Hurricane

vocabulary
Hurricane - ураган
eye wall – головна (очна) стінка
eye – око урагану
rain bands – дощові смуги
tropical cyclone – тропічний циклон
rotating - обертання
densitie - щільність
storm rotation – штормовий оберт
warm rising air – тепле повітря, що
піднімається
cold falling air – холодне повітря, що
опускається
What is a Hurricane?
• • A hurricane is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which forms
over tropical or subtropical waters.
• • A tropical cyclone is a rotating low-pressure weather system that
has organized thunderstorms but no fronts (a boundary separating
two air masses of different densities).
• • Tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of less
than 39 miles per hour (mph) are called tropical depressions
• • A tropical depression becomes a tropical storm if its winds reach 63
km/hr (39 mph).
• • A tropical storm becomes a hurricane if its winds reach 119 km/hr
(74 mph).
 Points to Remember

Hurricanes can be called as cyclones or typhoons. Scientists just call these storms
different things depending on where they occur.
 In the Atlantic and northern Pacific, the storms are called "hurricanes," after the
Caribbean god of evil, named Hurricanes
In the northwestern Pacific, the same powerful storms are called "typhoons." In
the southeastern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific, they are called "severe
tropical cyclones.“
In the northern Indian Ocean, they're called "severe cyclonic storms." In the
southwestern Indian Ocean, they're just "tropical cyclones."