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Mid-latitude cyclones depend on a relatively large temperature contrast that results from the meeting of polar and tropical air masses, which generally only occur in well, the middle latitudes. In the tropics, temperature contrasts tend to be smaller, and so are not conducive to producing mid-latitude type cyclones.
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Are Hurricanes generally smaller than latitude cyclones?
Than mid-latitude cyclones...yes, they are.
Are tropical cyclones produced by the conflict between air masses and frontal activity?
No, they exist in the tropics where there is no conflict between air masses. Only mid-latitude cyclones are produced by this conflict. Tropical cyclones are perturbations in pressure which develop into areas of low pressure, fed by the latent heat of evaporating ocean water.
What often fuels a middle latitude cyclone?
Mid-latitude cyclones are usually powered by temperature contrasts.
Are fronts associated with hurricanes?
Hurricanes are tropical systems, which do not feature fronts. Fronts are associated with air mass boundaries, of which there are none in the tropics (the only air masses are tropical!). Mid-latitude cyclones feed on the energy generated by these boundaries, but hurricanes are very different animals. They feed primarily on latent heat generated from evaporating ocean water. There is a gray area when hurricanes move into higher latitudes and can transition into "extratropical cyclones", and can actually transition into more of a mid-latitude cyclone with fronts, but that is only when it moves out of the tropics.
What characterizes climate in middle latitudes?
low rates of evaporation(novanet/Gradpoint)
Do hurricanes and cyclones form in the tropics?
Hurricanes do, but not all cyclones do. Hurricanes fally into a class of weather phenomenon called a tropical cyclone. There are other types of cyclone, however, including mid-latitude or extratropical cyclones, and polar lows.
Are Hurricanes generally smaller than latitude cyclones?
Than mid-latitude cyclones...yes, they are.
What parts of the world are most affected by mid latitude cyclones?
Mid Latitude cyclones typically affect latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees.
Which way does mid-latitude cyclone rotate?
Cyclones, mid-latitude and otherwise, in the Northern hemisphere rotate anti-clockwise, and cyclones south of the equator rotate clockwise.
What type of front coincides with the origin of a mid-latitude cyclone?
Mid-latitude cyclones typically produce both a cold front and a warm front. These will usually merge to form an occluded front.
What is the shape of a middle-latitude cyclone?
Mid-latitude cyclones are typically comma-shaped.
What prevailing winds is responsible for the migration of mid-latitude cyclones?
westerlies
Hurricanes are in some ways like mid latitude?
Cyclones or lows
Hurricanes are in some ways like mid-latitude?
cyclones or lows
Are tropical cyclones produced by the conflict between air masses and frontal activity?
No, they exist in the tropics where there is no conflict between air masses. Only mid-latitude cyclones are produced by this conflict. Tropical cyclones are perturbations in pressure which develop into areas of low pressure, fed by the latent heat of evaporating ocean water.
How many states does a mid-latitude cyclone cover?
Mid Latitude cyclones can affect any of the 50 states, though Alaska and Ahwaii are more prone to polar and tropical cyclones respectively. Some of the large cyclones can affect as many as 30 states.
What often fuels a middle latitude cyclone?
Mid-latitude cyclones are usually powered by temperature contrasts.
