tropical storm

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Noun

tropical storm (plural tropical storms)

  2. A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.
    Hypernyms: tropical cyclone < cyclone (broad sense), storm
    Coordinate terms: (milder) tropical depression; (stronger) hurricane, typhoon, cyclone
    Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.

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