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Tropics Refresh: Your Guide To Tropical Terminology

March 18, 2026Updated: March 18, 2026, 12:00 pm EDTPublished: March 18, 2026, 12:00 pm EDT

With hurricane season quickly approaching, it’s important to brush up on your tropics terminology. Meteorologist Caitlin Kaiser walks through a tropics refresher going over everything from tropical depressions to hurricanes and even some lesser known terms. Here’s a guide to the terminology you will want to know as we head towards the start of June.

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