SCIENCE NEWS TROPICAL CYCLONES Weather related deaths in
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SCIENCE NEWS
TROPICAL CYCLONES
Weather related deaths in the u. s.
Tropical Cyclones • Most violent storms on Earth • Large rotating low pressure tropical storms • Known as Typhoons in the W Pacific Cyclones in the Indian Ocean Hurricanes in the N Atlantic, Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico
Occurrences
Cyclone Formation Require two conditions Abundant supply of warm ocean water & Lifting mechanism
Cyclone Stages Formative Stage • Energy comes from condensing water vapor • Develop most often in late summer when warm water temperatures provide energy and moisture • Begins as a tropical disturbance • Low pressure area over warm water fueled by precipitation and latent heat • Initial stage is not well understood
Developmental Stage • Tropical depression Coriolis effect cause rotation, Counterclockwise in the N hemisphere • Tropical depression – winds do not exceed 61 kilometers (38 miles) per hour
Tropical Depression
Mature Stage • Air pressure at the center continues to decrease • Increasing winds toward the center • Tropical storm – winds between 61 to 119 km/h (38 and 74 miles) per hour • Cyclone – winds exceed 120 km/h
Fully Formed Cyclone
Dissipation Stage • Diminish in intensity whenever • They move over cooler ocean water • They move onto land • The large-scale flow aloft is unfavorable • Can undergo several intensities
Hurricanes • • Profile Form between the latitudes of 5 degrees and 20 degrees North Pacific has the greatest number per year Wind speeds reach 300 km/hr Generate 50 foot waves at sea
Parts of a hurricane Eye • At the very center • About 20 km (12. 5 miles) diameter • Precipitation ceases • Winds subsides • Air gradually descends and heats by compression • Warmest part of the storm
Parts of a hurricane Eyewall • Wall of cumulonimbus clouds • Greatest wind speeds • Heaviest rainfall
Hurricane Destruction • Factors that affect amount of hurricane damage • Strength of storm (the most important factor) • Size and population density of the area affected • Shape of the ocean bottom near the shore • Saffir-Simpson scale ranks the relative intensities of hurricanes
hurricane Destruction • Storm surge - large dome of water 65 to 80 kilometers (40 to 50 miles) wide sweeps across the coast where eye makes landfall • Wind damage • Inland flooding from torrential rains
Storm Surge
National Hurricane Center http: //www. nhc. noaa. gov/
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina • Of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall.
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