A tropical disturbance has to go through 3 stages before becoming a hurricane. 1. Tropical Disturbance. This is formed from individual thunder storms coming together 2. Tropical Depression. This is caused when a Tropical Disturbance goes above 21 m.p.h. 3. Tropical Storm. This is caused when a Tropical Depression goes above 34 m.p.h. 4. Hurricane. This forms when winds become 74 m.p.h. or above. Hurricanes can go up to 206 m.p.h.
Hurricane Opal formed due to a combination of warm ocean waters, low wind shear, and atmospheric instability, which provided the conditions necessary for a tropical disturbance to develop into a hurricane. These factors allowed the storm to intensify and grow in strength as it moved across the Gulf of Mexico.
When the temperature of the water under a hurricane heats up it adds much more power to the wind velocity, this makes for a much stronger and fiercer storm.
Hurricane Sandy is different from other hurricanes in that she is undergoing what is called extratropical transition, meaning she is losing her tropical characteristics becoming an extratropical cyclone. While entering a cold environment usually weakens a hurricane, this transition and interaction with another storm system is actually allowing Sandy to maintain her strength and even intensify as well as causing her to grow to an enormous size.
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Hurricane Opal formed due to a combination of warm ocean waters, low wind shear, and atmospheric instability, which provided the conditions necessary for a tropical disturbance to develop into a hurricane. These factors allowed the storm to intensify and grow in strength as it moved across the Gulf of Mexico.
hurricanes form in tropical regions. They form there because they need warm water of at least 80º Fahrenheit, high humidity with moist air, light winds, and very warm surface temperatures. Summer and the early fall months are perfect for hurricanes to brew up in the oceans around us.
A tropical cyclone is another name for a hurricane. When massive storms grow in the Atlantic, they're known as hurricanes. However, then storms that large build in the Pacific, they're known as typhoons.
When the temperature of the water under a hurricane heats up it adds much more power to the wind velocity, this makes for a much stronger and fiercer storm.
Hurricane Sandy is different from other hurricanes in that she is undergoing what is called extratropical transition, meaning she is losing her tropical characteristics becoming an extratropical cyclone. While entering a cold environment usually weakens a hurricane, this transition and interaction with another storm system is actually allowing Sandy to maintain her strength and even intensify as well as causing her to grow to an enormous size.
they are easier to grow in tropical rain forests
Bananas are tropical fruits.
Orichids can grow and other
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The ingredients for hurricane development are warm ocean water (at least 80 degrees F), moist air, an environment of little wind shear, sufficient distance from the equator, and an area of disturbed weather to set it all off.
Pineapples grow in the tropical zone.