LAB 1

• At the very center of the storm is the eye of the cyclone. The air within the eye gradually descends and heats by compression, making in the warmest part of the storm.
• On the eyewall the greatest wind and speeds and heaviest rainfall occur
• On the rainbands the eyewall are curved bands of clouds that trail away in spiral fashion. Tropical moisture spiraling inward creating rain bands that pinwheel around the storm center.
• Low pressure area pressure region that warm air produce
• Tropical cyclone large rapidly spinning storm system define by well organized circular motion
• Map two-dimensional illustration of the places on earth
• Latitudes horizontal lines which run from west to east
• Longitude vertical lines running north to south
• Equator serves as a reference point for measuring north and south that has a location of 0° latitude.
• Prime meridian serves as a reference point for measuring east and west that has a location of 0° longitude.
• Tropical depression Wind speed up to 61 kilometers per hour (kph)
• Tropical storm Wind speed between 62 to 88 kilometers per hour (kph)
• Severe tropical storm Wind speed between 89 to 117 kilometers per hour (kph)
• Thyphoon Wind speed between 118 to 184 kilometers per hour (kph)
• Super thyphoon Wind speed exceeding 185 kilometers per hour (kph)
• A storm surge is a dome of water 65 to 80 kilometers (40 to 50 miles) wide that rushes down the coast near where the eye makes landfall.
• Storm surge occurs when water rises abnormally due to cyclone