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How does a storm officially become a hurricane?

Kenbo

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3 years ago

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  • god
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It spins around really fast.
It has an eye.
It goes over land.


The main difference between a tropical storm and a hurricane is that hurricanes travel over land. If it doesn't it stays a tropical storm.

Peep Bunnies's Avatar

Nope. It's wind speed.

Once a tropical storm reaches over 74 mph, it becomes a hurricane. Reaching land has nothing to do with it, but it does seem to go hand in hand... usually they don't pick up enough speed until they're close to land.

A tropical depression becomes a tropical storm when it reaches over 39 mph.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_storm

Of course it has to have the rotation and the eye as well, but the speed is what separates them once there is that initial rotation.

 

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