Hurricane Awareness

WEATHER TERMS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Weather Conditions

Tropical Disturbance: an area of thunderstorms in the Tropics that maintains its identity for 24 hours or more.

Tropical Depression: a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained surface wind of 38 miles per hour (mph) or less.

Tropical Storm: a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained surface wind ranges between 39 and 73 mph.

Hurricane: a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained ...