Daily Archives: September 19, 2022

Hurricanes are large-scale, organized storms that form in the tropical latitudes.

They are fueled by the enormous amount of heat released when water vapor, evaporated off the warm tropical ocean surface, changes phase to liquid and ice in the thunderstorm clouds of the hurricane.

They are smaller in areal extent than the storms that commonly affect us in the mid-latitudes here in Madison. Continue reading →