subtropical cyclone

English

Noun

subtropical cyclone (plural subtropical cyclones)

  1. (meteorology) A rapidly-rotating storm system with some characteristics of a tropical cyclone, but also deriving some energy from baroclinic interactions.

Hyponyms

  • subtropical depression
  • subtropical storm

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