There is little difference in how bad they are. Both will produce heavy rain and the occasional strong wind gust. The only real difference is in potential. A tropical depression is one step further along toward becoming a tropical storm or hurricane.
tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane
A tropical disturbance begins as a cluster of thunderstorms over warm ocean waters. As it gains organization and intensity, it may develop into a tropical depression, tropical storm, and eventually a hurricane.
Tropical disturbance -> tropical depression -> tropical storm -> tropical cyclone (hurricane). *Hurricane is a local name, for tropical cyclones (official name) that appear in the Atlantic.
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.
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.
A tropical depression is more organized than a tropical disturbance. It has a closed circulation and a definite center of rotation, which a disturbance lacks.
tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane
tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane
it started as a tropical disturbance at first, then it became a tropical depression, and a tropical storm, then a hurricane.
A tropical disturbance begins as a cluster of thunderstorms over warm ocean waters. As it gains organization and intensity, it may develop into a tropical depression, tropical storm, and eventually a hurricane.
Tropical disturbance -> tropical depression -> tropical storm -> tropical cyclone (hurricane). *Hurricane is a local name, for tropical cyclones (official name) that appear in the Atlantic.
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.
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.
Before a storm becomes a hurricane it is called a tropical storm. Prior to that it is either a tropical depression or a tropical disturbance.
Hurricane Sandy started out as a tropical disturbance over the Caribbean Sea. The disturbance was an area of low pressure that produced some showers and thunderstorms. Over the warm waters of the Caribbean the disturbance organized and strengthened first to a tropical depression, then to a tropical storm, then to a hurricane.
Hurricane Sandy started out as a tropical disturbance over the Caribbean Sea. The disturbance was an area of low pressure that produced some showers and thunderstorms. Over the warm waters of the Caribbean the disturbance organized and strengthened first to a tropical depression, then to a tropical storm, then to a hurricane.
There are currently no active tropical depressions. Also, tropical depressions are given numbers, not names. The next one in the Atlantic will be Tropical Depression Fourteen. There is however, a tropical disturbance labeled 95L that has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression.