Examples of the subtropics in a Sentence
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Florida’s Bigfoot, the Sasquatch of the Swamp, the Abominable Snowman of the subtropics, the Yeti of the Glades.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
During El Niño, the jet stream tends to push storms toward the subtropics, making these typically dry areas wetter.
—Pedro Dinezio, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
Forecasters say the system will draw extra moisture from the subtropics, but not as deeply as the storms that have drenched the county since late January.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024
The system is expected to swirl to life in the North Pacific and could draw moisture from the subtropics, the same connection that supercharged the series of storms that have pounded the county since Jan. 22.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
Weather vocabulary Thursday’s storm will tap into a large plume of moisture from the subtropics.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
From the foot of Orlando, the Everglades forms like a finger dipping into the subtropics before stretching across all of South Florida.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
The storm will draw extra moisture from the subtropics, giving it enough strength to cause street flooding.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
The term refers to large plumes of moisture that form in the subtropics and sometimes get drawn into California by North Pacific storms.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
During El Niño, the jet stream tends to push storms toward the subtropics, making these typically dry areas wetter.
—Pedro Dinezio, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
Forecasters say the system will draw extra moisture from the subtropics, but not as deeply as the storms that have drenched the county since late January.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024
The system is expected to swirl to life in the North Pacific and could draw moisture from the subtropics, the same connection that supercharged the series of storms that have pounded the county since Jan. 22.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
Weather vocabulary Thursday’s storm will tap into a large plume of moisture from the subtropics.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
From the foot of Orlando, the Everglades forms like a finger dipping into the subtropics before stretching across all of South Florida.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
The storm will draw extra moisture from the subtropics, giving it enough strength to cause street flooding.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
The term refers to large plumes of moisture that form in the subtropics and sometimes get drawn into California by North Pacific storms.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
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