storm path

Hurricane's projected course

Storm path is the route a storm travels across a geographic area, typically tracked and predicted by meteorologists: The hurricane's storm path shifted eastward overnight.

Weather forecasters map storm paths to issue warnings for communities in the way.

The term applies to hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and other severe weather systems.

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route · funnel · tornado · destruction · warning · forecast · weather radar · chase · debris · power outage · direct hit · swath · corridor · windswept · radar · evacuation · emergency shelter · landfall

Categories
Opposites
movement vs. stationarity

storm pathstationary front

Non-moving air mass boundary

fixed position · point of origin

storm anatomy

storm patheye of the storm

Calm amid rotating fury

eye · storm center · eye wall

weather conditions

storm pathclear skies

Absence of cloud cover

safe zone · shelter · protected area · lee side · calm waters

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