🔍 Key Concepts

• Tropical storm warning signs such as changes in swell, clouds, and optical phenomena • Typical pressure and wind trends as a storm approaches • Difference between approaching front/high pressure versus tropical system behavior

💭 Think About

• Think about what usually happens to wind speed as a strong storm system gets closer: does it tend to increase or decrease? • Which of these signs (swells, halos, cirrus) could appear well in advance of a large, distant storm at sea? • Is there any option that sounds more like conditions improving or stabilizing rather than deteriorating ahead of a storm?

✅ Before You Answer

• For each choice, ask: Would this make me more concerned, less concerned, or neutral about a tropical storm approaching? • Recall that swell can travel far from the storm center – would its presence suggest a storm somewhere? • Check your basic weather logic: ahead of a strong system, pressure and winds usually trend in a particular direction, not the opposite.