PRECURSORY SIGNS OF

TROPICAL CYCLONES
 CLOUD FORMATIONS

 WATER VAPOR CONDENSED

TINY PARTICLE OF DUST THAT
ARE FLOATING
 CIRRUS CLOUDS

• THIN AND OFTEN WISPY CLOUDS

• 20 000FT. (6000M)
• ICE CRYSTALS
• AHEAD OF TROPICAL CYCLONES
• DIRECTION IS TOWARDS THE STORM
LOCATED
 DARK, BRICK-RED-ORANGE SKY

• DURING SUNSET OR SUNRISE

• RAYS TRAVEL A LARGER PART OF THE
ATMOSPHERE
• SUNLIGHT CONSIST OF SEVEN COLORS
• RED AS LONGEST WAVELENGTH

• “RED SKY AT NIGHT, TRAVELER’S DELIGHT; RED SKY IN

MORNING, TRAVELERS TAKE WARNING
 FORMATION OF HALOS

• RING AROUND THE MOON

• MEANS A RAIN
• HIGH CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS
• TINY ICE CRYSTALS
• REFRACTION/ SPLITTING OF LIGHTS
 SEA SWELLING

• TROPICAL CYCLONES GENERATES BIG

WAVES(SWELLS)
• 35-40 FT. HIGH EXCEEDS TO 45 FT.
• OBSERVED 1000 MILES AWAY FROM THE
CENTER OF THE STORM
• WARNING
BAROMETER PRESSURE DROPS
 SEASONS

• JUNE-DECEMBER- TROPICAL CYCLONES

• JUNE- OCTOBER
• SOUTHWEST MONSOON LATE MAY OR JUNE ENDS
T SEPTEMBER (HABAGAT)
• NORTHEAST MONSOON STARTS (NOVEMBER-
MARCH) AMIHAN
• ITCZ AND TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING
SOUTHWEST MONSOON –FLOODING IN
NORTHERN PHILIPPINES
 TROPICAL CYCLONES

 LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS DEVELOP OVER

WARM TROPICAL OCEANS
26.50 DEGREE C
CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (17KM TALL)
ROLE OF TROPICAL CYCLONES

 TAKE THE HEAT FROM THE OCEAN

TROPICAL CYCLONES RAINS HELPS IN IRRIGATION
 WHERE DO THEY FORM?

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC REGION

 FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE

 19-20 TYPHOONS IN PAR

8-9 CROSS THE PHILIPPINES, YEARLY; 4-5 ARE OF
TYPHOON INTENSITY
JUNE-DECEMBER- TYPHOON SEASON
JULY AND AUGUST-PEAK TYPHOON SEASON
SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER-
DESTRUCTIVE AND DEADLY TYPHOONS PERIOD
RARELY OCCUR IN MINDANAO,
CORIOLIS FORCE
 NAMING OF TROPICAL CYCLONES

• THE PIONEERING AUSTRALIAN

WEATHERMAN CLEMENT WRAGGE BEGAN
ASSIGNING NAMES TO TROPICAL
CYCLONES IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY,
INITIALLY USING THE LETTERS OF THE
GREEK ALPHABET AND CHARACTERS FROM
GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY.
 UPDATED TROPICAL CYCLONES CLASSIFICATION

CATEGORY INTENSITY(KPH) NAUTICAL MILES/HR(KNOTS)(KT)

TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) 61-less 33 or less
TROPICAL STORM (TS) 62-88 34-47
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM (STS) 89-117 48-63
TYPHOON (TY) 118-220 64-120
SUPER TYPHOON More than 220 More than 120