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GCSE Geography · key term
Long, curved bands of clouds and thunderstorms that spiral around a tropical cyclone's centre.
Used by Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Physical Characteristics and Structure of Tropical CyclonesBeyond the eyewall are spiral rainbands: curved bands of clouds and thunderstorms wrapped around the centre. Air rises within these bands too. Towards the outer edges, winds are generally lighter and cloud and rainfall become more scattered.
For a structure diagram, label the eye, eyewall and spiral rainbands, then add the associated weather and directions of air movement.
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