tropical cyclone
noun
: a cyclone originating in the tropics
specifically : hurricane
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The hurricane center said Danielle will hold on as a large post-tropical cyclone for the next several days while its winds slowly decrease. 
Leigh Morgan, al, 8 Sep. 2022 Danielle, a Category 1 hurricane, is dancing harmlessly in the Atlantic Ocean, expected to perform a loop-de-loop motion more than 600 miles to the northwest of the Azores islands before tracking toward Spain as a post-tropical cyclone. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 This is like what occurred last weekend with potential tropical cyclone four. Jennifer Gray, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 As of Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center gave potential tropical cyclone two a 90% chance of forming in the southern Caribbean over the next five days. Adam Sabes, Fox News, 29 June 2022 Disruptive wind shear, or a change of wind speed and/or direction with height, can be unfavorable to a developing tropical cyclone, playing a tug-of-war of sorts that can tear it apart. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 24 June 2022 Storms of this magnitude reaching Mozambique are exceedingly rare, which sees only one landfalling tropical cyclone equivalent to Category 1 strength on average every nine years. Pedram Javaheri, CNN, 10 Mar. 2022 There are no disturbances over the Atlantic basins that have any potential for tropical cyclone formation during the course of the next five days. Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 July 2022 After Ida, the NHC started including safety messaging in their social media outreach and in its key messages at the bottom of its tropical cyclone discussion. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2022 See More
Leigh Morgan, al, 8 Sep. 2022 Danielle, a Category 1 hurricane, is dancing harmlessly in the Atlantic Ocean, expected to perform a loop-de-loop motion more than 600 miles to the northwest of the Azores islands before tracking toward Spain as a post-tropical cyclone. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 This is like what occurred last weekend with potential tropical cyclone four. Jennifer Gray, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 As of Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center gave potential tropical cyclone two a 90% chance of forming in the southern Caribbean over the next five days. Adam Sabes, Fox News, 29 June 2022 Disruptive wind shear, or a change of wind speed and/or direction with height, can be unfavorable to a developing tropical cyclone, playing a tug-of-war of sorts that can tear it apart. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 24 June 2022 Storms of this magnitude reaching Mozambique are exceedingly rare, which sees only one landfalling tropical cyclone equivalent to Category 1 strength on average every nine years. Pedram Javaheri, CNN, 10 Mar. 2022 There are no disturbances over the Atlantic basins that have any potential for tropical cyclone formation during the course of the next five days. Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 July 2022 After Ida, the NHC started including safety messaging in their social media outreach and in its key messages at the bottom of its tropical cyclone discussion. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1851, in the meaning defined above