Hurricane Characteristics Overview
A typical hurricane is defined by several key meteorological features:
- Strong Rotary Winds: Sustained winds exceeding 74 mph (119 km/h) rotating around a central eye.
- Heavy Rainfall: Associated with intense precipitation leading to flooding.
- Warm Core Structure: Hurricanes are warm-core cyclones, meaning their central temperature is warmer than the surrounding environment at similar altitudes. This warmth originates from the latent heat released during condensation processes within the storm.
These features differentiate hurricanes from storms with cold cores or those lacking significant precipitation.
Important Questions from Indian Monsoon and Severe Weather
- Which one of the following statements about Western disturbances is FALSE?
- Choose the FALSE statement amongst the following:
Choose the correct combination of the physical properties (A, B, C and D) that are TRUE for the Indian summer monsoon system.
A – deep, B – moist, C – barotropic, D – baroclinic
Choose the correct combination of the following statements (A, B, C and D) that is TRUE for the Indian Northeast monsoon.
A. Northeast India gets maximum rainfall.
B. The winds are north-easterlies over Bay-of- Bengal.
C. Maximum number of tropical depressions, storms and cyclones are formed over Arabian Sea.
D. ITCZ is located south of $20^\circ\text{N}$
- During a break-monsoon condition in summer, the monsoon trough moves
