Hurricane Weather terms starting with R

4 terms

1. Radius of Maximum Winds The distance from the center of a tropical cyclone to the location of the cyclone's maximum winds.
2. Rapid Intensification An increase in the maximum sustained winds of a tropical cyclone of at least 30 kt in a 24-h period.
3. Relocated A term used in an advisory to indicate that a vector drawn from the preceding advisory position to the latest known position is not necessarily a…
4. Remnant Low A post-tropical cyclone that no longer possesses the convective organization required of a tropical cyclone...