Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004)
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Tropical Storm Bonnie was a tropical storm that made landfall on Florida in August 2004. The second storm of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, Bonnie developed from a tropical wave on August 3 to th
Tropical Storm Bonnie near peak intensity on August 11
Bonnie to the north of Charley on August 12
Extratropical cyclone
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Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones are low-pressure areas which, along with anticyclones, drive the weather over much of the mid-latitudes of the Earth. Ex
Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004)
…the storm turned to the northeast and hit Florida with winds of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h). The storm accelerated to the northeast and became an extratropical cyclone to the east of New Jersey. Bonnie was the first of five tropical systems in the 2004 season to make landfall in Florida, coming ashore the day before…
A powerful extratropical cyclone over the North Atlantic Ocean on 20 March 2022; Greenland at the top left, and Iceland at the top right
Approximate areas of extratropical cyclone formation worldwide
Hurricane Cristobal in the north Atlantic after completing its transition from a hurricane to an extratropical cyclone
QuikSCAT image of typical extratropical cyclones over the ocean. Note the maximum winds are on the outside of the occlusion.