tropical cyclone

Warm water supplies heat and moisture. This topic is part of Weather within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 7 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.

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A tropical cyclone is a rotating storm that forms over what?

Answer: Warm ocean water

Bonus fact: Warm water supplies heat and moisture.

What is a tropical cyclone called in the North Atlantic when strong enough?

Answer: Hurricane

Bonus fact: The term hurricane is used in the Atlantic and northeastern Pacific.

Tropical cyclones rotate counterclockwise in which hemisphere?

Answer: Northern Hemisphere

Bonus fact: The Coriolis effect determines the rotational direction.

In the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific, a tropical cyclone becomes a hurricane when sustained winds reach at least what speed?

Answer: 74 mph

Bonus fact: The hurricane threshold is 74 miles per hour, or 119 kilometers per hour.

What is a tropical cyclone called in the western North Pacific?

Answer: Typhoon

Bonus fact: Typhoon, hurricane, and cyclone are regional names for similar tropical systems.

What destructive tropical cyclone devastated Darwin on Christmas Eve 1974?

Answer: Cyclone Tracy

Bonus fact: Cyclone Tracy destroyed much of the city.

What is the relatively calm central region of a mature tropical cyclone called?

Answer: Eye

Bonus fact: Winds in the eye are light, and the sky may be only partly cloudy.

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