Did you know that there is more than one way for tropical storms or hurricanes to develop? We typically see tropical waves move westward across the Atlantic Ocean, eventually becoming a tropical storm if given the right conditions, but that’s not the only way they can form.
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- Tropical storms often form from tropical waves moving across the Atlantic. 7s
- Stalled weather fronts over water can also lead to tropical storm development. 19s
- Large clusters of thunderstorms over land can create low pressure that develops into storms over warm water. 41s
- The Central American Gyre can spawn tropical storms when smaller low-pressure areas break away. 1m 0s
- Non-tropical lows can transition into tropical storms, as with Hurricane Fay. 1m 14s