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Other Factors: The Importance of the Ocean

Other Factors: The Importance of the Ocean.

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Other Factors: The Importance of the Ocean

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  1. Other Factors: The Importance of the Ocean The prevailing winds over a region prior to a storm, the expected prevailing winds over a region during a storm, the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean, and the character of the Gulf Stream current always play a role in storm development, propagation, and precipitation type. These factors must always be taken into account prior to a storm taking place that is expected to propagate and intensify along the East coast of the United States. Click here for current ocean temperatures

  2. Temperature Contrast Between Land and Water: Polar Jet, Meet the Gulf Stream Current Textbook Factors for Bombogensis: • General, a >22 vorticity maximum • Strong 500 mb winds south of the vorticity maximum • STRONG thermal gradient and SST gradient (land to sea) Courtesy of HM

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