typhoon"(Also spelled typhon.) A severe tropical cyclone in the western North Pacific. The name is derived either from Cantonese t'ai fung (a "great wind"), from Arabic tufan ("smoke"), or from Greek typhon (a "monster").
Typhoon: A hurricane in the north Pacific west of the International Date Line. Sometimes the word is used to refer to any tropical cyclone, no matter what its wind speed.
Typhoon
The name for a tropical storm originating in the Pacific Ocean, usually the China Sea
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Term used in the northwestern Pacific for a tropical cyclone with maximum winds above 117 km/h (63 knots).
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Typhoon - a hurricane which occurs in the region of the Philippines or the China Sea ...
Typhoon A severe tropical storm (i.e., winds >64 knots) in the Western Pacific. The word is believed to originate from the Chinese word "ty-fung". See also Hurricane and Cyclone.
TYPHOON The name for a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour (65 knots) or greater in the western North Pacific Ocean.
Typhoon- a hurricane that occurs in eastern Asia.
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Unstable Air- air that rises easily and can form clouds and rain.
typhoon: a severe tropical cyclone with sustained surface wind speeds greater than 74 mph in the western North Pacific. Same as a hurricane, but given a different name depending on the location of the storm.
Typhoon - See Cyclone
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Typhoon
A hurricane that forms in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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Typhoon
Maximum wind speed of 64 knots or more.
Unstable Air Mass
Air mass having static instability in its lower layers; convective clouds and precipitation occur if its moisture content is sufficiently high.
Typhoon A hurricane that forms in the western Pacific Ocean.
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Ultraviolet radiation Electromagnetic radiation with wave-lengths longer than X-rays but shorter than visible light.
Typhoon: A tropical cyclone of hurricane strength in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Typhoon Hurricanes in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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Typhoons are larger and stronger then Atlantic hurricanes for they travel over a larger expanse of warmer water than the Atlantic.
typhoon- a term for a hurricane occurring in the North Pacific or the China Sea.
wind shear- vertical eddies or waves of air resulting from one layer of air sliding over another moving at different speeds or directions.
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Typhoon- A tropical cyclone with winds of 74 miles per hour or greater that occurs west of the International Date Line.
Typhoon
A name given to the tropical revolving storms of the China Sea and the North Pacific Ocean.
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Typhoon - A hurricane in the western Pacific Ocean.
Unstable Air - Air that is warmer than its surroundings and tends to rise, leading to the formation of clouds and precipitation.
TYPHOON - Name given to a hurricane in the western Pacific Ocean. It is the same as a hurricane, a tropical cyclone with winds at or over 74 MPH.
The word typhoon, used today in the Northwest Pacific, may be derived from Urdu, Persian and Arabic ţ"fān (-وفان), which in turn originates from Greek tuphōn (Τυφών), a monster in Greek mythology responsible for hot winds.
Currently Typhoon Maggie is tracking through the Philippine Sea in the northwestern Pacific, but is not presently a threat to make landfall soon.
Hurricane/Typhoon
A warm-core tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind (using the U.S.1-minute average) is 64 kt (74 mph or 119 kph) or more.
Super TyphoonTyphoon having maximum sustained winds of 130 knots (150 mph) or greater.SupercellShort reference to Supercell Thunderstorm; potentially the most dangerous of the convective storm types.
These bursts are associated with some major flare events beginning 10 to 20 minutes after the flare maximum, and can last for hoursTyphoonA tropical cyclone in the Western Pacific Ocean in which the maximum 1-minute sustained surface wind is 64 ...
Depending on sustained surface winds, the system is classified as a tropical disturbance, a tropical depression, a tropical storm, or a hurricane or typhoon.
When conditions require a hurricane/typhoon or tropical storm watch or warning to be issued and/or
A significant change has occurred, requiring the issuance of a revised forecast package.
Hurricane - (also known as (Typhoon, Tropical Cyclones, Willy- Willies) Tropical storms with wind speeds of 64 knots (117km/h) up to 240 knots (414 km/h) that can be thousands of square kilometers in size.
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eye - In meteorology, usually the "eye of the storm" (hurricane, typhoon), that is, the roughly circular area of comparatively light winds found at the center of a severe tropical cyclone and surrounded by the eyewall.
The Western North Pacific Ocean averages more than 25 hurricanes (called typhoons) each year. Another location with great activity is the Indian Ocean. No other part of the world has so much activity in such a small area.
Browse Related Terms: Gale, Gale Warning, Hurricane, Hurricane Force Wind Warning, Maximum Sustained Surface Wind, Storm Warning, Subtropical Depression, Subtropical Storm, Super Typhoon, Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm Warning, ...
Hurricane An intense warm-core oceanic cyclone that originates in tropical latitudes; called a typhoon in the western Pacific Ocean. Sustained winds are 119 km (74 mi) per hr or higher.
Hurricane - A tropical cyclonic storm having minimum winds of 119 kilometers per hour; also known as typhoon (western Pacific) and cyclone (Indian Ocean).
In meteorology, pressure refers to the weight of air in a column directly above a point.
The standard atmospheric pressure at mean sea level is 1013.25 hPa, though surface pressures of 870 hPa (Typhoon Tip, October 1979) and 1084 hPa (Agata, ...
for the Tropical Cyclones, with associated wind force above 64 knots, which occur in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Mexican Golf and in the East Pacific Ocean, North of the equator, in the west coast of Mexico. Similarly, the word Typhoon ...
While meteorolgists always keep a good eye on easterly waves, as they might hit the next coast to the west as a massive hurricane or typhoon, they are highly welcomed over West Africa as they are the main source of moisture for the dry Sahel region.
Hurricane wind In general, the severe wind of an intense tropical cyclone (hurricane or typhoon). The term has no further technical connotation, but, unfortunately, is easily confused with the strictly defined hurricane-force wind.
with sustained winds above 73 miles per hour are known as hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern North Pacific (east of the date line) and cyclones in the Indian Ocean. They are known as typhoons in ...
Each area that breeds hurricanes seems to have a different name; "hurricane" is the Atlantic word, "typhoon" the Pacific. "Cyclone" is used in the Indian Ocean, and "baguio" around the Phillippines.
A jet stream at low levels is known as a low-level jet.JTWCJoint Typhoon Warning CenterJuvenile WaterIn hydrologic terms, water formed chemically within the earth and brought to the surface in intrusive rock ...
TyphoonA hurricane that forms in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is a term used in Australia for a tropical cyclone in the northwestern Pacific with maximum winds above 117 kilometers per hour (63 knots).
 See also: Cyclone, Weather, Hurricane, Air, Water
  
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