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Questions tagged [tropical-cyclone]

A tropical cyclone is a rapidly-rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by names such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, and cyclone.

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Why did Hurricane Ida have so much precipitation when it reached the Northeast?

The US Northeast was hit surprisingly hard by Hurricane Ida, dumping a phenomenal amount of rain on the region, causing significant flooding and tornadic activity. I'm having difficulty understanding why the hurricane was able to travel so far…
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Are there any other sites that allow users to search for historic hurricanes within a given area?

Once upon a time I seem to remember there being a plethora of sites with very graphical interactive tools for quickly searching Atlantic hurricane data by time range, locations impacted, and storm type and get quick answers. Some I remember as…
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Would a hurricane increase intensity due to increasing translation speed?

For example, if a hurricane has 200km/h wind speed, and it increases the translation speed from 10km/h to 30km/h, would the intensity become 220km/h?
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How did a tropical storm starting with "D" end up next to a typhoon starting with "T"?

While keeping a close eye on typhoon Talim, I noticed that tropical storm Doksuri is also on the map and has caused serious damage and loss of life. I had thought that the naming of tropical storms is alphabetical (within a given area) so it seems…
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Is there any way to estimate, what is the percentage of the mass of a storm cloud that turns into rain?

I have calculated the mass of the storm cloud for Hurricane Sandy (year 2012, in the United States of America). The dimensions of Hurricane Sandy of 1800 km in diameter and 13 km in height. Considering the density of the storm cloud multiplied by…
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Are hurricanes/cyclones/typhoons in the Pacific Ocean usually larger than in Atlantic Ocean?

Just my experience of observation: hurricanes/cyclones/typhoons in the Pacific Ocean seem to look larger than those in Atlantic Ocean (by looks I mean they occupy more grids in satellite images). If this is true and if so, what is the reason for…
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Does a hurricane with a smaller eye have a lower pressure?

I have heard it said that if there are 2 hurricanes with the same maximum wind speed, and one has a bigger eye while the other a smaller eye, then the one with the smaller eye would have a lower central pressure. Is this true?
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Why isn't Dorian raining on the southeast side?

Dorian is currently passing over the Carolinas but its eye is only brushing the shore. However there's a side of Dorian that isn't raining: Is this unique to Dorian?
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How rare was Hurrican Barry's storm track?

Unlike most hurricanes that affect the eastern and central U.S. Barry did not form in the Atlantic. Instead it formed apparently from a low that veered into the Gulf of Mexico from the continental U.S. This graphic shows the historical track of…
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Why does Hong Kong have one of the best natural harbours in the world that can protect ships from the typhoon winds?

My question in this post's title is predicated on Reddit - Hong Kong was perfect for the British as a staging point from which to trade with China. This was because Hong Kong has one of the best natural harbours in the world which was capable of…
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Typhoon in December of 1864 in Japan?

In "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne there is a reference to a "tempest" that destroyed Yeddo (Tokyo) in Japan: They are they which, in the tempest of December 23, 1864, after destroying the town of Yeddo, in Japan, broke the same day…
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Hurricane eye on landfall and relation to wind speeds

I am not a meteorologist but watching Hurricane Irma (2017), I have a couple questions about how hurricanes keep their formation based on geographical landmarks. How does the radius of the hurricane's eye affect the winds felt by those at different…
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What is the reason for absence of cyclone in south atlantic and south eastern pacific

Please clarify my doubt regarding the question.It was asked in my examination. In the South Atlantic and South-Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason? (a) Sea surface temperatures are low (b)…
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Why do east Pacific cyclones/hurricanes die out?

In the Atlantic basin, tropical cyclones start in the east and move west until they either reach land or move north into cooler waters. Based on this map of historic paths, there is a lot of cyclogensis in the east Pacific. However, these paths all…
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How much energy did Hurricane Camille release?

According to this article, Energy Hurricane Volcano we find that for a typical mature hurricane, we get numbers in the range of 1.5 x 10^12 Watts or 1.3 x 10^17 Joules/day (this is according to the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological…
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