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Extratropical cyclones,sometimes calledmid-latitude cyclonesorwave cyclones,arelow-pressure areaswhich, along with theanticyclonesofhigh-pressure areas,drive the weather over much of the Earth. Extratropicalcyclonesare capable of producing anything from cloudiness and mildshowersto severegales,thunderstorms,blizzards,andtornadoes.These types of cyclones are defined aslarge scale (synoptic)low pressureweather systemsthat occur in themiddle latitudesof the Earth. In contrast withtropical cyclones,extratropical cyclones produce rapid changes in temperature anddew pointalong broad lines, calledweather fronts,about the center of the cyclone.[1]

Terminology[edit]

This animation showsan extratropical cyclonedeveloping over the United States, starting late on October 25 and running through October 27, 2010.

The term "cyclone"applies to numerous types of low pressure areas, one of which is the extratropical cyclone. The descriptorextratropicalsignifies that this type of cyclone generally occurs outside the tropics and in the middlelatitudesof Earth between 30° and 60° latitude. They are termedmid-latitude cyclonesif they form within those latitudes, orpost-tropical cyclonesif a tropical cyclone has intruded into the mid latitudes.[1][2]Weather forecasters and the general public often describe them simply as "depressions"or" lows ". Terms like frontal cyclone, frontal depression, frontal low, extratropical low, non-tropical low and hybrid low are often used as well.[citation needed]

Extratropical cyclones are classified mainly asbaroclinic,because they form along zones of temperature and dewpointgradientknown asfrontal zones.They can becomebarotropiclate in their life cycle, when the distribution of heat around the cyclone becomes fairly uniform with its radius.[3]

Formation[edit]

Approximate areas of extratropical cyclone formation worldwide
An upper-level jet streak. DIV areas are regions of divergence aloft, which will lead to surface convergence and aid cyclogenesis.

Extratropical cyclones form anywhere within the extratropical regions of the Earth (usually between 30° and 60° latitude from theequator), either throughcyclogenesisor extratropical transition. In a climatology study with two different cyclone algorithms, a total of 49,745–72,931 extratropical cyclones in theNorthern Hemisphereand 71,289–74,229 extratropical cyclones in theSouthern Hemispherewere detected between 1979 and 2018 based on reanalysis data.[4]A study of extratropical cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere shows that between the30thand70th parallels,there are an average of 37 cyclones in existence during any 6-hour period.[5]A separate study in the Northern Hemisphere suggests that approximately 234 significant extratropical cyclones form each winter.[6]

Cyclogenesis[edit]

Main article:Cyclogenesis

Extratropical cyclones form along linear bands of temperature/dew point gradient with significant verticalwind shear,and are thus classified as baroclinic cyclones. Initially,cyclogenesis,or low pressure formation, occurs alongfrontal zonesnear a favorable quadrant of a maximum in theupper level jetstreamknown as a jet streak. The favorable quadrants are usually at the right rear and left front quadrants, wheredivergenceensues.[7]The divergence causes air to rush out from the top of the air column. As mass in the column is reduced,atmospheric pressureat surface level (the weight of the air column) is reduced. The lowered pressure strengthens the cyclone (a low pressure system). The lowered pressure acts to draw in air, creatingconvergencein the low-level wind field. Low-level convergence and upper-level divergence imply upward motion within the column, making cyclones cloudy. As the cyclone strengthens, the cold front sweeps towards theequatorand moves around the back of the cyclone. Meanwhile, its associatedwarm frontprogresses more slowly, as the cooler air ahead of the system isdenser,and therefore more difficult to dislodge. Later, the cyclonesoccludeas the poleward portion of the cold front overtakes a section of the warm front, forcing a tongue, ortrowal,of warm air aloft. Eventually, the cyclone will become barotropically cold and begin to weaken.[citation needed]

Atmospheric pressurecan fall very rapidly when there are strong upper level forces on the system. When pressures fall more than 1millibar(0.030inHg) per hour, the process is called explosive cyclogenesis, and the cyclone can be described as abomb.[8][9][10]These bombs rapidly drop in pressure to below 980 millibars (28.94 inHg) under favorable conditions such as near a naturaltemperature gradientlike theGulf Stream,or at a preferred quadrant of an upper-level jet streak, where upper level divergence is best. The stronger the upper level divergence over the cyclone, the deeper the cyclone can become. Hurricane-force extratropical cyclones are most likely to form in the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific oceans in the months of December and January.[11]On 14 and 15 December 1986, an extratropical cyclone near Iceland deepened to below 920 millibars (27 inHg),[12]which is a pressure equivalent to acategory 5 hurricane.In theArctic,the average pressure for cyclones is 980 millibars (28.94 inHg) during the winter, and 1,000 millibars (29.53 inHg) during the summer.[13]

Extratropical transition[edit]

Hurricane Cristobal (2014)in the north Atlantic after completing its transition to an extratropical cyclone from a hurricane

Tropical cyclonesoften transform into extratropical cyclones at the end of their tropical existence, usually between 30° and 40° latitude, where there is sufficient forcing from upper-level troughs orshortwavesriding theWesterliesfor the process of extratropical transition to begin.[14]During this process, a cyclone in extratropical transition (known across the eastern North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans as the post-tropical stage),[15][16]will invariably form or connect with nearby fronts and/or troughs consistent with a baroclinic system. Due to this, the size of the system will usually appear to increase, while the core weakens. However, after transition is complete, the storm may re-strengthen due to baroclinic energy, depending on the environmental conditions surrounding the system.[14]The cyclone will also distort in shape, becoming less symmetric with time.[17][18][19]

During extratropical transition, the cyclone begins to tilt back into the colder airmass with height, and the cyclone's primary energy source converts from the release of latentheat from condensation(from thunderstorms near the center) tobaroclinicprocesses. The low pressure system eventually loses its warm core and becomes acold-core system.[19][17]

The peak time ofsubtropicalcyclogenesis (the midpoint of this transition) in the North Atlantic is in the months of September and October, when the difference between the temperature of the air aloft and thesea surface temperatureis the greatest, leading to the greatest potential for instability.[20]On rare occasions, an extratropical cyclone can transform into a tropical cyclone if it reaches an area of ocean with warmer waters and an environment with less vertical wind shear.[21]An example of this happening is in the1991 Perfect Storm.[22]The process known as "tropical transition" involves the usually slow development of an extratropically cold core vortex into a tropical cyclone.[23][24]

TheJoint Typhoon Warning Centeruses the extratropical transition (XT) technique to subjectively estimate the intensity of tropical cyclones becoming extratropical based on visible and infraredsatellite imagery.Loss of central convection in transitioning tropical cyclones can cause theDvorak techniqueto fail;[25]the loss of convection results in unrealistically low estimates using the Dvorak technique.[26]The system combines aspects of the Dvorak technique, used for estimating tropical cyclone intensity, and the Hebert-Poteat technique, used for estimatingsubtropical cycloneintensity.[27]The technique is applied when a tropical cyclone interacts with afrontal boundaryor loses its central convection while maintaining its forward speed or accelerating.[28]The XT scale corresponds to the Dvorak scale and is applied in the same way, except that "XT" is used instead of "T" to indicate that the system is undergoing extratropical transition.[29]Also, the XT technique is only used once extratropical transition begins; the Dvorak technique is still used if the system begins dissipating without transition.[28]Once the cyclone has completed transition and becomecold-core,the technique is no longer used.[29]

Structure[edit]

See also:Weather fronts
QuikSCATimage of typical extratropical cyclones over the ocean. Note the maximum winds are on the outside of the occlusion.

Surface pressure and wind distribution[edit]

The windfield of an extratropical cyclone constricts with distance in relation to surface level pressure, with the lowest pressure being found near the center, and the highest winds typically just on the cold/poleward side of warm fronts, occlusions, andcold fronts,where thepressure gradient forceis highest.[30]The area poleward and west of the cold and warm fronts connected to extratropical cyclones is known as the cold sector, while the area equatorward and east of its associated cold and warm fronts is known as the warm sector.[citation needed]

Extratropical cyclones spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, just like tropical cyclones.

The wind flow around an extratropical cyclone iscounterclockwisein the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere, due to theCoriolis effect(this manner of rotation is generally referred to ascyclonic). Near this center, the pressure gradient force (from the pressure at the center of the cyclone compared to the pressure outside the cyclone) and the Coriolis force must be in an approximate balance for the cyclone to avoid collapsing in on itself as a result of the difference in pressure.[31]The central pressure of the cyclone will lower with increasing maturity, while outside of the cyclone, thesea-level pressureis about average. In most extratropical cyclones, the part of the cold front ahead of the cyclone will develop into a warm front, giving the frontal zone (as drawn onsurface weather maps) a wave-like shape. Due to their appearance on satellite images, extratropical cyclones can also be referred to as frontal waves early in their life cycle. In theUnited States,an old name for such a system is "warm wave".[32]

In the northern hemisphere, once a cyclone occludes, atroughofwarm airaloft—or "trowal" for short—will be caused by strong southerly winds on its eastern periphery rotating aloft around its northeast, and ultimately into its northwestern periphery (also known as the warm conveyor belt), forcing a surface trough to continue into the cold sector on a similar curve to the occluded front. The trowal creates the portion of an occluded cyclone known as itscomma head,due to thecomma-like shape of the mid-tropospheric cloudiness that accompanies the feature. It can also be the focus of locally heavy precipitation, with thunderstorms possible if the atmosphere along the trowal is unstable enough for convection.[33]

Vertical structure[edit]

Extratropical cyclones slant back into colder air masses and strengthen with height, sometimes exceeding 30,000 feet (approximately 9 km) in depth.[34] Above the surface of the earth, the air temperature near the center of the cyclone is increasingly colder than the surrounding environment. These characteristics are the direct opposite of those found in their counterparts,tropical cyclones;thus, they are sometimes called "cold-core lows".[35]Various charts can be examined to check the characteristics of a cold-core system with height, such as the 700 millibars (20.67 inHg) chart, which is at about 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) altitude. Cyclone phase diagrams are used to tell whether a cyclone is tropical, subtropical, or extratropical.[36]

Cyclone evolution[edit]

A hurricane-force extratropical cyclone in the north Atlantic in January 2016 with a distinct eye-like feature, caused by a warm seclusion. This system would later undergotropical cyclogenesisand becomeHurricane Alex.

There are two models of cyclone development and life cycles in common use: the Norwegian model and the Shapiro–Keyser model.[37]

Norwegian cyclone model[edit]

Main article:Norwegian cyclone model

Of the two theories on extratropical cyclone structure and life cycle, the older is the Norwegian Cyclone Model, developed duringWorld War I.In this theory, cyclones develop as they move up and along a frontal boundary, eventuallyoccludingand reaching a barotropically cold environment.[38]It was developed completely from surface-based weather observations, including descriptions of clouds found near frontal boundaries. This theory still retains merit, as it is a good description for extratropical cyclones over continental landmasses.[citation needed]

Shapiro–Keyser model[edit]

A second competing theory for extratropical cyclone development over the oceans is the Shapiro–Keyser model, developed in 1990.[39]Its main differences with the Norwegian Cyclone Model are the fracture of the cold front, treating warm-type occlusions and warm fronts as the same, and allowing the cold front to progress through the warm sectorperpendicularto the warm front. This model was based on oceanic cyclones and their frontal structure, as seen in surface observations and in previous projects which used aircraft to determine the vertical structure of fronts across the northwest Atlantic.[citation needed]

Warm seclusion[edit]

A warm seclusion is the mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle. This was conceptualized after theERICAfield experiment of the late 1980s, which produced observations of intense marine cyclones that indicated an anomalously warm low-level thermal structure, secluded (or surrounded) by a bent-back warm front and a coincident chevron-shaped band of intense surface winds.[40]TheNorwegian Cyclone Model,as developed by theBergen School of Meteorology,largely observed cyclones at the tail end of their lifecycle and used the term occlusion to identify the decaying stages.[citation needed]

Warm seclusions may have cloud-free,eye-like features at their center (reminiscent oftropical cyclones), significant pressure falls, hurricane-force winds, and moderate to strongconvection.The most intense warm seclusions often attain pressures less than 950 millibars (28.05 inHg) with a definitive lower to mid-level warm core structure.[40]A warm seclusion, the result of a baroclinic lifecycle, occurs at latitudes well poleward of the tropics.[citation needed]

As latent heatfluxreleases are important for their development and intensification, most warm seclusion events occur over theoceans;they may impact coastal nations with hurricane forcewindsand torrentialrain.[39][41]Climatologically, the Northern Hemisphere sees warm seclusions during the cold season months, while the Southern Hemisphere may see a strong cyclone event such as this during all times of the year.[citation needed]

In all tropical basins, except the Northern Indian Ocean, the extratropical transition of a tropical cyclone may result in reintensification into a warm seclusion. For example,Hurricane Maria(2005) andHurricane Cristobal(2014) each re-intensified into a strong baroclinic system and achieved warm seclusion status at maturity (or lowest pressure).[42][43]

Motion[edit]

A zonal flow regime. Note the dominant west-to-east flow as shown in the 500 hPa height pattern.
A February 24, 2007 radar image of a large extratropical cyclonic storm system at its peak over the central United States.

Extratropical cyclones are generally driven, or "steered", by deep westerly winds in a general west to east motion across both the Northern and Southern hemispheres of the Earth. This general motion of atmospheric flow is known as "zonal".[44]Where this general trend is the main steering influence of an extratropical cyclone, it is known as a "zonal flow regime".[citation needed]

When the general flow pattern buckles from a zonal pattern to the meridional pattern,[45]a slower movement in a north or southward direction is more likely.Meridional flowpatterns feature strong, amplified troughs and ridges, generally with more northerly and southerly flow.[citation needed]

Changes in direction of this nature are most commonly observed as a result of a cyclone's interaction with otherlow pressure systems,troughs,ridges,or withanticyclones.A strong and stationary anticyclone can effectively block the path of an extratropical cyclone. Suchblocking patternsare quite normal, and will generally result in a weakening of the cyclone, the weakening of the anticyclone, a diversion of the cyclone towards the anticyclone's periphery, or a combination of all three to some extent depending on the precise conditions. It is also common for an extratropical cyclone to strengthen as the blocking anticyclone or ridge weakens in these circumstances.[46]

Where an extratropical cyclone encounters another extratropical cyclone (or almost any other kind of cyclonicvortexin the atmosphere), the two may combine to become a binary cyclone, where the vortices of the two cyclones rotate around each other (known as the "Fujiwhara effect"). This most often results in a merging of the two low pressure systems into a single extratropical cyclone, or can less commonly result in a mere change of direction of either one or both of the cyclones.[47]The precise results of such interactions depend on factors such as the size of the two cyclones, their strength, their distance from each other, and the prevailing atmospheric conditions around them.[citation needed]

Effects[edit]

Preferred region of snowfall in an extratropical cyclone
Aneast coast lowapproaching southeastern Australia

General[edit]

Extratropical cyclones can bring little rain and surfacewindsof 15–30 km/h (10–20 mph), or they can be dangerous with torrential rain and winds exceeding 119 km/h (74 mph),[48]and so they are sometimes referred to aswindstormsin Europe. The band ofprecipitationthat is associated with thewarm frontis often extensive. In mature extratropical cyclones, an area known as thecomma headon the northwest periphery of the surface low can be a region of heavy precipitation, frequentthunderstorms,andthundersnows.Cyclones tend to move along a predictable path at a moderate rate of progress. Duringfall,winter, and spring, the atmosphere over continents can be cold enough through the depth of thetroposphereto cause snowfall.[citation needed]

Severe weather[edit]

Squall lines, or solid bands of strong thunderstorms, can form ahead of cold fronts andlee troughsdue to the presence of significant atmospheric moisture and strong upper level divergence, leading tohailand high winds.[49]When significant directional wind shear exists in the atmosphere ahead of a cold front in the presence of a strong upper-level jet stream,tornadoformation is possible.[50]Although tornadoes can form anywhere on Earth, the greatest number occur in theGreat Plainsin the United States, because downsloped winds off the north–south orientedRocky Mountains,which can form a dry line, aid their development at anystrength.[citation needed]

Explosive development of extratropical cyclones can be sudden. The storm known in Great Britain and Ireland as the "Great Storm of 1987"deepened to 953 millibars (28.14 inHg) with a highest recorded wind of 220 km/h (140 mph), resulting in the loss of 19 lives, 15 million trees, widespread damage to homes and an estimated economic cost of£1.2 billion (US$2.3 billion).[51]

Although most tropical cyclones that become extratropical quickly dissipate or are absorbed by another weather system, they can still retain winds of hurricane or gale force. In 1954,Hurricane Hazelbecame extratropical overNorth Carolinaas a strong Category 3 storm. TheColumbus Day Storm of 1962,which evolved from the remains of Typhoon Freda, caused heavy damage inOregonandWashington,with widespread damage equivalent to at least a Category 3. In 2005,Hurricane Wilmabegan to lose tropical characteristics while still sporting Category 3-force winds (and became fully extratropical as a Category 1 storm).[52]

In summer, extratropical cyclones are generally weak, but some of the systems can cause significantfloodsoverland because of torrential rainfall. TheJuly 2016 North China cyclonenever broughtgale-force sustained winds, but it caused devastating floods inmainland China,resulting in at least 184 deaths and¥33.19 billion (US$4.96 billion) of damage.[53][54]

An emerging topic is the co-occurrence of wind and precipitation extremes, so-called compound extreme events, induced by extratropical cyclones. Such compound events account for 3–5% of the total number of cyclones.[4]

Climate and general circulation[edit]

In the classic analysis byEdward Lorenz(theLorenz energy cycle),[55]extratropical cyclones (so-called atmospheric transients) acts as a mechanism in converting potential energy that is created by pole to equator temperature gradients to eddy kinetic energy. In the process, the pole-equator temperature gradient is reduced (i.e. energy is transported poleward to warm up the higher latitudes).[citation needed]

The existence of such transients are also closely related to the formation of the Icelandic and Aleutian Low — the two most prominent general circulation features in the mid- to sub-polar northern latitudes.[56]The two lows are formed by both the transport of kinetic energy and the latent heating (the energy released when water phase changed from vapor to liquid during precipitation) from the mid- latitude cyclones.[citation needed]

Historic storms[edit]

TheOctober 2022 Southern Ocean cyclone,the most intense extratropical cyclone on record

The most intense extratropical cyclone on record wasa cyclonein theSouthern Oceanin October 2022. An analysis by theEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecastsestimated a pressure of 900.7 mbar (26.60 inHg) and a subsequent analysis published inGeophysical Research Lettersestimated a pressure of 899.91 mbar (26.574 inHg).[57][58]The sameGeophysical Research Lettersarticle notes at least five other extratropical cyclones in the Southern Ocean with a pressure under 915 mbar (27.0 inHg).[58]

In the North Atlantic Ocean, the most intense extratropical cyclone was theBraer Storm,which reached a pressure of 914 mbar (27.0 inHg) in early January 1993.[59]Before the Braer Storm, an extratropical cyclone nearGreenlandin December 1986 reached a minimum pressure of at least 916 mbar (27.0 inHg). TheWest German Meteorological Servicemarked a pressure of 915 mbar (27.0 inHg), with the possibility of a pressure between 912–913 mbar (26.9–27.0 inHg), lower than the Braer Storm.[60]

The most intense extratropical cyclone across the North Pacific Ocean occurred in November 2014, whena cyclonepartially related toTyphoon Nurireached a record low pressure of 920 mbar (27 inHg).[61][62]In October 2021, themost intensePacific Northwest windstormoccurred off the coast ofOregon,peaking with a pressure of 942 mbar (27.8 inHg).[63]One of the strongestnor'eastersoccurred inJanuary 2018,in which a cyclone reached a pressure of 950 mbar (28 inHg).[64]

Extratropical cyclones have been responsible for some of the most damaging floods in European history. TheGreat storm of 1703killed over 8,000 people and theNorth Sea flood of 1953killed over 2,500 and destroyed 3,000 houses.[65][66]In 2002,floods in Europecaused by twogenoa lowscaused $27.115 billion in damages and 232 fatalities, the most damaging flood in European since at least 1985.[67][68]In late December 1999, CyclonesLotharandMartincaused 140 deaths combined and over $23 billion in damages in Central Europe, the costliest European windstorms in history.[69][70]

The extratropical cyclone responsible for the2011 Super Outbreak

In October 2012,Hurricane Sandytransitioned into an extratropical cyclone off the coast of theNortheastern United States.Over 100 people were killed and $65 billion in damages, the secondcostliest tropical cycloneat the time.[71][72]Other extratropical cyclones have been related to majortornado outbreaks.The tornado outbreaks ofApril 1965,April 1974andApril 2011were all large, violent, and deadly tornado outbreaks related to extratropical cyclones.[73][74][75][76]Similarly,winter stormsinMarch 1888,November 1950andMarch 1993were responsible for over 300 deaths each.[77][78][79]

InDecember 1960a nor'easter caused at least 286 deaths in the Northeastern United States, one of the deadliest nor'easters on record.[80]62 years later in2022,a winter storm caused over $8.5 billion in damages and nearly 90 deaths across the United States and Canada.[81]

In September 1954, the extratropical remnants ofTyphoon Mariecaused theTōya Marutorun agroundandcapsizein theTsugaru Strait.1,159 out of the 1,309 on board were killed, making it one of the deadliest typhoons inJapanese history.[82][83]In July 2016,a cyclonein Northern China left 184 dead, 130 missing, and caused over $4.96 billion in damages.[84][85]

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