Sentences with phrase «hurricanes form over»

Most hurricanes form over warm water near the equator.

This lack of numbers brings me back to an old example, which first arose from a statement (by Judith Curry, IIRC, about 3 years ago) that hurricanes form over hot ocean areas, but not necessarily the hottest ocean areas around.

Not exact matches

Adding to the gloom, AccuWeather said this week there is still a risk that more hurricanes will form over the Atlantic during the rest of the 2017 season, which continues through the end of November.

Tropical cyclones — which are called typhoons, cyclones, or hurricanes depending on where you are — form in tropical regions the world over.

Eyes in the Sky Of course, even the best radars can not see over mountains or out into the oceans, where hurricanes form.

Such warming provides stronger fuel for the furious storms called tropical cyclones that form over open waters (known in the Atlantic as hurricanes).

Joaquin formed at the end of September and found a pocket over the Bahamas where it was able to strengthen considerably, reaching Category 4 status, becoming the strongest Atlantic hurricane since 2010's Igor.

The car company has suffered a number of setbacks since it was formed in late 2007, including production delays, safety recalls and the loss of over 300 cars in hurricane Sandy.

During this month, the sea temperatures are at their highest and the probability of hurricanes forming in the Atlantic and travelling over to the Caribbean is relatively high.

Our distribution loop got clogged with low density water and we had a backup of heat until our heater over heated and blew off steam in the form evaporating ocean water which made a swirling cloud called a hurricane.

Chan and Liu (2004) argue that current models are not yet sufficiently good for addressing the question regarding global warming and typhoons (A typhoon is technically the same as a hurricane, the difference being that they form over the western Pacific or the Indean Ocean).

It showed similar effects over the North Atlantic, where hurricanes that make landfall in the US form.

A storm like Irene could happen during any hurricane season, but La Nina reduces wind sheer, a force that zaps energy from weather systems, high over the Atlantic, making it easier for tropical storms and hurricanes to form.

When tropical cyclones — storm systems ranging in strength from tropical depressions to major hurricanes — form over the Gulf of Mexico's warm waters, they have a high chance of causing many deaths as well as widespread property damage in coastal communities.

Hurricane Alex, a storm that formed over the far eastern Atlantic in January, is included in the center's outlook.

«But what's amazing is if you actually looked at the trends in the Atlantic Ocean — the region where hurricanes form from five north to 20 north — from Africa over to the United States, it's actually cooling down.

«When you average over the long - term, there is a clear link between the number of hurricanes that form at sea and those that hit US,» he told New Scientist.

Both hurricanes and typhoons are strong tropical cyclones, which are storms that form over warm ocean waters, have a well defined center of circulation, and feed off of heat energy from the ocean.

These can include hurricanes and tropical storms that form over the Atlantic Oceans and make landfall along the Eastern Seaboard.