The Tropical Easterly Jet (jet stream) is the meteorological term referring to an upper level easterly wind that forms in late June and continues until...
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equator. Within the easterly jet, tropical waves form. Convective complexes associated with these waves can form tropical cyclones. If the jet is south of its...
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(meteorology) Polar vortex Surface weather analysis Sting jet Tornado Tropical Easterly Jet Wind shear Weather "jet stream | National Geographic Society". National...
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A tropical wave (also called easterly wave, tropical easterly wave, and African easterly wave), in and around the Atlantic Ocean, is a type of atmospheric...
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Monsoon of South Asia (section Jet stream theory)
the easterly tropical jet over central India. A strong easterly tropical jet results in a strong southwest monsoon over central India, and a weak jet results...
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Climate of Africa (section Tropical cyclones)
the jet known as African easterly waves, or tropical waves. A small number of mesoscale storm systems embedded in these waves develop into tropical cyclones...
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African humid period (section Tropical West Africa)
African Easterly Jet and the Tropical Easterly Jet modulate atmospheric air flows over Africa and thus also the amount of precipitation; the Tropical Easterly...
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Atlantic tropical cyclones are very rare due to consistently strong wind shear and a weak Intertropical Convergence Zone. In contrast, the African easterly jet...
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Trade winds (redirect from Tropical easterlies)
The trade winds or easterlies are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region. The trade winds blow mainly from...
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2024 Pacific typhoon season (redirect from Tropical Storm Ewiniar (2024))
crossing the South China Sea, maintaining severe tropical storm strength. Trami later encountered strong easterly vertical wind shear as it approached the coast...
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mead or honey wine. Tej or TEJ may also refer to: TEJ - short for Tropical Easterly Jet Panchakanya Tej (TEJ), franchise team in the Nepal Premier League...
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2015 Pacific hurricane season (redirect from Tropical Depression One-E (2015))
circulation. Under the influence of both the strong westerly jet stream and the easterly trade winds, Hilda became almost stationary as it rapidly dropped...
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process. Developing tropical disturbances can help create or deepen upper troughs or upper lows in their wake due to the outflow jet emanating from the...
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media, is accounted for by enhancements in both the tropical easterly jet and the African easterly jet, both of which are known to induce wet anomalies....
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Madden–Julian oscillation (category Tropical meteorology)
Alaska with a strong polar jet stream around its northern flank. 3–5 days prior to the heavy precipitation event: Heavy tropical rainfall shifts eastward...
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Quasi-biennial oscillation (category Tropical meteorology)
quasiperiodic oscillation of the equatorial zonal wind between easterlies and westerlies in the tropical stratosphere with a mean period of 28 to 29 months. The...
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convective system near the tip of the Baja peninsula such as a tropical cyclone or an easterly wave. The North American Monsoon is experienced as a seasonal...
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Climate change affects tropical cyclones in a variety of ways: an intensification of rainfall and wind speed, an increase in the frequency of very intense...
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polar and tropical air gives rise to the largest scale atmospheric circulations: the Hadley cell, the Ferrel cell, the polar cell, and the jet stream. Weather...
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Tropical Storm Pulasan, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Helen, was a tropical cyclone that impacted the Mariana Islands, East China, Japan,...
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African easterly jet and enhanced upper-level easterlies, attenuating wind shear detrimental to tropical cyclogenesis across the central tropical Atlantic...
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2018 Pacific hurricane season (redirect from Tropical Depression One-E (2018))
over the Gulf of Mexico. Despite the presence of easterly wind shear, the system became a tropical storm around 06:00 UTC on October 15, while located...
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Western Hemisphere Warm Pool (category Tropical meteorology)
Niño weakens the Amazonian cell, the anticyclone and the easterly tradewinds, causing the tropical North Atlantic to warm more than usual in the spring....
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An annular tropical cyclone is a tropical cyclone that features a normal to large, symmetric eye surrounded by a thick and uniform ring of intense convection...
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a wind from the east. The winds that flow to the west (from the east, easterly wind) at the ground level in the Hadley cell are called the trade winds...
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Central American gyre (category Tropical meteorology)
interrputed. CAGs arise more frequently in the fall than the spring when the easterly trade winds are more relaxed,: 1983–1984 with the frequency of CAGs maximized...
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Atlantic hurricane (redirect from Atlantic tropical cyclone)
ridge, surface easterly winds (blowing from east to west) prevail. If the subtropical ridge is weakened by an upper trough, a tropical cyclone may turn...
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cyclogenesis of Tropical Storm Emily was complicated, extending over several days from late July into early August. An easterly tropical wave—an equatorward...
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each year when most tropical and subtropical cyclones form in the basin, which is west of 90°E and south of the Equator. Tropical and subtropical cyclones...
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Cyclone Tracy (redirect from Tropical Cyclone Tracy)
Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small but developing easterly storm was originally expected to pass clear of the city, but it turned...
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