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The Tropical continental airmass ( CT ) loses its strength as a major airmass in the region of west Africa and over Nigeria at this time ( around February in the southern part of Nigeria to June in northern Nigeria ) and begins to retreat coupled with the rising of air in form of convection within this airmass ( Tropical continental airmass ( CT )), further weakening the dominance of the wind over west Africa and Nigeria.
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There are six categories within the SSC scheme: Dry Polar ( similar to continental polar ), Dry Moderate ( similar to maritime superior ), Dry Tropical ( similar to continental tropical ), Moist Polar ( similar to maritime polar ), Moist Moderate ( a hybrid between maritime polar and maritime tropical ), and Moist Tropical ( similar to maritime tropical, maritime monsoon, or maritime equatorial ).
The Tropical continental airmass ( CT ) from the Sahara Desert in the northern part of West Africa, is weakened due to the overheating of the land surface in west Africa and Nigeria at this time.
The Tropical continental airmass ( CT ) begins to retreat northwards to the Sahara Desert due to massive heating of the land which transfers heat in the form of convection into the Tropical continental airmass ( CT ) which constitutes the main layer of air above the land.
This transfer of heat in the Tropical continental airmass ( CT ) in turn, causes the wind to expand and become lighter as this is the normal behaviour for winds moving above intensely heated grounds.
The Tropical continental airmass ( CT ) finally retreats from most part of Nigeria, and the West African atmosphere around April to May, leaving an empty atmosphere over Nigeria.
The sun's rays enters into the atmosphere of Nigeria more intense than it does during the presence of the Tropical continental airmass, which contained dust ( in form of haze ) that reduced the intensity of the sun.
The Tropical continental airmass is dusty and creates a haze within the atmosphere of west Africa and Nigeria when it predominates.
The dust haze creates an almost desert conditions in the country during the dominance of the Tropical continental airmass ( the harmattan ).
Tropical and airmass
The dry season is accompanied by a dust laden airmass from the Sahara Desert, locally known as Harmattan, or by its main name, The Tropical Continental ( CT ) airmass, while the rainy season is heavily influenced by an airmass originating from the south atlantic ocean, locally known as the south west wind, or by its main name, The Tropical Maritime ( MT ) airmass.
Tropical and CT
The Tropical Continental Airmass ( CT ) locally known as the harmattan, is a wind originating from North Africa which crosses the Sahara Desert into west Africa to Nigeria.
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The Tropical rainforest climate has a very small temperature range. The temperature ranges are almost constant throughout the year, for example, Warri town in the southern part of Nigeria, records a maximum of for its hottest month while its lowest temperature is in its coldest month.
The Tropical Maritime Airmass is a warm humid and unstable trade wind due to its warmth.
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However, the Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge, which weighed five tons, was ripped from its foundations and swept downstream on September 8, 2011, by flooding caused by remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.
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On August 23, 2008, Tropical Storm Fay made its record fourth landfall in the state of Florida at Carrabelle.
The rear view of the Florida Tropical House, part of the World's Fair Houses located in Beverly Shores. Robert Bartlett, Frederick Bartlett's brother, purchased the properties in 1933, He named the entire development after his daughter Beverly, and continued to develop its infrastructure with roads, a school, a golf course, and a hotel.
On September 8, 2011, the Susquehanna River, spurred by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Lee, crested at a record, overflowing its banks, and flooding more than a quarter of the town.
Tulane's School of Tropical Medicine also remains the only one of its kind in the country.
Although the Tropic of Capricorn is represented on maps as a " dotted line " that lies at 23 ° 26 ' 22 ", there is actually a bio-geographical overlap of Tropical and Temperate zones more than 500 km wide ; Rockhampton is roughly at its centre on the East Coast of Australia.
Its name was changed to the Tropical Prediction Center in 1995 ,< ref name =" TPC "> before reassuming its National Hurricane Center name on October 1, 2010.
Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped massive amounts of rain over the region, causing the Susquehanna River to rapidly overflow its banks.
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A strong ridge of high pressure to its north forced the developing tropical cyclone westward over warmer waters, allowing it to strengthen to Tropical Storm Floyd on September 8.
Because of its location, situated in the southern Brazilian and crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn, the region of Maringá is influenced by several macro-climatic factors caused by migration of air masses from the Atlantic Ocean and from the Tropical zone.
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Thatcher served on the general counsel of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventative Medicine, Inc., Washington, D. C. beginning in 1939 and became its vice president in 1948, a post which he held until 1969 when he was made honorary president, a position only previously reserved for Presidents of the United States.
Tropical and strength
The islands lie outside the hurricane belt ; despite this, Hurricane Flora damaged Tobago in 1963, and Tropical Storm Alma hit Trinidad in 1974, causing damage before obtaining full strength.
: Tropical cyclones form in the oceans if the conditions in the area are favorable, and depending on their strength and location, there are various terms by which they are called, such as tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane and typhoon.
Tropical Storm Allison on June 5 at peak strength
The depression proceeded toward the west-northwest, and while moving through the Lesser Antilles near Martinique, it gained enough strength to be designated as Tropical Storm Gilbert.
Hurricane Cindy was named on July 7, and Hurricane Debra first reached tropical storm strength on July 23, following the development of Tropical Storm Arlene, Tropical Storm Beulah and Hurricane # 3.
As the system moved to the west, it strengthened gradually, becoming Tropical Storm Ivan on September 3 and reaching hurricane strength on September 5, 1, 150 miles ( 1, 850 km ) to the east of Tobago.
The most noteworthy storms for the season were the five named storms that made landfall in the U. S. states of Florida and Alabama, three of them with at least 115 mph ( 185 km / h ) sustained winds ( major hurricane strength ): Tropical Storm Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.
:* 2 a. m. AST ( 0600 UTC ) – Tropical Depression Lisa regains tropical storm strength.
* Tropical Storm Fay ( 2008 ), a near hurricane strength tropical storm that made landfall on Florida four times, the first known storm in history to do so.
* 1990's Tropical Storm Fran-formed near Cape Verde ; it passed between Trinidad and Venezuela, losing strength rapidly and causing no significant damage.
* Tropical Storm Allison ( 2001 ), the only Atlantic storm to never reach hurricane strength and have its name retired ; struck Houston, Texas, killing 41 and causing $ 5 billion in damages, mostly due to heavy rains and flooding
* Tropical Storm Gabrielle ( 1995 )-strengthened rapidly but formed too near to land to reach hurricane strength before making landfall at Mexico, causing minimal damage
* 1988's Hurricane Debby – reached hurricane strength just before landfall at Tuxpan, Mexico, remaining a hurricane for only six hours and later becoming Tropical Depression 17-E in the Pacific.
* 2000's Tropical Storm Helene-entered Caribbean Sea, made landfall at Fort Walton Beach, Florida, exited at the North Carolina coast and regained tropical storm strength heading northeast.
Lack of inflow and possible earlier land interaction kept the depression fairly weak, but it was able to strengthen 5 mph ( 10 km / h ) further from its original strength later that day, and then reached tropical storm strength on October 13 and was designated as Tropical Storm Isbell.
Tropical diseases and exhaustion had taken a severe toll on the 2 / 126th, which had lost a significant part of its strength before it first engaged the Japanese in the subsequent Battle of Buna – Gona.
Satellite analysis indicated that the depression had reached tropical storm force strength, and it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Douglas on June 19, while southwest of Acapulco.
After turning north, Tropical Storm Knut reached its peak strength of 65 mph ( 120 km / h ).
It reached Tropical Storm strength the next day and was named Guchol, a Yapese name for the spice turmeric.
It reached Tropical Storm strength overnight local time and was named Vicente, a Chamorro male name.
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