tropical cyclone
Three tropical cyclones of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season at different stages of development. The weakest (left), a tropical depression, demonstrates only the most basic circular shape. A stronger tropical stormstorm (top right) demonstrates rainbandsspiral banding and increased centralization, while the strongest (lower right), a typhoon, has developed an eye.
Meaning
Noun
- a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular/spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes.
- typhoon, hurricane
Related
Similar words
- severe tropical cyclone, very intense tropical cyclone (used in the southern hemisphere and the Indian Ocean)
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