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Birth of a hurricane: What meteorologists look for as they hunt for early signs of a tropical cyclone forming

  • Written by Xingchao Chen, Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Penn State
imageDisturbances in the Atlantic may be nothing, or they could be the seeds of a destructive hurricane.NOAA GOES

When tropical meteorologists peer at satellite images, they often catch sight of subtle cloud formations hinting at something more ominous brewing.

The first signs of a potential hurricane can be detected days before a storm gains its fierce...

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