Extratropical cyclones are large‐scale low‐pressure systems that derive their energy from horizontal temperature gradients in the midlatitudes. Their life cycle is governed by baroclinic instability, ...

Tropical cyclones that recurve into mid-latitudes often undergo extratropical transition (ET), a process by which a compact, symmetric warm-core system acquires the asymmetric, frontal characteristics ...

Subtropical storms in the Atlantic Basin can occur one or more times each hurricane season, and are a mix of two different, familiar storm types. To explain subtropical storms, we need to start by ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— Hurricane Melissa is expected to become an extratropical cyclone later today as it quickly moves away from Bermuda. According to the National Hurricane Center, Melissa is located ...