tropical storm
Pre-hurricane weather system
A tropical storm is a rotating weather system with sustained winds between 39 and 73 miles per hour, originating over warm ocean waters.
Above that threshold, it becomes a hurricane or typhoon.
Tropical storms bring heavy rain, flooding, and dangerous winds: A tropical storm is expected to make landfall tomorrow.
Named storms receive human names from predetermined lists.
Western Pacific hurricane
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- depressionProlonged low state
- disturbanceDisruption of order
low pressure · cyclonic · eye · landfall · wind shear · coriolis · barometric · isobar
Sudden bursts of air
- galeSevere sustained wind
- sustained windsUninterrupted air movement
- blusteryWildly, coldly windy
- tempestuousWildly agitated or volatile
howling · battering · billowing · turbulence · whipping · knots · windspeed · destructive
Flowing in violent streams
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- rainbandsCurved storm precipitation zones
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
flooding · squall · showers · rainfall · precipitation · torrent · soaking · spate
Annual tropical storm timeframe
- typhoon seasonRecurring period of tropical cyclones
- pacificCalm and conciliatory
- gulfPartially enclosed sea
- coastalOf the shoreline
evacuation · preparedness · emergency · shelter · FEMA · relief · recovery · aftermath
typhoon
Western Pacific hurricane
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- depressionProlonged low state
disturbance · low pressure · cyclonic · eye · landfall · wind shear · coriolis · barometric · isobar · troposphere
gusts
Sudden bursts of air
- galeSevere sustained wind
- sustained windsUninterrupted air movement
- blusteryWildly, coldly windy
tempestuous · howling · battering · billowing · turbulence · whipping · knots · windspeed · destructive · damaging
torrential
Flowing in violent streams
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- rainbandsCurved storm precipitation zones
cloudburst · flooding · squall · showers · rainfall · precipitation · torrent · soaking · spate · flash flood
hurricane season
Annual tropical storm timeframe
- typhoon seasonRecurring period of tropical cyclones
- pacificCalm and conciliatory
- gulfPartially enclosed sea
coastal · evacuation · preparedness · emergency · shelter · FEMA · relief · recovery · aftermath · damage
naming
Assigning a label
cone · path · trajectory · model · category · upgrade · downgrade
- hurricaneshurricane, Andrew, Katrina, eyewall, Harvey
- stormshurricane, tornado, typhoon, tempest, cyclone
- storm systemscyclone, cyclones, supercell, hurricane, hurricanes
- precipitationrain, snow, hail, drizzle, sleet
- extreme weatherblizzard, hurricane, tornado, typhoon, heat wave
- severe stormstornado, hurricane, supercell, typhoon, cyclone
tropical stormmajor hurricane
Severe rotating tropical storm
hurricane · typhoon · tropical wave · superstorm · cyclone
tropical stormcalm
Free from agitation
fair weather · clear skies · stillness · doldrums · anticyclone
tropical stormpolar vortex
Persistent circulating cold air mass
arctic blast · nor'easter · winter storm · blizzard · cold front
storm, stormy, tropical, storming, snowstorm, storms, thunderstorm, tropics, stormed