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A powerful extratropical cyclone over the North Atlantic Ocean in March 2022

Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure areas, drive the weather over much of the Earth. Extratropical cyclones are capable of producing anything from cloudiness and mild showers to severe gales, thunderstorms, blizzards, and tornadoes. These types of cyclones are defined as large scale (synoptic) low pressure weather systems that occur in the middle latitudes of the Earth. In contrast with tropical cyclones, extratropical cyclones produce rapid changes in temperature and dew point along broad lines, called weather fronts, about the center of the cyclone.[1]

  1. ^ DeCaria (2005-12-07). "ESCI 241 – Meteorology; Lesson 16 – Extratropical Cyclones". Department of Earth Sciences, Millersville University. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

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Extratropical cyclone

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cyclone, frontal depression, frontal low, extratropical low, non-tropical low and hybrid low are often used as well.[citation needed] Extratropical cyclones...

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Cyclone

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vortices and extratropical cyclones of the largest scale (the synoptic scale). Warm-core cyclones such as tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones also lie...

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Westerlies

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latitudes and trend towards the poles and steer extratropical cyclones in this general manner. Tropical cyclones which cross the subtropical ridge axis into...

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Subtropical cyclone

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A subtropical cyclone is a weather system that has some characteristics of both tropical and extratropical cyclones. As early as the 1950s, meteorologists...

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Synoptic scale meteorology

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to a horizontal scale typical of mid-latitude depressions (e.g. extratropical cyclones). Most high- and low-pressure areas seen on weather maps (such as...

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Cold front

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pronounced surface trough of low pressure. It often forms behind an extratropical cyclone (to the west in the Northern Hemisphere, to the east in the Southern)...

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Tropical cyclone

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frequently, an extratropical cyclone can transform into a subtropical storm, and from there into a tropical cyclone. From space, extratropical storms have...

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Typhoon Tip

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southern Japan on October 19, and became an extratropical cyclone shortly thereafter. Tip's extratropical remnants continued moving east-northeastward...

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Explosive cyclogenesis

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meteorological bomb, explosive development, bomb cyclone, or bombogenesis) is the rapid deepening of an extratropical cyclonic low-pressure area. The change in pressure...

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South Atlantic tropical cyclone

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became extratropical shortly before 00:00 UTC on 17 November, where it was absorbed by a mid-latitude frontal system. An extratropical cyclone entered...

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October 2022 Southern Ocean cyclone

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October 2022 Southern Ocean cyclone, also referred to as the Peter I storm or EC2022 was the most intense extratropical cyclone on record. Forming as a weak...

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Cyclone Guambe

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transitioned into an extratropical storm on 22 February. On the next day, Guambe was absorbed into another extratropical cyclone.Guambe has caused a disaster...

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Superstorm

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extremely powerful extratropical cyclone over the Eastern United States. January 2013 Northwest Pacific cyclone, extratropical cyclone. March 2014 nor'easter...

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List of severe weather phenomena

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vortex Cyclones Extratropical cyclone European windstorms Australian East Coast Low "Medicane", Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones Polar cyclone Tropical...

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2022 Atlantic hurricane season

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three weeks later than when the first one typically forms. As an extratropical cyclone it became the strongest storm in Canadian history, as measured by...

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2023 Atlantic hurricane season

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then later made multiple landfalls in Atlantic Canada as a strong extratropical cyclone. Later that month, Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall in North...

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Columbus Day storm of 1962

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Freda weakened into a tropical storm, before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone on the next day. On October 11, Freda turned eastward and accelerated...

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Rainband

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precipitation pattern of an extratropical cyclone can yield significant amounts of rain or snow. Behind extratropical cyclones, rainbands can form downwind...

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List of Europe tropical cyclones

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The effects of tropical cyclones in Europe and their extratropical remnants include strong winds, heavy rainfall, and in rare instances, tornadoes or snowfall...

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Precipitation

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cold cyclonic flow around the backside of extratropical cyclones. Lake-effect snowfall can be locally heavy. Thundersnow is possible within a cyclone's comma...

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List of hurricanes in Canada

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struck the area while extratropical. October 12, 1962: Typhoon Freda struck British Columbia as a very powerful extratropical cyclone with pressure equivalent...

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Cyclogenesis

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a warm core. Extratropical cyclones form as waves along weather fronts before occluding later in their life cycle as cold core cyclones. Mesocyclones...

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Weather modification

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being exposed to it. Project Stormfury was an attempt to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircraft into storms and seeding the eyewall with silver iodide...

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Severe weather

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thunderstorms, downbursts, tornadoes, waterspouts, tropical cyclones, and extratropical cyclones. Regional and seasonal severe weather phenomena include blizzards...

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Subtropical Storm Nicole

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attempted to become a fully tropical cyclone. However, it failed to do so and was absorbed by an extratropical cyclone late on October 11. Nicole dropped...

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Storm surge

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tropical cyclones, extratropical cyclones cause an offshore rise of water. However, unlike most tropical cyclone storm surges, extratropical cyclones can cause...

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