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風舊 (meaning "winds which long last") was first attested in 280, being the oldest Chinese term for typhoon. [9] Not one Chinese historical record links 颱風 to an Arabic or foreign origin. [10] [11] On the other hand, Chinese records consistently assert foreigners refer typhoon as "black wind".
A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a warm-cored, non-frontal synoptic-scale low-pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters around the world. [4] [5] The systems generally have a well-defined center which is surrounded by deep atmospheric convection and a closed wind circulation at the surface. [4]
If black and white markings are used, tropical depression track portions can be indicated by dots, with tropical storms indicated by dashes, systems of cyclone/hurricane/typhoon strength using a solid line, intermittent triangles for the subtropical cyclone stage, and intermittent plus signs for the extratropical cyclone phase. [28]
The previous three storms -- Typhoon Yinxing, Typhoon Kong-rey Please view this new forecast for Typhoon Man-Yi. AccuWeather meteorologists say the Western Pacific Ocean is experiencing a surge in ...
Large, slow moving, and non-sheared tropical cyclones produce the heaviest rains. The intensity of a tropical cyclone appears to have little bearing on its potential for rainfall over land, but satellite measurements over the last several years show that more intense tropical cyclones produce noticeably more rainfall over water.
On December 17, 1944, 80 years ago today, the U.S. Navy's Third Fleet Fast Carrier Task Force was in a refueling operation several hundred miles east of the Philippines, in one of the world's most ...
At this time the AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes for Central America is a 4 due to the likelihood of excessive rainfall and the potential for a flooding disaster.
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) on November 7, 2013, one of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded.. Since 1947, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has classified all typhoons in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of at least 130 knots (67 m/s; 150 mph; 240 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, as super typhoons. [1]