Where are tropical storms formed

Question 1

What is a tropical storm?

Answer 1

Huge, powerful storm that develop in tropics. Have different names for different areas

Question 2

What do they call tropical storms in the USA and the Caribbean?

Answer 2

Hurricanes

Question 3

What do they call tropical storms in South-east Asia and Australia?

Answer 3

Cyclones

Question 4

What do they call Tropical storms in Japan and the Philippines?

Answer 4

Typhoons

Question 5

What is the Coriolis affect?

Answer 5

The rotation of the earth affecting the wind

Question 6

Where do tropical storms form?

Answer 6

In the Tropics - to the North and South of the Equator. No tropical storms at the Equator.
- Only form over warm oceans (above 27 degrees)
- Form in Summer and Autumn
- 5-15 degrees North and South of the equator where the coriolis effect is high. Equator has 0 spin
- Intense heat makes air unstable causing it to rise rapidly

Question 7

How does the Global atmospheric circulation affect tropical storms?

Answer 7

• Unstable rising air in equatorial regions (where Hadley cells join together) provides ideal conditions as the air rises and condenses causing storm clouds to form
• Trade winds are responsible for most of the east-west storms. Winds caused by air flowing over Earth’s surface form sub-tropical high-pressure belts to the equatorial low-pressure belts