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Hurricane Kirk, known as Storm Kirk while extratropical, was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that caused significant damage in portions of Western Europe after transitioning into a European windstorm.
European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak intensity in the winter months. [ 1 ]
The number of Category 5 tropical cyclones that formed this year totalled to five, while 23 major tropical cyclones formed throughout the year, which was slightly below average. The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for 2022 (seven basins combined), as calculated by Colorado State University (CSU) was 621.2 units overall, which was below ...
A model output from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, or what commonly is referred to as the ECMWF, believes that tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin could be ...
Similar to tropical cyclones, minimal wind shear—difference in wind speed and direction over a region—as well as abundant moisture and vorticity encourages the genesis of tropical cyclone-like systems in the Mediterranean Sea. [39] Satellite image of a tropical-like cyclone on 15 December 2005
Ex-tropical cyclones (subtropical storms, tropical storms, or hurricanes) that directly impacted a European country from a 2024 Atlantic hurricane which became a European windstorm and retained its name as assigned by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida.
Cyclone Apollo, also known as Medicane Nearchus, [2] was a powerful Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone that affected many countries on the Mediterranean coast, especially Italy, in 2021. The storm killed 7 people total, due to flooding from the cyclone, [ 1 ] in the countries of Tunisia , Algeria , Malta , and Italy, where the worst of the ...
A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a warm-cored, non-frontal synoptic-scale low-pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters around the world. [4] [5] The systems generally have a well-defined center which is surrounded by deep atmospheric convection and a closed wind circulation at the surface. [4]