Hurricane Weather terms starting with E

5 terms

1. Eastern North Pacific Basin The portion of the North Pacific Ocean east of 140W. The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida is responsible for tracking tropical cyclones in this…
2. Extratropical A term used in advisories and tropical summaries to indicate that a cyclone has lost its "tropical" characteristics.
3. Extratropical Cyclone A cyclone in the middle and high latitudes often being 2000 kilometers in diameter and usually containing a cold front that extends toward the equator for…
4. Eye The relatively calm center in a hurricane that is more than one half surrounded by wall cloud.
5. Eyewall / Wall Cloud An organized band or ring of cumulonimbus clouds that surround the eye, or light-wind center of a tropical cyclone.