Month: March 2022

What hurricanes are formed?

Warm ocean waters and thunderstorms fuel power-hungry hurricanes . Hurricanes form over the ocean, often beginning as a tropical wave—a low pressure area that moves through the moisture-rich tropics, possibly enhancing shower and thunderstorm activity. A pre-existing weather disturbance: A hurricane often starts out as a tropical wave. Where do hurricanes start forming? It all …

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Can a hurricane stall?

As a hurricane propagates northward out of the tropics, the environmental wind field often becomes weak, causing the hurricane to slow down, stall, or move erratically, especially if the hurricane is away from the influence of strong high or low pressure systems. What happens when a hurricane stalls? “A storm that stalls means more extreme …

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