{"id":75025,"date":"2021-01-02T13:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=75025"},"modified":"2021-01-02T13:16:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:46:42","slug":"cyclone-kyarr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cyclone-kyarr\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Kyarr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Many places in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka are receiving rains for the last few days, mainly because of cyclonic Karr in the Arabian Sea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Cyclone Kyarr:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cyclone Kyarr is a tropical cyclone that has intensified west of India in the Northern Indian Ocean\u2019s Arabian Sea.<\/li>\n<li>It is the second most intense super cyclonic storm on record in the Arabian Sea in the last 12 years.<\/li>\n<li>The only stronger storm on record in the Arabian Sea was 2007\u2019s Tropical Cyclone Gonu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Tropical Cyclones:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tropical cyclones are storms that originate and intensify over warm tropical oceans.<\/li>\n<li>They are intense low pressure areas with very strong winds circulating around it in anti-clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.<\/li>\n<li>The central calm region of the storm is called the \u201cEye\u201c. The Eye is surrounded by Eye wall which is the region with heaviest precipitation and strongest winds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tropical Cyclones are known by different names in different regions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cyclones in Indian Ocean<\/li>\n<li>Hurricanes in Atlantic<\/li>\n<li>Typhoons in Western Pacific in South China Sea<\/li>\n<li>Willy-Willies in Western Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Necessary Conditions for development of a tropical cyclone:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Continuous supply of abundant warm and moist air<\/li>\n<li>Sea temperature in lower latitudes should be around 27\u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>A distance from the Equator is necessary, so that it allows the Coriolis Effect to deflect winds blowing toward the low pressure centre.Tropical cyclones develop in inter-tropical convergence zone<\/li>\n<li>Pre-existence of weak tropical disturbances<\/li>\n<li>Presence of anticyclonic circulation at the height of 9 to 15km above the surface<\/li>\n<li>Low vertical wind shear between the surface and the upper troposphere. Vertical wind shear is the magnitude of wind change with height.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About India Meteorological Department (IMD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India Meteorological Department (IMD) was established in 1875.It is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India.<\/li>\n<li>It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology.<\/li>\n<li>IMD ranks cyclones on a 5-point scale- a) Cyclonic storm, b) Severe cyclonic storm, c) Very severe cyclonic storm, d) Extremely Severe cyclonic storm and e) Super cyclonic storm.<\/li>\n<li>Cyclonic Storms have storm force wind speeds of between 62\u201388 km\/h. Severe Cyclonic Storms have storm force wind speeds of between 89\u2013117 km\/h.<\/li>\n<li>Very Severe Cyclonic Storms have hurricane-force winds of 118\u2013166 km\/h.Super Cyclonic Storms have hurricane-force winds of above 222 km\/h.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Many places in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka are receiving rains for the last few days, mainly because of cyclonic Karr in the Arabian Sea. Facts: About Cyclone Kyarr: Cyclone Kyarr is a tropical cyclone that has intensified west of India in the Northern Indian Ocean\u2019s Arabian Sea. 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