Typhoon Forecast Model
"Typhoon"
● A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that originates in the western North Pacific and blows into the eastern part of Asia, or a storm accompanied by that tropical cyclone.
● A typhoon is a kind of tropical cyclone. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) classifies 25-32 m/s of a tropical storm (STS), 17-24 m/s of a tropical storm (TS), and less than 17 m/s of tropical low pressure (TD) as typhoons.
● Storms are called by different names depending on the region, but they are also called (Typhoon) in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, (Hurricane) in North and Central America, and (Cyclone) in the Indian Ocean and the Southern Hemisphere.
Places Where Typhoons
Mainly Occur are:
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Western North Atlantic near the West Indies.
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South China Sea from 180° east longitude in the North Pacific Ocean
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Off the coast of Mexico in the eastern part of the North Pacific Ocean.
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Southern Indian Ocean (from Madagascar to 90 degrees east longitude and northwestern Australia)
Storm vs.
Hurricane
● Hurricane: violent storms that originate over the tropical or subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Such storms over the north Pacific west of the international Date Line are called typhoons.
● Tropical storm: a violent tropical storm in the western pacific and Indian oceans. It is known as a tropical cyclone, which is the general name for all such storms, and it also includes hurricanes and typhoons.