Typhoons

• Tropical Cyclone is a system of thunderstorms moving around the center
• tropical cyclone has different categories according to its wind speed
• Typhoons originate over warm water
• typhoons form in the ocean
• in the northwest Pacific Ocean, the weather disturbance that develops is called the tropical cyclone
• Typhoon is the other term for tropical cyclone
• PSWS that has a wind speed of 160 kph is 3
• calm is the word you can describe the condition within the typhoons eye
• The rotation of the earth causes the tropical cyclone spin
• what is the cyclonic circulation of tropical cyclone if it is located in the southern hemisphere?

  Counterclockwise
• Storm Surge - it is an abnormal rise of seawater due to tropical cyclone that occurs along the of the effects of typhoon
• Which statement does NOT describe the windward side of a mountain?

  A.)has abundant life forms.

  B.)It receives a lot of precipitation.

  C.)It has lots of vegetation due to abundance of precipitation.

  D.)It has less vegetation because the moist in the air is accumulated in the leeward side.

  D
• in what direction does a tropical cyclone usually move?

  Northwest
• tropical cyclones are not formed on southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
• A typhoon gets weaker when it makes a landfall
• Hurricane is a violent wind that has circular movement in the west Atlantic ocean
• weather is a localized condition over a particular place