tropical disturbance
Americannoun
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A tropical disturbance that is trailing Bret has a 50% chance of formation, according to the National Hurricane Center.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
U.S. weather forecasters were warning about a new tropical disturbance, expected to move north across the Gulf of Mexico next week that could bring more rains to Louisiana.
From Reuters ● Sep. 4, 2021
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean that could develop into Tropical Storm Elsa.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2021
This time the culprit was a comparatively weak and unnamed tropical disturbance that Louisianans initially greeted as a mere inconvenience, the Southern equivalent of a New England snow day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2016
It came as a good deal of a surprise to us at Galveston because there had been none of the signs which usually go before a bad tropical disturbance.
From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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