subtropical cyclone
English
Noun
subtropical cyclone (plural subtropical cyclones)
- (meteorology) A rapidly-rotating storm system with some characteristics of a tropical cyclone, but also deriving some energy from baroclinic interactions.
Hyponyms
- subtropical depression
- subtropical storm
Coordinate terms
- extratropical cyclone
- tropical cyclone
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