Tropical Cyclones
- Created by: yzannepepper
- Created on: 22-04-18 17:35
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- Tropical Cyclones
- Structure
- above the tropical cyclone is a dense canopy of cirrus clouds
- Rain bands swirl around the centre
- the centre is called the eye
- clear skies and no wind - very high air pressure
- the eye wall surrounds the eye
- often contains strongest winds and heaviest rainfall
- Formation
- form in tropical areas
- high temperatures
- rising air causes the thunderstorms
- conditions
- 26.5°c water temp
- at the warmest time of year
- winds converging at ocean surface
- away from equator so Coriolis effect can cause storm to rotate
- sometimes the storms join together to make a strong flow of warm, rapidly rising air
- Why do they spin?
- the strong winds are caused by air rushing from high to low pressures
- spin by Coriolis effect
- rushing winds are deflected into a spin by the Northern Hemisphere
- N.H spin counter-clockwise and S.H spin clockwise
- Areas and Tracks
- the area that its formed is called source area
- they have the triggers for a cyclone eg. hot water
- they have seasonal distribution
- they move away from their source and in the direction of the prevailing winds
- the way it travels is called a track
- the area that its formed is called source area
- What they are
- large scale, rotating storms
- hurricane, cyclone, typhoon
- depends on where in the world they land
- Structure
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