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tropical systems...

#1 Postby BUD » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:01 am

What in the atmosphere causes the systems to form from a wave ,tropical depression, tropical storm,and even in to a hurricane :?: :?:
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#2 Postby bahamaswx » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:05 am

Tropical cyclogenesis.
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#3 Postby Matthew5 » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:12 am

Ok they start out from convection/thunderstorms. Then that feels the turning of the earth which spins the convection up. What happens convection/thunderstorms forms a rising of the air(low pressure is rising air) so as the air rises the pressure lowers. Then the force of the earths spinning at 1,000 mph. Which the earth is just under 24 thousand miles around. What happens is this force makes the airflow/jetstream on earth move from west to east in the mid lats. But because of the the poles are moving faster because of less time to spin one time. Then the equator this force is mostly formed above 10 north. As you go higher up in lat this force gets stronger. Then once you have convection then the pressure is lowing in the convection. After that this force starts spinning the tropical cyclone up. But the energy comes from the warm oceans. Which fuel the tropical cyclone. See tropical cyclones move warm/laten heat from the tropics to the poles to even out the planets temperatures. The temperatures needed to form a tropical cyclone is just below 77 to 80 degrees or 26c. That is the heat to form the convection which lowers the pressure then the force spins up the tropical cyclone.


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#4 Postby BUD » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:15 am

thanks for the answer.
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#5 Postby tideline » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:30 am

the amount of land moving by a given point is less at the poles than at the equator. smaller diameter per a given revolution= less surface footage. has a object moves northward from the equator it deflects to the right because it is moving over constantly decreasing surface footage. this is also the reason all the cold fronts you see on maps the farther north along the front the farther east it is.
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#6 Postby Matthew5 » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:45 am

Yes your right tideline I guest I'm getting tired!
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