A Cape Verde hurricane or Cabo Verde hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that originates at low latitude in the tropical Atlantic from a tropical wave that has passed over or near the Cape Verde island
A tropical wave, in and around the Atlantic Ocean, is a type of atmospheric trough, an elongated area of relatively low air pressure, oriented north to south, which moves from east to west across the
Cape Verde hurricane
…A Cape Verde hurricane or Cabo Verde hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that originates at low latitude in the tropical Atlantic from a tropical wave that has passed over or near the Cape Verde islands after exiting the coast of West Africa. The average Atlantic hurricane season has about two Cape…
Tropical Storm Dorian as a tropical wave just north of Puerto Rico on July 29, 2013.
Tropical wave formation
Hurricane Sandy as a tropical wave below Hispaniola on October 20, 2012
Hurricane Harvey as a tropical wave in the Gulf of Honduras on August 21, 2017