hurricane path

Cyclone's predicted course

The projected or actual route a hurricane follows as it moves across ocean and land.

Meteorologists track and forecast hurricane paths to guide evacuations and emergency preparations: The hurricane path shifted east, sparing the coastal city.

Path often appears with modifiers indicating certainty: projected path, probable path, direct path.

Related

landfall · direct hit · evacuation · evacuation zone · mandatory evacuation · cone · cone of uncertainty · forecast · winds · storm surge · flooding · eye · destruction · coastline · warning · surge · category · radar

Categories
Opposites
movement vs. stillness

hurricane pathhurricane eye

Calm cyclone core

eye of the storm · stationary front · point of origin · eye wall · storm center

danger zone vs. safe zone

hurricane pathsafe zone

Protected area from threats

chaos vs. calm

hurricane pathclear skies

Absence of cloud cover

fair weather · calm waters · calm seas · still air · doldrums

Family

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