Cyclones and Anticyclones

Organized atmospheric systems having circular flow zones with low and high air pressure are
referred to as cyclones and anticyclones (e.g. Martin 2006; Russell and Thompson 2002;
Wallace and Hobbs 2006; Holton 2004). Wind blows counterclockwise in low-pressure
systems (cyclones) in the Northern Hemisphere,Anticyclones rotate counterclockwise in the
Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. The cyclone and
anticyclone's main structure and circulation.

In the case of the cyclones, the pressure is lowest the centre (depression),
while in the case of the anticyclones, the pressure is highest at the centre.In
the first case, the pressure gradient is directed towards the centre, while in the
latter case, the pressure gradient force is directed from the centre of high
pressure to the periphery.When cyclone or anticyclone is associated with the
wave front, then it is called a wave or frontal storm or mid-latitude
anticyclone. Cyclones are associated with unstable atmospheric conditions and
vertical movements of air. In cyclones, the air near the Earth moves towards
the inside, the centre of the cyclone, where pressure is lowest, and then it
starts rising. At the same height, the lifted air starts to diverge to the
surrounding environment, away from the centre of cyclone.

Difference Between Cyclone and Hurricane

Cyclones that form over warm tropical oceans are called tropical cyclones, tropical
storms or tropical depressions. To be classed as a tropical cyclone, winds must
reach 34 knots (39 miles per hour). When a tropical cyclone tops 65 knots (74 miles
per hour) in the eastern Pacific, the Atlantic Ocean or the Atlantic's adjoining seas, it
is known as a hurricane. An Atlantic hurricane, for example, usually starts off the
coast of West Africa and travels in a westerly direction toward central America and
the eastern United States, getting bigger and stronger until it reaches land.

The deadliest hurricane in U.S. history was the Great Galveston Hurricane, which hit
the city of Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and caused an estimated 8,000 to 12,000
deaths.

In the western Pacific Ocean and its adjoining seas, a hurricane is known as a
typhoon.

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