Levantine hurricane: Difference between revisions

A '''Levantine hurricane''' or '''tropical storm''' is a {{wpl|tropical cyclone}} that forms in the [[Levantine Ocean]], usually between the months of June and November.  A hurricane differs from a {{wpl|cyclone}} or {{wpl|typhoon}} only on the basis of location. A hurricane is a storm that occurs in the [[Levantine Ocean]], a typhoon occurs in the [[Ocean of Cathay]], and a {{wpl|cyclone}} occurs in the [[Levantine Ocean]].

Levantine tropical cyclones are steered by the surrounding flow throughout the depth of the {{wpl|troposphere}} (the atmosphere from the surface to about eight miles (12 km) high). In the {{wpl|tropics|tropical latitudes}}, tropical storms and hurricanes generally move westward with a slight tendency toward the north, under the influence of the ''{{wpl|subtropical ridge}}'', a high pressure system that usually extends east-west across the subtropics. The storms pick up momentum and energy in the warm North Equatorial Current across the [[Sea of Istroya]] before gaining hurricane strength in the confluence of the [[Sea of Istroya]] and the [[Sea of Canete]]. Depending on the pressure system along the [[Sea of Canete]] the storm with either continue into the southern [[Levantine Ocean]], or more likely the tropical cyclone may turn poleward along the [[Urcea]]n and [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] coast and then push either inland over the [[Deric States]] and [[Orenstia]], or recurve back out over the northern [[Levantine Ocean]].  

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