We've been hearing about the cyclone on the East coast of India. Our rains in Bangalore the past week have been blamed on this cyclone. I began to wonder: what is a cyclone? Isn't it what we call a hurricane in Florida?
It turns out, cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons are all essentially the same thing, they simply receive different names depending on where they occur....and strangely, WHAT DIRECTION THEY TURN. Would you have ever guessed that? I didn't! Here is what I found on Answers.com.
-- Hurricane: a violent wind which has a circular movement, especially found in the West Atlantic Ocean. A hurricane is actually a violent storm formed with water which causes heavy rains and fierce winds and they can cause flooding of streets and homes.
-- Cyclone: a violent tropical storm or wind in which the air moves very fast in a circular direction. They can be formed over tropical waters, bar the Southeast Pacific and the South Atlantic Oceans. Technically, all hurricanes are cyclones but not all cyclones are hurricanes: if their wind speed is over 74 miles per hour, they're hurricanes, if not, they're just cyclones or tropical storms.
-- Typhoon: a violent wind which has a circular movement, found in the West Pacific Ocean.
-- Hurricane: a violent wind which has a circular movement, especially found in the West Atlantic Ocean. A hurricane is actually a violent storm formed with water which causes heavy rains and fierce winds and they can cause flooding of streets and homes.
-- Cyclone: a violent tropical storm or wind in which the air moves very fast in a circular direction. They can be formed over tropical waters, bar the Southeast Pacific and the South Atlantic Oceans. Technically, all hurricanes are cyclones but not all cyclones are hurricanes: if their wind speed is over 74 miles per hour, they're hurricanes, if not, they're just cyclones or tropical storms.
-- Typhoon: a violent wind which has a circular movement, found in the West Pacific Ocean.
Pressure systems that develop over tropical waters, with tropical-related characteristics are tropical cyclones, which include tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons (western Pacific), are called tropical cyclones.
Systems that tend to develop in the multitudes with a jet stream, cold core, etc. are referred to as extra-tropical cyclones. These systems usually produce severe weather in the spring and fall, and severe winter weather in the winter.
Systems that tend to develop in the multitudes with a jet stream, cold core, etc. are referred to as extra-tropical cyclones. These systems usually produce severe weather in the spring and fall, and severe winter weather in the winter.
Here's what I think is the cutest part:
Hurricane - turns right (clockwise) and Cyclone - turns left (counter clockwise)!
Hurricane - turns right (clockwise) and Cyclone - turns left (counter clockwise)!
This sounds like American politics, left, right, lots of wind, unpredictable. Love, ME
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