwise, send it to WP:GAN. Titoxd(?!?) 07:20, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still Start?? 

message: I'm promoting this article to GA status based on the qualifications. I've got some more specific comments coming soon, so stay tuned. Phidauex 15:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is a [[WP:GA|Good Article]] 

message: Good article, guys! I've promoted the article to GA status, but I've got some more specific comments for further improvements:
* Consider a new 'top' picture, or a rearrangement of existing pictures. The current top picture just looks like clouds to me (until I read down and learned more about eyewalls). Maybe one of the space images of a storm's eye would be more distinctive as an initial image.
* More clarification in the 'unknown' section. At the moment, its a little odd, suggesting that we have no idea why eyes form, but that there are 'hundreds of theories'. Are there two or three of these formation theories that have the most support and would be worth summarizing?
Thats all for now. This article is in good shape. I appreciate the infographics and images, and jargon is well wikilinked and defined inline. The use of SI units is good. Typically, scientific articles are SI first, and any other unit system second, however, it may not be worth changing at the moment. Both units are listed, so anyone can understand the info. The article is well referenced, which is good.
Good job on the recent cleanups and improvements, folks. Keep up the good work! Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have a question or dispute, or want more clarification on my reasons for promotion. Phidauex 15:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recommendations for Improvement 

message: I have a vague idea as to what this section is saying, but I need someone with meteorological education to put it into English.  Runningonbrains 01:34, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's been puzzling my mind since i read that section. Any satellite images to refer it? Irfanfaiz 00:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  This'll explain it. →Cyclone1→ 20:58, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, but whats all that stuff about strain-dominated flow and a rapid-filamentation zone? Runningonbrains 22:16, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[eye (cyclone)#moats|Moats]] 

message: It looks like she's watching me.  Good kitty 14:23, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I saw them in an infrared image, both had well-defined eyewalls?. This is an absoutely rare event. Irfanfaiz 23:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's really bizarre.  How did it come about?  Did it have something to do with alpha? — jdorje (talk) 01:51, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: IMHO, it is just a small fragment of clouds which strayed over the ragged, oblong eye as the storm weakened.  If you look, it's not even really an eye at this point; there's a huge dry slot on the north side.  Without an animation, it's pretty hard to make a call. -Runningonbrains 02:21, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

text: After e-mailing the NHC asking for information on two-eyed stoms, they responded saying they'd never heard of one.  I'm guessing it was just a dry spot like Runningonbrains suggested.Eganjt (talk) 14:23, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Double-eyed Wilma 

message: What do you think, send this to FAC, or no? -Runningonbrains 01:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah... refer it to the assessment page first, though. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 04:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  FA? 

message: This paragraph needs a copyedit:
A common mistake, especially in areas where hurricanes are uncommon, is for residents to wander outside to inspect the damage while the eye passes over, thinking the storm is over. They are then caught completely by surprise by the violent winds in the opposite eyewall. The National Weather Service strongly discourages leaving shelter while the eye passes over.
This is too "essay-type" =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:16, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyedit needed 

message: From the caption to the stadium eye pic: "At the time, Wilma was the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history..." Still is, isn't it? If I'm wrong about that, ignore the rest of this comment, but... that wording makes it look like it was, but no longer is. If it still is, then it should simply say "Wilma remains the most intense Atlantic hurricane in history" or something. The current wording looks uneasily as though it was chosen primarily to give editors less work should a more intense hurricane come along someday, and that makes me uneasy. 86.149.2.163 22:49, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, something like "As of 2007, Wilma remains..." would be okay too. The point is not to make it read as though it's been superseded. 86.149.2.163 22:50, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, the point is that it broke the record then; it is not making any statement about what the record is now. It could get a ", and which still hold as of 2007" modifier. I'm still not sure whether it needs it, though. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 01:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "At the time" refers to the fact that the image was taken at the time the hurricane was at peak intensity...I have changed the wording to be clearer. -RunningOnBrains 19:44, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "At the time"? 

message: The overall article is in good shape, hence it being featured today, no doubt, but I find the intro text a bit troublesome, as it mentions the same thing (the eye being circular and surrounded by the eyewall) two (circular) or three (eyewall) times: "The eye of a storm is usually circular and (...) surrounded by the eyewall (...) Surrounded by the eyewall (...), the eye is a roughly-circular area (...) the eye is (...) surrounded on all sides by a towering, symmetric eyewall." Someone should really edit it (I won't, at least not while it is featured). Jalwikip 08:51, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite of intro? 

message: I just restored the page after someone blanked it completely. Darkmind1970 10:24, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Who knew an article on cyclones could inspire so much vandalism? BroMonque 19:11, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: I thought someone would have at least semi-protected this article. 70.48.176.57 19:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: * I've filed a request. UserDoe 19:55, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Featured articles are not usually protected. Eric Wester 20:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *But this one should be in my opinion, since it attracts a lot of anonymous vandals. UserDoe 21:14, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: * My request has been declined, because it's the featured article. Well, then I suggest we keep on reverting. That's all we can do.UserDoe 21:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *Good luck!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.144.208 (talk) 21:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protect featured articles 

message: Katrina had a more clearly formed eye than Nate did. M.(er) 06:34, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Replaced Nate with Katrina 

message: Eye features seen on microwave imagery over the past decade have somehow managed to escape academia.  Have finally merged in information from the BWER article into this one, since it is unclear whether or not their dynamics are similar to eyes or BWERs.  Thegreatdr (talk) 13:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move of eye-like features from BWER to here 

message: I came across what might be a useful composite of two GOES satellite images of Hurricane Wilma for illustrating what a pinhole eye is - see the left-hand side. In my opinion the current (NASA) image makes this hard to see, despite the high resolution. The right-hand side of the composite image could also be used to illustrate the stadium effect as well, although it is perhaps not as clear as the NASA image already included for that. 65.3.199.82 (talk) 04:54, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possibly useful image for illustrating pinhole eye 

message: I propose we change this articles name to Eye (weather) as it includes tornadoes, and is a weather phenomenon not just cyclone. Ctjf83Talk 17:24, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: To quote this article: Though only tropical cyclones have structures which are officially called "eyes", there are other storms which can exhibit eye-like structures. Plasticup T/C 17:30, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  That statement is also unsourced. Ctjf83Talk 17:34, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Here are a few reliable sites that use the word "eye of the tornado" or "tornado eye" this is from a US government site      Ctjf83Talk 17:54, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't like the idea of moving, but if it were to happen, it should be at Eye (meteorology), as it's more encyclopedic. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 18:21, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

text:  If moved, I would prefer Eye (meteorology) as well, but I don't see the point in the move. Tornadoes are coincident with mesocyclones as well. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 18:39, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Eye (meteorology) would be fine with me, but as it is now, it looks like only cyclones have eyes. Ctjf83Talk 18:43, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As Titoxd said, tornadoes are a form of mesocyclone, so technically they are cyclones. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:29, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Are dwarf planets technically planets? --Danorton (talk) 02:12, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not sure about that Ctjf83Talk 01:39, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure, but I would say so. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone
(unindent) Just check out the page cyclone.  "In meteorology, a cyclone refers to an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth[1][2]. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth."  While technically some tornadoes would then be anticyclones, I think moving the whole page on account of a few possible exceptions is a little extreme.-RunningOnBrains 02:14, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

text: A tornado is a cyclone on the storm scale, therefore adding the info with the existing title would still be correct.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.143.176 (talk) 15:09, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Name change

message: How come there's no picture from inside the eye? Just doing a quick search, there are ones available, such as here 
-M.Nelson (talk) 17:24, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is necessary. I just looked at some on Google Images and there are some pretty spectacular images from inside the eye. A Word Of Advice From A Beast: Don't Be Silly, Wrap Your Willy! 22:35, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture from inside the eye 

message: I suggest that the Hazards section be moved on to eye (cyclone) since it talks mostly about the eye.76.124.224.179 (talk) 20:33, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hazards  

message: Substituted at 14:52, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: I keep finding eyes in strong tropical storms, like Tropical Storm Beryl. Is this usual or not?32ieww (talk) 04:46, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eyes 

message: *Unsourced statement
*Some recent research that should be added (doesn't look like a lot) for eyes in general
*Reference inconsistencies
*Alt text needed
*Duplicate links
Leaving this as notes. CCI Check not done. NoahTalk 00:55, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:URFA/2020]] 

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