Just to clarify on a point I was discussing with my sister a while back regarding the storms that pick up winds above 74mph. . .
In the Atlantic Ocean: hurricanes
West of the International Dateline, not anywhere in the Pacific: typhoons
That’s why those just off the coast of California are still called hurricanes.
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Dev M. said:
So if a tropical depression crashes in the ocean, half on the west of the international date line, and half on the east of the international date line, what do you name the storm?
Its a trick question, you don’t name tropical depressions.
September 14th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
ila said:
aren’t tropical depressions like a SAD but in the tropics?
they are very rare
September 15th, 2006 at 8:14 pm