Typhoon tracking and forecasting involves predicting the path of a typhoon every 6 to 12 hours over at least five days using meteorological tools and methods. An accurate track prediction depends on how high and low pressure systems migrate during the typhoon's lifetime. Computer forecast models aid in determining this motion 5 to 7 days in advance, as an accurate track is essential for predicting intensity, rainfall, storm surge, and tornado threats. The eyewall of a typhoon, where dense clouds and greatest wind speeds up to 200 kph are found, poses the most destruction when it passes over an area.
Typhoon tracking and forecasting involves predicting the path of a typhoon every 6 to 12 hours over at least five days using meteorological tools and methods. An accurate track prediction depends on how high and low pressure systems migrate during the typhoon's lifetime. Computer forecast models aid in determining this motion 5 to 7 days in advance, as an accurate track is essential for predicting intensity, rainfall, storm surge, and tornado threats. The eyewall of a typhoon, where dense clouds and greatest wind speeds up to 200 kph are found, poses the most destruction when it passes over an area.
Typhoon tracking and forecasting involves predicting the path of a typhoon every 6 to 12 hours over at least five days using meteorological tools and methods. An accurate track prediction depends on how high and low pressure systems migrate during the typhoon's lifetime. Computer forecast models aid in determining this motion 5 to 7 days in advance, as an accurate track is essential for predicting intensity, rainfall, storm surge, and tornado threats. The eyewall of a typhoon, where dense clouds and greatest wind speeds up to 200 kph are found, poses the most destruction when it passes over an area.
Typhoon tracking and forecasting involves predicting the path of a typhoon every 6 to 12 hours over at least five days using meteorological tools and methods. An accurate track prediction depends on how high and low pressure systems migrate during the typhoon's lifetime. Computer forecast models aid in determining this motion 5 to 7 days in advance, as an accurate track is essential for predicting intensity, rainfall, storm surge, and tornado threats. The eyewall of a typhoon, where dense clouds and greatest wind speeds up to 200 kph are found, poses the most destruction when it passes over an area.
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Dissecting a Typhoon
• Typhoon tracking and forecasting involve the
prediction of the path of a typhoon every 6 to 12 hours over a period of at least five days. • With this, PAGASA uses a variety of meteorological tools and methods to deliver accurate forecasts. • The weather in a specific location will show signs of an approaching typhoon, like an increasing wave height and frequency, increasing cloudiness, falling air pressure, and heavy rainfall. • Accurate track prediction depends in the position and strength of high-and low- pressure areas, and on how those areas will migrate during the lifetime of a tropical system. • Computer forecast models aid in determining this motion at least 5 to 7 days ahead. • An accurate track forecast is essential because if the track forecast goes wrong, the intensity, rainfall, storm surge, and tornado threat will also be incorrect. • Typhoons have lower air pressure in the middle. This is often the explanation as to why the air in the surroundings moves towards the “eye” where wind speed is low. • But within the eyewall, where dense clouds are found, the wind speed is great. • Whenever news report emphasizes that typhoon has sustained winds of 200 kph for example, they are pertaining to the winds at the eyewall. • When the eye of typhoon passes over a specific place, it is the winds at the eyewall that wreak lots of destructions. • As one side of the eyewall approaches, it brings robust winds blowing in one direction. Then comes the center of typhoon, with its calm weather. • As it leaves, the opposite side of the eyewall brings strong winds again, but this time in the opposite way.