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2013's Tropical Storm Dorian as a tropical wave just north of Puerto Rico on July 29, 2013
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 trough, an elongated area of relatively low air pressure, oriented north to south, which moves from east to west across the tropics, causing areas of cloudiness and thunderstorms.[1] Tropical waves form in the easterly flow along the equatorial side of the subtropical ridge or belt of high air pressure which lies north and south of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Tropical waves are generally carried westward by the prevailing easterly winds along the tropics and subtropics near the equator.[2] They can lead to the formation of tropical cyclones in the north Atlantic and northeastern Pacific basins. A tropical wave study is aided by Hovmöller diagrams, a graph of meteorological data.[3]
West-moving waves can also form from the tail end of frontal zones in the subtropics and tropics, and may be referred to as easterly waves, but the waves are not properly called tropical waves. They are a form of inverted trough that shares many characteristics of a tropical wave.
^US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Tropical Definitions". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
^"Heard of a tropical wave? Here's what you need to know".
^"Hovmöller Diagram: A climate scientist's best friend | NOAA Climate.gov". www.climate.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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