What Is an Easterly or Tropical Wave?

Here's how tropical waves form, and how they provide meteorologists with hints about where hurricanes may form.

Tropical Waves - Trinidad and Tobago Weather Center

Tropical storm, Causes, Effects & Prevention

Flow schematic of an idealized tropical easterly wave. The green dashed

Genesis of Easterly Waves over the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the Intra-Americas Sea in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume 78 Issue 10 (2021)

What climate factors made Hurricane Hilary possible? - Los Angeles Times

Hurricanes

Tropical wave train picking up, but models muted for now

Tropical Definitions

Easterly wave contributions to seasonal rainfall over the tropical Americas in observations and a regional climate model