SCIENCE JOURNAL 8

VIDEO LESSON 7 QUARTER 2: TRACKING THE PATH OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE

OUR COUNTRY LIES ALONG THE WEST PACIFIC BASIN WHICH HAS THE WARMES OCEAN
TEMPERATURE IN THE WORLD.
• TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE FORMED ONLY IN THE WARM WATER OCEANS NEAR THE
EQUATOR AND THE ARE FORMED IN THE OCEAN.

• SUPER TYPHOON YOLANDA IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST

POWERFUL TYPHOON EVER RECORDED IN THE HISTORY OF THE
PHILIPPINES. IT HIT THE COUNTRY ON NOVEMBER 8 2013.
• DESPITE THE EARLY PRECAUTIONARY WARNING ISSUED BY PAGASA
MANY DID NOT HEED TO IT. IT KILLED OVER 6,000 PEOPLE AND LEFT
1,800 PEOPLE MISSING (ACCORDING TO THE WORLD VISION
ORGANIZATION

 TYPHOON TRACKING AND FORECASTING

• INVOLVE PREDICTION OF TYPHOONS PA EVERY 6 TO 12 HOURS ON A PERIOD OF AT
LEAST 5 TO 7 DAYS.
• THE WEATHER IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION WILL SHOW SIGNS OF APPROACHING
TYPHOON. SUCH AS…
SIGNS OF AN INCOMING TYPHOON:
– INCREASING WAVE HIGH AND FREQUENCY.
– INCREASING CLOUDNESS
– FALLING AIR PRESSURE
– HEAVY RAINFALL.
• AN ACCURATE TRACK FORECAST IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE IT HACK FORECAST GOES
WRONG THE INTENSITY RAINFALL STORM SURGE AND TORNADO THREAT WILL ALSO
BE INCORRECT.
 IF YOU’RE IN THE :
 EYE
• TYPHOONS HAVE LOWER AIR PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE (EYE) WHERE THE WIND
SPEED IS LOW.
• CALM ATMOSPHERIC OR WEATHER CONDITION.
 EYE WALL
• DENSE CLOUDS WIND SPEED IS GSPEE, THAT WRECK LOTS OF DESTRUCTION, AND
WIND DIRECTION CHANGES AS THE I PROCESS AN AREA.