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tropical disturbance

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noun

Meteorology.
  1. a very weak, or incipient, tropical cyclone.


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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

The boys agreed that there did seem to be every indication of an approaching tropical disturbance of some kind.

From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by Goldfrap, John Henry

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