Hot Tower - Effects On Tropical Cyclones

Effects On Tropical Cyclones

In 2007, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) hypothesized that the wind shear between the eye and the eyewall could enhance updraft and be a purely dynamic generator of convection. Hot towers may appear when the hurricane is about to intensify. A particularly tall hot tower rose above Hurricane Bonnie in August 1998 as the storm intensified before striking North Carolina, United States. Bonnie caused more than $1 billion in damage and three deaths, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Hurricane Center. Hot towers are also know to form when a tropical cyclone is about to undergo a explosive intensification.

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