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Typically, tropical cyclones form at least 5.0 degrees of latitude north and south of the equator, or at least 300 nautical miles (556 km, 345 mi) of the equator. Despite the presence of sufficiently warm sea surface temperatures and generally low wind shear , tropical cyclogenesis is uncommon at these latitudes, due to a lack of the Coriolis ...
Equatorial Kelvin waves behave somewhat as if there were a wall at the equator – so that the equator is to the right of the direction of along-equator propagation in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left of the direction of propagation in the Southern Hemisphere, both of which are consistent with eastward propagation along the equator. [1]
They can form between the equator and the 50th parallel. [40] As early as the 1950s, meteorologists were unclear whether they should be characterized as tropical cyclones or extratropical cyclones, and used terms such as quasi-tropical and semi-tropical to describe the cyclone hybrids. [ 41 ]
The National Hurricane Center said this method of naming hurricanes after they happened made it difficult to track hurricanes and their impacts each year, especially if hurricanes were happening ...
United States Central Pacific Hurricane Center: Equator northward, African Coast – 140°W Equator northward, 140°W-180 [2] Western Pacific: Japan Meteorological Agency: Equator-60°N, 180-100°E [3] North Indian Ocean: India Meteorological Department: Equator northward, 100°E-45°E: Southern Hemisphere: South-West Indian Ocean: Meteo France ...
To put it in perspective, picture yourself standing on the equator, directly south of New York City. In fact, in the United States, this is the one city that has the highest hurricane risk.
The water warms as it crosses the world’s biggest ocean, which is why typhoons — the name for a hurricane in the western Pacific — occur in the western Pacific but not in the eastern pacific.
United States Central Pacific Hurricane Center: Equator northward, 140°W – 180° [87] Western Pacific: Japan Meteorological Agency PAGASA: Equator – 60°N, 180–100°E 5°N – 21°N, 115°E – 135°E [88] [89] North Indian Ocean: India Meteorological Department: Equator northward, 100°E – 40°E [90] Southern Hemisphere: South-West ...