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SUBTROPICAL STORM [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

A low pressure system, developing over waters which are neither in the tropics nor the mid latitudes, and which initially contains few tropical characteristics.

CONT

A subtropical storm is a cyclone that has characteristics of both a tropical storm and an extratropical cyclone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Centre de basses pressions qui se développe au-dessus des eaux qui ne sont ni sous les tropiques ni dans les latitudes moyennes et qui, au départ, avait peu de caractéristiques tropicales.

CONT

Les cyclones subtropicaux dans le bassin Atlantique sont classés en fonction du vent moyen maximum en surface : inférieur à 34 kt [nœuds] (18 m/s) - «dépression subtropicale», supérieur à 34 kt (18 m/s) - «tempête subtropicale».

Spanish

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