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  2. Glossary of tropical cyclone terms - Wikipedia

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    An announcement that hurricane conditions (sustained winds of 74 mph or higher) are possible within the specified coastal area. Because hurricane preparedness activities become difficult once winds reach tropical storm force, the hurricane watch is issued 48 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical-storm-force winds. [1] Hypercane ...

  3. Severe weather terminology (United States) - Wikipedia

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    (This product is issued as a Typhoon Warning by the NWS Forecast Office in Barrigada, Guam, which uses a 24-hour maximum lead time before the onset of tropical-storm-force winds.) [29] Hurricane watch HUA – Hurricane conditions (sustained winds of 64 knots [74 mph; 119 km/h] or greater) are possible within the specified coastal or inland area ...

  4. Glossary of meteorology - Wikipedia

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    Also actiniform. Describing a collection of low-lying, radially structured clouds with distinct shapes (resembling leaves or wheels in satellite imagery), and typically organized in extensive mesoscale fields over marine environments. They are closely related to and sometimes considered a variant of stratocumulus clouds. actinometer A scientific instrument used to measure the heating power of ...

  5. What does landfall mean? Hurricane terms and how to use them ...

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    The outer bands of the storm that carry heavy rain and strong winds pass over land well before landfall. A hurricane can have multiple landfalls if it changes directions and goes back and forth ...

  6. From the eye to storm surge: The anatomy of a hurricane - AOL

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    Hurricane Ian was a prolific lightning producer as it strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane on its approach to Florida. Storm chasers along the coast of Florida even witnessed cloud-to-ground ...

  7. What’s the difference between a cyclone, hurricane and ...

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    Once winds whip between 39 and 73 mph, a storm system is deemed a tropical storm. Hurricanes are called when the storm’s sustained wind speeds clock 74 mph or greater, with 111 mph winds being ...

  8. List of severe weather phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Blood rain; Cold drop (Spanish: gota fría; archaic as a meteorological term), colloquially, any high impact rainfall event along the Mediterranean coast of Spain; Drought, a prolonged water supply shortage, often caused by persistent lack of, or much reduced, rainfall; Floods. Flash flood; Rainstorm; Red rain in Kerala (for related phenomena ...

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