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Violent wind and rain storms that form over the oceans in the tropics are called?
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Such storms are overall called tropical cyclones. They go by different names in different regions. In the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific they are called hurricanes. In the western Pacific they are called typhoons. In the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans they simply are called cyclones.
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A violent thunderstorm that can spawn a dangerous tornado?
Such storms are called supercells
What type of fronts do violent storms usually form from?
Violent storms are often associated with cold fronts.
What are violent storms with very strong winds and a funnel shaped clouds called?
um... I think its a tornado ;)
Why is cloud formation an important process in sustaining violent storms?
Cloud formation is what fuels and sustains violent storms. Without these cloud formations the storms would not be anywhere near as strong as they are.
What is the smallest and most dangerous storm?
The world's most dangerous storms include:hurricanestyphoonstornadoesheavy rainNOTE: These are NOT 'storms': flooding, landslides, earthquakes
What is a line of violent storms called?
A line of violent storms is called a squall line.
Where in the world can you find hurricanes?
Tropical cyclones (the generic term for hurricanes and similar storms) are most common in the western portions of oceans in the tropics. Such storms are called hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean and the eastern Pacific hurricane.
Why are Tropical storms called Tropical storms?
Because they occur in the tropics, i.e. the area between the Tropic Of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
A violent thunderstorm that can spawn a dangerous tornado?
Such storms are called supercells
Do tropical storms blow towards or away from the EquatorWhy are they called 'tropical' storms?
Tropical storms generally move away from the equator, though the direction of travel varies. They are called tropical storms because the form in or near the tropics over warm ocean water and have tropical characteristics such as a warm core whereas extratropical systems (outside the tropics) generally have a cold core.
The southeast of Beijing is sometimes struck by violent storms called what?
Anwser: Typhoons
What country are violent mountain storms common?
Violent mountain storms are veary common in Bhutan
Why tropical storms have their origin in the tropics?
Tropical storms need warm ocean water to form. Outside the tropics the water usually isn't warm enough.
What type of fronts do violent storms usually form from?
Violent storms are often associated with cold fronts.
Why tropical storms are called tropical?
Because they occur in the tropics, i.e. the area between the Tropic Of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
What continents have had most hurricanes?
Asia is the continent struck most frequently by tropical cyclones, the generic term for storms such as hurricanes. Such storms are only called hurricanes in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans.
Where to find typhoons?
Typhoons are what they call the large storms in the eastern Pacific and the Indian Oceans. They are called hurricanes in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
