Magic_Sailor
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Been done before I'm sure but...
Cyclone, Typhoon, Hurricane....What's the difference?
Magic
Cyclone, Typhoon, Hurricane....What's the difference?
Magic
A bad case of the wind
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bigmart
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Geographical location.
Martin
Martin
Magic_Sailor
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But doesn't cyclone/anti-cyclone have a specific meteorological meaning? - high/low pressure.
Magic
Magic
bigmart
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Yes you are correct.
A Cyclone is a high pressure system, winds rotate clockwise, in the northern hemisphere but a low pressure in the southern hemisphere.
Hence the geographical location bit.
The Cyclone is the only questionable one of the three names you listed but as a coloquialism (have I spelt that right) they all mean extremely unpleasant weather.
Martin
A Cyclone is a high pressure system, winds rotate clockwise, in the northern hemisphere but a low pressure in the southern hemisphere.
Hence the geographical location bit.
The Cyclone is the only questionable one of the three names you listed but as a coloquialism (have I spelt that right) they all mean extremely unpleasant weather.
Martin
Opinionated
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Excuse me but... cyclone - anticlockwise N Hemisphere, anticyclone - clockwise.
(I don't have to agree with YOUR opinions, but I'll defend your right to express them).
(I don't have to agree with YOUR opinions, but I'll defend your right to express them).
Twister_Ken
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Easy
Typhoon - aeroplane built by Hawker
Hurricane - aeroplane built by Hawker
Cyclone - aeroengine built by Wright
You could have added the Tempest as well.
Typhoon - aeroplane built by Hawker
Hurricane - aeroplane built by Hawker
Cyclone - aeroengine built by Wright
You could have added the Tempest as well.
tcm
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ooh no
They are all Cyclones, but the Typhoon has higher handlebars and the Hurricane has more gears.
They are all Cyclones, but the Typhoon has higher handlebars and the Hurricane has more gears.
Magic_Sailor
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Re: Easy
Kan
Bloody hell! I might have known it would be you give this reply!
I refrained from saying - nobody give me the aircraft jokes.
Didn't know about the cyclone though.
Magic
Kan
Bloody hell! I might have known it would be you give this reply!
I refrained from saying - nobody give me the aircraft jokes.
Didn't know about the cyclone though.
Magic
Sybarite
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A little bit of etymology :
Cyclone comes from the Greek kyklon = to whirl about
Typhoon from the Greek again typhon from which were probably derived Portugese tufao (= hurricane); Persian tufan and Japanese t'ai fung = big wind. Did the Portugese sailors carry the term East?
Hurricane come from the Spanish (Carribean) huracan = Cyclonic (..) storm.
Being an exaggerated depression, the winds spiral anti-clockwise in towards the centre, the area of least atmospheric pressure.
Cyclone comes from the Greek kyklon = to whirl about
Typhoon from the Greek again typhon from which were probably derived Portugese tufao (= hurricane); Persian tufan and Japanese t'ai fung = big wind. Did the Portugese sailors carry the term East?
Hurricane come from the Spanish (Carribean) huracan = Cyclonic (..) storm.
Being an exaggerated depression, the winds spiral anti-clockwise in towards the centre, the area of least atmospheric pressure.
alex_rogers
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Cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes are all depresions - low presure. They rotate anti-clockwise in the Northern hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern hemisphere.
What they're called depends on where they are. In the western Pacific Ocean, west of the International Date Line, they are called typhoons. In the Indian Ocean and the Coral Sea, they are called cyclones.
Alex Rogers
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What they're called depends on where they are. In the western Pacific Ocean, west of the International Date Line, they are called typhoons. In the Indian Ocean and the Coral Sea, they are called cyclones.
Alex Rogers
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Twister_Ken
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On Cyclones
If the RR Merlin was the most successful 'conventional' piston engine on the Allied side in WWII, then the Cyclone was probably the most successful radial piston engine.
BTW, did anybody see the film about the development of the Spitfire (David Niven, Lesley Howard) that was on the box over Christmas? If so, I'd like to know how close to reality that scene was where Sir Henry Royce offered to develop the Merlin for £750 (or was it £7500?)
If the RR Merlin was the most successful 'conventional' piston engine on the Allied side in WWII, then the Cyclone was probably the most successful radial piston engine.
BTW, did anybody see the film about the development of the Spitfire (David Niven, Lesley Howard) that was on the box over Christmas? If so, I'd like to know how close to reality that scene was where Sir Henry Royce offered to develop the Merlin for £750 (or was it £7500?)
tcm
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Re: first of the few
(Niven) Golly, you've been watching some total rot over the hols have you?
(Leslie Howard) Why yes, i suppose i have old boy.
N: Do you think that they'll believe this old shite about the designer of the Spitfire meeting Mr Messserschmitt in a pub in Germany?
LH: Not for quite a while, I'd say, old boy. Not for quite a while.
The End
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/spitmich.htm
(Niven) Golly, you've been watching some total rot over the hols have you?
(Leslie Howard) Why yes, i suppose i have old boy.
N: Do you think that they'll believe this old shite about the designer of the Spitfire meeting Mr Messserschmitt in a pub in Germany?
LH: Not for quite a while, I'd say, old boy. Not for quite a while.
The End
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/spitmich.htm
bigmart
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OK OK its been a long day, but the principle is right. they all mean strong winds.
Martin
Martin
Roberto
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Also
In some past century the Mongols were trying to invade Japan, twice or thrice they tried but they always failed because of very strong typhoon wind devastating their fleet. The japanese then named that typhoon The Divine Wind, aka Kamikaze
In some past century the Mongols were trying to invade Japan, twice or thrice they tried but they always failed because of very strong typhoon wind devastating their fleet. The japanese then named that typhoon The Divine Wind, aka Kamikaze
Roberto
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Hurricanes are also benefitting from a useful extension of beaufort scale, the Saffir simpson scale, going from 1 to 5, where winds must be well over one million knots
Cornishman
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........and it's not over yet.
Meteorologically speaking they are, I believe, all known as TRS's or Tropical Revolving Storms
Meteorologically speaking they are, I believe, all known as TRS's or Tropical Revolving Storms