Tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclones

A community portal about Tropical cyclones with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A tropical cyclone is a storm system fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and the water vapor in it condenses. The term... [more]

A community portal about Tropical cyclones with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A tropical cyclone is a storm system fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and the water vapor in it condenses. The term describes the storm's origin in the tropics and its cyclonic nature, which means that its circulation is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Tropical cyclones are distinguished from other cyclonic windstorms such as nor'easters, European windstorms, and polar lows by the heat mechanism that fuels them, which makes them "warm core" storm systems. Depending on their location and strength, there are various terms by which tropical cyclones are known, such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, and tropical depression.

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The death toll from tropical cyclone Santi (Mirinae) rose to 30 on Saturday, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said. Related posts:NDCC: ‘Santi’ death toll climbs to 29, damage nears P500MTyphoon "Santi" death toll climbs to 14 - NDCCNDCC: ‘Feria" death toll climbs to 11  
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Tropical Cyclone Monica formed off the northeastern coast of Australia on April 17, 2006. This is the same general area where Cyclone Larry formed a month earlier. Larry caused devastation to Queenland’s coastal communities and destroyed a large fraction of the banana trees in the region....This item belongs to: image/nasa.This item has files of the following types: JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata  
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NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS instrument caught a new tropical depression that just formed in the Philippine Sea on Nov. 2 at 0523 UTC (1:23 p.m. local time, Manila) and already on the fringe of the Philippines. The infrared imagery is showing some high thunderstorms (purple) indicating some heavy rainfall and strong convection.(Photo Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen) When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the Philippine Sea during the early morning...  
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North Atlantic Hurricane Season slowest since 1997. Global and Northern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Activity remains near 30-year historical lows -- three years in a row now of considerably below-average activity globally. Consequence of the transition from La Nina to El Nino during the past year. Oct 29: The North Atlantic hurricane season has not produced a storm in over 3-weeks and, if no more develop, the season overall would rank as the...  
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National Hurricane Center/NOAA An area of disturbed weather in the southwestern Caribbean Sea near Costa Rica has become better organized. The National Hurricane Center in Miami gives the system a moderate chance of developing into a tropical cyclone ...  
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Last day Chinese media highlighted the success of cloud seeding by the Chinese met department. And today there is the news from Taiwan that a tropical cyclone named, Mirinae, killed 57 people. Is there any correlation in these two events, well climatologist will say they need...read more  
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Can you answer the following questions about tropical cyclones? 97% of Atlantic hurricanes occur between the months of _____ and _____. More Atlantic hurricanes occur in the month of _____ than any other month on average. In the Indian Ocean, cyclone season extends from _____ to _____. In the Northwest Pacific, the start of typhoon season is...read the answers. Tropical Cyclone Seasons Around the World originally appeared on About.com...  
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At least 12 people were reported dead due to tropical cyclone Santi (international name: Mirinae), which has weakened into a tropical storm as it moves farther away from the country on Saturday aftern...  
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Forecasters were watching a storm they designated as 91 yesterday, October 6, until it organized into a tropical cyclone east of the Leeward Islands around 5 p.m. EDT. It was then named "Tropical Storm Henri," the eighth named tropical cyclone of the Atlantic hurricane season.  
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The nineteenth tropical cyclone of the Eastern Pacific formed over this past weekend, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Patricia. The GOES-11 satellite captured Patricia from her "birth" several hundred miles south of Baja California, to her track there today, Tuesday, Oct. 13.  
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center was monitoring Tropical Storm Erika in the northeastern Caribbean Sea and a tropical wave in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean early Friday, but both systems had low chances of further development into tropical cyclones in the next 48 hours. The NHC said it had issued its last advisory on Erika, but the system would be closely monitored for signs of regeneration. There was a low chance - less than 30 percent - of it becoming a tropical cyclone. The tropical wave, meanwhile, located about 175 miles east-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands, has the potential ... Read Full Story
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Bangladesh launched a major rescue and relief operation after a cyclone slammed into the coast killing at least 15 people and 10 in neighbouring India, officials said. Most of the casualties in Bangladesh were reported to be children who had drowned as Cyclone Aila triggered a tidal surge of four metres (13 feet) when it made landfall on Monday. Some 330,000 people were marooned and military and civil defence teams were helping to deliver food, water and emergency shelters, the government in Dhaka said. "The situation is very grim. These people are homeless. Their homes have been destroyed," area chief Kazi Atiur Rahman told ... Read Full Story
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AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced the availability of the AIR tropical cyclone model for Mexico. The new probabilistic model will reportedly help the industry better manage hurricane and tropical cyclone risk in the growing Latin American insurance market. The unique feature of the AIR tropical cyclone model for Mexico is that it estimates insured losses from wind and flood to buildings, contents, and business interruption. On average, Mexico experiences almost two hurricane landfalls per year, which is similar to the United States, ” said Dr. Tim Doggett, Senior Research Scientist at AIR Worldwide. “ The most intense storms have the potential to cause significant ... Read Full Story
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The function of a hurricane is to dissipate heat and keep the earth’s temperature within norms. Florida State Univ. has the latest data on global and northern hemisphere tropical cyclones and the date shows northern hemisphere tropical cyclone activity is the lowest in 30 years. Click image to enlarge. Wouldn’t you think with all the man-made gasses being ejected into the atmosphere we’d have global warming and we’d see an increase instead of a decrease. In fact the decline started in 2004-2005. I see no evidence to worry about (gasp) global warming, but instead global cooling! Tags: Global Warming , Weather // Trackback URL: ... Read Full Story
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EUROPA NEWSWIRE. TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2009 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE BILL...LOCATED ABOUT 460 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. 1. CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE AGAIN DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. FORECASTER AVILA ... Read Full Story
 
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