Question 999Navigation General

The correct answer is B) extratropical low-pressure system. When a hurricane passes over colder water or land and loses its tropical characteristics, the storm transforms into an extratropical low-pressure system. This occurs because the storm's energy source shifts from the warm tropical waters to temperature and frontal boundaries associated with mid-latitude weather patterns. The storm's circulation and weather systems become more asymmetric, with the characteristic spiral bands of a hurricane replaced by a more elongated, frontal structure typical of extratropical cyclones. The other options are incorrect because: A) a high-pressure area is the opposite of a low-pressure system, C) a tropical storm retains its tropical characteristics, and D) an easterly wave is a different type of weather system unrelated to a transforming hurricane.