List Of Storms Named Blas
The name Blas has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific Ocean and one medicane in the Mediterranean Sea. In the Eastern Pacific: * Tropical Storm Blas (1980), never threatened land * Tropical Storm Blas (1986), did not affect land * Tropical Storm Blas (1992), never affected land * Hurricane Blas (1998), Category 4 hurricane that paralleled southwestern Mexico before moving out to sea * Tropical Storm Blas (2004), never affected land * Tropical Storm Blas (2010), remained over the open sea * Hurricane Blas (2016), Category 4 hurricane that never threatened land * Hurricane Blas (2022), Category 1 hurricane that paralleled the southwestern Mexico coastline causing dangerous surf conditions In the Mediterranean: * Storm Blas (2021), affected the Balearic Islands, Sardinia and Corsica. {{DEFAULTSORT:Blas Pacific hurricane set index articles ...
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Tropical Cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by different names, including hurricane (), typhoon (), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, and a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean, South Pacific, or (rarely) South Atlantic, comparable storms are referred to simply as "tropical cyclones", and such storms in the Indian Ocean can also be called "severe cyclonic storms". "Tropical" refers to the geographical origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively over tropical seas. "Cyclone" refers to their winds moving in a circle, whirling round ...
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