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Weather Disturbances
Typhoon/Hurricane
Tropical Cyclones
Tornado
Tsunami

 Typhoon/Hurricane
Tropical

Tornado

Cyclones

A large heat engine,

where
great
amounts of heat are
being
produced
from the process of
latent
heat
of
condensation.

Both
are
names
of
tropical
storms
and
most of their
characteristics
are the same.
They have

wind speeds that are more than 74 mph,

and are accompanied by hail, strong
winds, storm surges and rain.

Hurricane comes
from the word
which
means
big
wind.
It
was
originally a term
used
by
the
Native Americans
for storms that
originated in the
West Atlantic.

Typhoon is derived
from the Chinese
Tai
Fun
which
means
and
referred
to
winds
that
developed in the
North Pacific.

 Hurricanes

damage
more
land areas than
Typhoons, which
cause damage to
countries
coastlines.
Hurricanes move
both
clockwise
and
counter
clockwise.

Typhoons

are
said
to
be
stronger
than
Hurricanes
because
it
develops where
water is warm.
Typhoons move
clockwise.

 Pre-existing

disturbance
Warm ocean water
Low atmospheric stability
Sufficient Coriolis force
Low vertical wind shear
Upper atmosphere divergence

- a storm
system characterized
by a lowpressure center and
numerous
thunderstorms that
produce strong winds
and heavy rain.

 Water

temperatures of at least 26.5

C (79.7 F)
Rapid cooling with height
High humidity
Low amounts of wind shear
A need to form more than 555 km
(345 mi) or 5 degrees of latitude away
from the equator
pre-existing system of disturbed
weather

 Around

19 tropical

cyclones

or

storms
The
Philippine
Atmospheric,
Geophysical
and
Astronomical
Services Administration (PAGASA)
releases tropical cyclone warnings
in the form of Public Storm Warning
Signals.

Torrential rain that can cause

flooding
- Extremely strong winds that carry
debris that can be lethal
- Damage buildings and property
- Destroy crops
- Capsize boats at sea
- Deaths due to drowning
- Infrastructure destroyed
-

- rotating columns

of air usually
produced by
severe
thunderstorms.

 mini tornadoes

circulating around a larger one.

- tornadoes form

over water.

- tornadoes form
over land.

most
tornadoes
actually form from the
ground up. It is simply
highly saturated air
dropping from the
thunderstorm
which
gives the appearance
of a tornado

- a tornado on

average moves
at speeds of
30mph, but can
range stationary
to about
70mph.

Los Baos, Laguna Aug 14, 2008

Mactan, Cebu - August 8, 2008
Sultan Kudarat June 12, 2008
Lingayen, Pangasinan June 5, 2008
Southern Leyte May 21, 2008

 Land

encourages the
development of a
tornado, while it
destroys the
cyclones formation.
The time frame from
the birth of a
tornado until it dies
out, is generally
measured in
minutes.

Cyclones

develop
and faster over
the oceans.
The cyclone has a
longer life span.
The time frame
from the birth to
the death of a
cyclone, is
measured in
hours and days.

 loss of Life
Property
Damage
Effects on
Nature

 Tsunami

are ocean
waves, that can reach
the height of 100
feet, and crash onto
land.
Japanese word that
means harbor wave.
80% of all tsunamis
take place in the Ring
of Fire in the Pacific
Ocean.

 Tsunamis

are formed
as a result of powerful
under
water
earthquakes, volcanic
eruption, or a landslide
Some
parts of the
Ocean
experience
frequent earthquakes
because
of
the
movement
of
the
continental plates.

 In

deep open sea,

tsunamis move at a
speed of 600 mph
or more.
When
tsunami
arrives at the shore,
it usually decreases
its speed to about
45 mph/hour.

 August 16, 1976

Cotabato Trench
Maximum
height
of 4.5 meters
(14-15 feet)

http://www.drgeorgepc.com

 15 November 1994
Earthquake with magnitude of 7.1
Baco, Mindoro

http://www.drgeorgepc.com

 Tsunami

may affect
people
mentally,
emotionally,
and
financially.
People
are
left
homeless and careless
due to the flooding
and other destructions.
Lost of lives

 Destroy
A

the crops and flood the city.

tsunami can
cause plenty of
damage
by
crushing
buildings,
sweeping people
of their feet, and
dirtying the pipes,
consequently
spreading disease.

References:
http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/
http://www.weather.unisys.com/
http://www.differencebetween.net/s
cience/nature/difference-betweenhurricane-and-typhoon/