Extratropical cyclones (or low-pressure systems) traveling along the Kuroshio in East Asia most frequently occur in spring, bringing heavy rain and snowfall in the region. Researchers at the ...

Tropical cyclones that recurve into mid-latitudes often undergo extratropical transition (ET), a process by which a compact, symmetric warm-core system acquires the asymmetric, frontal characteristics ...

As one of the most destructive types of natural disaster, tropical cyclones have long been a key focus in disaster prevention and mitigation efforts. However, when tropical cyclones migrate into the ...

Subtropical storms in the Atlantic Basin can occur one or more times each hurricane season, and are a mix of two different, familiar storm types. To explain subtropical storms, we need to start by ...

About a year ago, researchers at the University of Michigan found that the extratropical cyclones that are the biggest drivers of winter weather in the Great Lakes region are warming and trending ...