cyclogenesis

Cyclogenesis
• Cyclogenesis is the development or strengthening of cyclonic
circulation in the atmosphere (a low pressure area)
• initiated by a disturbance occurring along a stationary or very slow-
moving front between cold and warm air.
• development and strengthening of surface low pressure areas in the
middle latitudes of the globe.
• Because cyclones often produce precipitation, they are sometimes
just referred to as "storms".
polar front
• generic name given to the boundary that separates warm tropical air
masses from cold arctic air masses .
air mass

regions are dominated by persistent high

pressure at the surface and light winds.
Cold air masses are often pushed southward where
the 500 mb winds are from the north, while warm air
masses are often pushed northward where the 500
mb winds are from the south.
polar jet stream
• . The polar jet stream generally flows from west to east, but follows a
wavy path with troughs and ridges.
• Caused by polar front.
Tropical cyclones
• These warm core cyclones tend to form over the oceans between 10
and 30 degrees of the equator.
• driven by strong convection
organized into a central core.
vorticity
• vorticity
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