Hurricanes A-level
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Ø The Caribbean region and the South Eastern United States of America are regularly subjected to the impact of tropical hurricanes;
(A) Briefly outline characteristics of such hurricanes.
The hurricanes that occur over the Caribbean region and the United States of America usually eventuate between ....
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.... release latent heat and it is the latent heat that initiates the development of the storm and consequently produces heavy rainfall.
When the hurricane reaches its maturity an eye develops in the centre, in the eye there is a relative area of subsiding pressure. Which is what causes clear skies, anomalous high temperatures and light winds. Eventually the eye disappears as a result of the descending air increasing instability, which in turn warms and increases the storms intensity. Around the e ....
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