storm center

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noun

the center of a cyclonic storm, the area of lowest pressure and of comparative calm.

a center of disturbance, tumult, or trouble: The housing bubble was the storm center of the economic collapse.

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Origin of storm center

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby storm center

storm belt, storm boat, stormbound, storm cell, storm cellar, storm center, storm centre, storm cloud, storm coat, storm-cock, storm collar

How to use storm center in a sentence

As opposed to the intermittent showers in the warm sector, steady and heavy rain was the rule just to the north and west of the storm center.
Inside the Annapolis tornado: How Ida powered this destructive storm|Jeffrey Halverson, Jason Samenow|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
The heaviest snow usually occurs northwest of the storm center, but sometimes snow bands can develop that pivot back to the south.
After 2 to 4 inches of snow, an icy night ahead in D.C. area. Snow showers possible Monday.|Jason Samenow, Dan Stillman, Andrew Freedman|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Once more these far-famed Hudson Highlands were to become the storm center of the struggle.
Hero Stories from American History|Albert F. Blaisdell
We're on the right tack for the Southern Ocean; but the storm-center is overtaking us faster than we can drift away from it.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea|Morgan Robertson

Such an elevated mass naturally becomes a storm center, attracting moisture-laden clouds.
American Big-Game Hunting|Various
For Haeckel has been a storm center of the cyclonic movements that have swept over the whole earth during the last century.
Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson
They worked under cover, less openly than in the old days, but still a storm-center of trouble.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine

Scientific definitions for storm center

storm center

The point of lowest barometric pressure within the central area of a storm.

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Origin of storm center

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Scientific definitions for storm center