extratropical
1Extratropical — Ex tra*trop ic*al, a. Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell. [1913 Webster] …
2Extratropical cyclone — Part of the Nature series on Weather   Calendar seasons Spring · Summer Autumn  …
3Extratropical transition technique — The extratropical transition (XT) technique is a system used to subjectively estimate the intensity of tropical cyclones undergoing transition into extratropical cyclones based on visible and infrared satellite imagery. The system is used by the… …
4extratropical cyclone — /ek streuh trop i keuhl, ek / any large scale, cyclonic storm that is not a tropical cyclone, esp. the common frontal cyclone of the middle and high latitudes. [1920 25; EXTRA + TROPICAL] * * * ▪ meteorology also called wave cyclone, a… …
5extratropical — adj. [L. extra, outside; tropicus, solstice] Outside of the tropics; not in the tropics …
6extratropical — adjective a) occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes b) lacking or having lost tropical characteristics …
7extratropical — ex·tra·tropical …
8extratropical — extratropˈical adjective Outside the tropics • • • Main Entry: ↑extra …
9extratropical cyclone — noun Date: 1923 a cyclone in the middle or high latitudes often containing a cold front that extends toward the equator for hundreds of miles …
10extratropical cyclone — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+... noun Etymology: extra + tropical : a cyclone in the middle latitudes being often 1500 miles in diameter and usually containing a cold front that extends toward the equator for hundreds of miles from the center of low pressure and… …
