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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 19:14, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • With the first sentence, it's misleading what a "named storm" is, since 1965 technically only has 5
  • "June 1, 1977, and lasted until November 30, 1977" - don't think you need years for both
  • "The first tropical depression of the season developed 2 days later, on June 3, in the western Caribbean Sea. " - this is lacking context, "later" from what? Just say "developed two days after the start of the season on June 3..." And I'd say "two"
  • Is Anita the latest formation of the first named storm? Any chance you could research that more? And, source for that quote in lede?
  • "Category 5 hurricane" - link/explain here pl0x
  • " though the damage toll remains unknown" - I wouldn't include this in the lede.
  • "In addition to Anita, another notable tropical cyclone of this season was Hurricane Babe." - Babe wasn't that notable.
  • "$10 million (1977 USD) in damage" - maybe add a note that all damage totals are in 1977 USD?
  • "it spawned a total of 14 tornadoes"
  • "which led to 13 deaths and $50 million in damage. Overall, the tropical cyclones of the season collectively caused 11 fatalities and at least $13 million in damage." - inconsistency
  • "Activity began 12 days later with the formation of a tropical depression on Jun3 13." - wha? And the lede says June 3...?
  • " it was a below average season because only 6 of them strengthened into a tropical storm" - since it's multiple, it should be "into tropical storms" at the end
  • What is "major hurricane status"?
  • "The amount of activity is attributed" - since it wasn't really active, I'd say "The inactivity". Also, should be "was"
  • "Tropical cyclogenesis in the 1977 Atlantic hurricane season began with the development of a tropical depression on June 13" - you mentioned that a paragraph earlier
  • "As September is the climatological peak of hurricane season, it was the most active month" - could be clearer.
  • "The season's activity was reflected with a cumulative accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 25, which was the lowest ACE value since 1925" - false. 1946 had 22.
  • "Although intensification briefly slowed, rapid deepening occurred from September 1 to September 2. Early on September 2, Anita peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 175 mph (280 km/h)" - these could be merged ("September 1 to the following day, when Anita peaked...")
  • "Above normal tides in Texas resulted in the closure of numerous coastal highways" - can you avoid "resulted in the closure"? Nominalizations are bad, m'kay
  • "Precipitation from the storm peaked at 15.2 inches (390 mm) at Soto la Marina" - not quite true, we don't know what the peak was. Also, link city?
  • Careful when you say "a tropical wave developed into..." - a tropical wave is a trough, and those alone don't develop into TC's. They can produce a low along them, so they can spawn a tropical cyclone, but they don't develop into a TC, per sé. Make sure you fix that for Anita and Babe.
  • "It strengthened and gradually acquired tropical characteristics and was reclassified as Tropical Storm Babe late on September 4." - too many "and"'s
  • "A convective cloud mass with a spiral band of gale-force winds northeast of Hurricane Babe moved away from the system." - weird start. Moved away from what system?
  • "However, strong wind shear" - bad way to start a paragraph
  • "to weakened" - you grammared weirded
  • I would split Clara's info to a MH paragraph and an impact paragraph. Ditto with Evelyn
  • "promoting an upgraded of the depression" - huh?
  • Any damage from Evelyn or Frieda?
  • "the remnants of cold front" -missing something?
  • Try getting a track map for "Tropical Depression Nine"
  • Any more info about TD 9? Disaster declaration? Deaths? Anything from NCDC? Google news?
  • "Later in June, a second tropical depression formed in the west-central Gulf of Mexico on June 13." - a second?
  • "Initial predictions from the National Hurricane Center indicated it could possibly before a tropical storm" - huh?
  • I'm confused. Were some TD's named and some weren't?
  • "It briefly headed east-southeastward, before turning by October 3. On the following day, the depression curved northwestward." - could be merged
  • "Because new lists containing male names began in 1979 season, none of these have appeared on a list since, except for Ida." - and Grace?

That's it for now. Generally decent, shouldn't be too hard to fix. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:14, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]