ex-tropical cyclone

noun

A weather system that was a tropical cyclone but has moved out of the tropics, typically losing the eyewall and symmetrical cloud pattern but still having considerable potential for severe weather.

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extra-tropical cyclonepost-tropical cyclone
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Meanings

nounex-tropical cyclone (plural ex-tropical cyclones)

plural ex-tropical cyclones

  1. A weather system that was a tropical cyclone but has moved out of the tropics, typically losing the eyewall and symmetrical cloud pattern but still having considerable potential for severe weather.

    Synonyms: extra-tropical cyclone, post-tropical cyclone

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA weather system that was a tropical cyclone but has moved out of the tropics, typically losing the eyewall and symmetrical cloud pattern but still having considerable potential for severe weather.

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extra-tropical cyclonepost-tropical cyclone
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ex-tropical cyclone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex-tropical%20cyclone

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“ex-tropical cyclone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex-tropical%20cyclone. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ex-tropical cyclone,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex-tropical%20cyclone.

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