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HurricaneHunter914
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I have a question
What exactly happens during a fujiwara between two tropical cyclones? Is it a survival of the fitest thing or do the cyclones combine?
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HURAKAN
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Definition from the dictionary:
The Fujiwhara effect or Fujiwhara interaction is a type of interaction between two nearby cyclonic vorticies. When the vorticies approach each other, their centers will begin orbiting cyclonically about a point between the two systems. The two vorticies will be attracted to each other, and eventually spiral into the center point and merge. When the two vorticies are of unequal size, the larger vortex will tend to dominate the interaction, and the smaller vortex will orbit around it.
Twin hurricanes Ione (left) and Kirsten (right) pinwheeling about the eastern Pacific during the 1974 Pacific hurricane season during a Fujiwhara interaction.
The Fujiwhara effect or Fujiwhara interaction is a type of interaction between two nearby cyclonic vorticies. When the vorticies approach each other, their centers will begin orbiting cyclonically about a point between the two systems. The two vorticies will be attracted to each other, and eventually spiral into the center point and merge. When the two vorticies are of unequal size, the larger vortex will tend to dominate the interaction, and the smaller vortex will orbit around it.
Twin hurricanes Ione (left) and Kirsten (right) pinwheeling about the eastern Pacific during the 1974 Pacific hurricane season during a Fujiwhara interaction.
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So they do both. When they are of equal size they merge but when one is bigger than the other the smaller one orbits around the biggere one or the bigger on eats it up. Is that what happened with Lisa and Matthew in 2004, when they came so close to each other Lisa took energy from Matthew and Matthew disappated?
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http://vortex.plymouth.edu/hur_dir/2005 ... idia05.mpg
This is a loop in which you can see how last year Max added Lidia to its circulation. Really cool! Talk about passion!
This is a loop in which you can see how last year Max added Lidia to its circulation. Really cool! Talk about passion!
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DoctorHurricane2003
Another spectacular one was the Gil and Henriette one in the EPAC in 2002 I believe.
Also, if they are of equal size, they do not merge. One of two things happen: they shear each other to bits, or, like with the case of Humberto/Iris, when they start the interaction, one goes one way and the other another.
Also, if they are of equal size, they do not merge. One of two things happen: they shear each other to bits, or, like with the case of Humberto/Iris, when they start the interaction, one goes one way and the other another.
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DoctorHurricane2003 wrote:Another spectacular one was the Gil and Henriette one in the EPAC in 2002 I believe.
Also, if they are of equal size, they do not merge. One of two things happen: they shear each other to bits, or, like with the case of Humberto/Iris, when they start the interaction, one goes one way and the other another.
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