tropical wave
Hurricane seed system
A tropical wave is a low-pressure weather system that moves westward through tropical latitudes, typically originating off the coast of Africa and crossing the Atlantic.
These disturbances bring clusters of thunderstorms and can develop into tropical storms or hurricanes under favorable conditions: Forecasters are tracking a tropical wave approaching the Caribbean.
Disruption of order
- troughOpen container for animal feed
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- cyclogenesisLow-pressure system formation
convergence · perturbation · synoptic · ITCZ · mesoscale · barometric · invest · outflow
Rotating low-pressure storm system
- depressionProlonged low state
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- storm surgeWind-driven coastal flooding
intensification · landfall · storm track · Cape Verde · named storm · hurricane season
Atmospheric water deposit
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- delugeSevere overflow of water
flooding · flash flood · torrential · moisture · cloudbursts · rain bands · convective · lightning
Mildly heated H2O
- swellIncrease in size
- marine forecastPredicted ocean conditions
- small craft advisoryWeather warning for boats
- rip currentsSeaward-pulling coastal currents
Mainland shore of continent
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- Gulf of MexicoPartially enclosed Atlantic basin
- Puerto RicoAmerican Caribbean territory
- FloridaSoutheastern American peninsula state
Bermuda · storm track · forecast models · cone of uncertainty · five-day forecast · hurricane hunter · reconnaissance
disturbance
Disruption of order
- troughOpen container for animal feed
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
cyclogenesis · convergence · perturbation · synoptic · ITCZ · mesoscale · barometric · invest · outflow · genesis
cyclone
Rotating low-pressure storm system
- depressionProlonged low state
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
storm surge · intensification · landfall · storm track · Cape Verde · named storm · hurricane season
precipitation
Atmospheric water deposit
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- downpourIntense precipitation event
deluge · flooding · flash flood · torrential · moisture · cloudbursts · rain bands · convective · lightning · heavy seas
warm water
Mildly heated H2O
- swellIncrease in size
- marine forecastPredicted ocean conditions
- small craft advisoryWeather warning for boats
rip currents · storm surge · coastal flooding · high surf · upwelling
African coast
Mainland shore of continent
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- Gulf of MexicoPartially enclosed Atlantic basin
- Puerto RicoAmerican Caribbean territory
Florida · Bermuda · storm track · forecast models · cone of uncertainty · five-day forecast · hurricane hunter · reconnaissance
- tropical weatherhurricane, hurricanes, typhoon, monsoon rain, rainy season
- storm termshurricane path, storm surge, eye wall, rain bands, storm cell
tropical wavehurricane
Violent tropical windstorm
tropical cyclone · typhoon · major hurricane · tropical storm · tropical depression
tropical waveanticyclone
High-pressure weather system
fair weather · ridge · clear skies · doldrums
tropical, wave, tropic, tropics, tropically, waves, waved, waving, wavelet