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LESSONS FROM HURRICANE SANDY - IMUA

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Source: NASA<br />

Source: NASA<br />

Understanding Extratropical Transition<br />

• Process of tropical cyclone becoming an extratropical (frontal) cyclone.<br />

Usually induced when hurricanes interact with colder, drier air, jet<br />

streams, or extratropical weather systems.<br />

Floyd as Tropical Low<br />

Floyd as Transitioning Low

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