tropical storm

English

Three tropical cyclones of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season at different stages of development. The weakest (left), a tropical depression, demonstrates only the most basic circular shape. A stronger storm (top right) demonstrates spiral banding and increased centralization, while the strongest (lower right), a typhoon, has developed an eye.

Noun

tropical storm (plural tropical storms)

1. A cyclone within the tropics, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.

Translations

cyclone

• Catalan: tempesta tropical f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱帶氣旋 / 热带气旋 (zh) (rèdài qìxuán)

• Dutch: tropische storm m
• Finnish: trooppinen hirmumyrsky
• French: cyclone tropical (fr) m
• German: tropischer Wirbelsturm m
• Irish: stoirm thrópaiceach f
• Polish: burza tropikalna f
• Spanish: tormenta tropical f
• Tagalog: unos tropiko

See also

• tropical cyclone
• tropical depression
• hurricane
• typhoon
• named storm
• wind