section_path: Movement/Interaction with the mid-latitude westerlies
section_name: Interaction with the mid-latitude westerlies
paragraph_text: Interaction with the mid-latitude westerlies
  
  Though a tropical cyclone typically moves from east to west in the tropics, its track may shift poleward and eastward either as it moves west of the subtropical ridge axis or else if it interacts with the mid-latitude flow, such as the jet stream or an extratropical cyclone. This motion, termed " recurvature ", commonly occurs near the western edge of the major ocean basins, where the jet stream typically has a poleward component and extratropical cyclones are common. An example of tropical cyclone recurvature was Typhoon Ioke in 2006.