INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE The line of longitude located at 180° East or West (with a few local deviations) where the date changes by a day. West of the line it is one day later than east of the line.
International Date Line An imaginary line of longitude 180° east or west of the prime meridian.
Normally applied to such storms in the Atlantic Basin and the Pacific Ocean east of the International Date Line. HygrometerAn instrument used to measure humidity.
Typhoon: A hurricane in the north Pacific west of the International Date Line. Sometimes the word is used to refer to any tropical cyclone, no matter what its wind speed.
In the Pacific Ocean, hurricanes from the Central North Pacific sometimes cross the International Date Line into the Northwest Pacific, becoming typhoons (such as Hurricane/Typhoon Ioke in 2006); on rare occasions, the reverse will occur.
A tropical cyclone with winds of 74 miles per hour or greater that occurs west of the International Date Line to the Indian Ocean.
Unstable Air
Air with temperature differences that encourage the formation of convection currents.
A dimensionless quantity describing the elliptical shape of a planet's orbit.
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Hurricane- A severe tropical cyclone with sustained winds over 74 mph (64 knots). Normally applied to such storms in the Atlantic Basin and the Pacific Ocean east of the International Date Line.
Intermittent StreamIn hydrological terms, a stream that flows periodicallyInternational Date LineThe line of longitude located at 180 degrees East or West (with a few local deviations) where the date changes by a day.
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