The category of the storm - depends on the wind speed, and barometric pressure reading.
Hurricane Andrew obviously started as a Tropical storm . every single hurricane starts as a tropical storm hurricanes can sometimes go from a tropical storm to A Up from hurricane to a tropical storm very quickly . but the wind speed to start a hurricane is 74 anything less is a tropical storm
Tropical Depression and then Tropical Storm THEN Hurricane!
A hurricane will start as a Tropical Wave. It then becomes a Tropical Depression. A TD is given a number but not a name. Once the TD reaches 39 mile per hour winds its given a name and becomes a Tropical Storm. After reaching 74 mile per hour winds it becomes a hurricane.
Alex is either a tropical storm or a hurricane. Either way, if it is a hurricane, cateigory 1.
Just a tropical storm. Tropical storm and hurricane are just different intensity levels of the same type of weather system.
Tropical storm Allision was never a hurricane, only a tropical storm. To be a hurricane, a storm must have sustained winds of at least 74 mph. Allison's winds never got above 60 mph.
A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when its sustained winds reach or exceed 74 mph (119 km/h). This increase in wind speed marks the transition from a tropical storm to a hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Katrina was the 5th hurricane, 11th tropical storm and 12th tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Ike became a hurricane on September 3, 2008.
Fiona is not a hurricane, but a tropical storm. The storm became a tropical cyclone on August 30, 2010.
A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when sustained winds reach 74 mph or more.
tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane