Typhoons

Science 8
Weather
• IS THE DAY-TO-DAY
CONDTION OF THE
ATMOSPHERE AT A
PARTICULAR TIME AND
PLACE
• Takes place at the
troposphere
Study of Clouds
 Tropical Cyclone

If it develops in the If it develops in the Northwest

Northeast Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean
Weather Instruments
measures the speed of the wind
shows the direction of the wind
Measures air temperature
Collects and measures the amount
of rain over a period of time
Measures air pressure
1. Continuous evaporation
and water cycles
2. Differences in Air Pressure
3. Convergent winds
Typhoon-Prone
Philippines
 Intertropical
Convergence Zone
✓ It is an area where the Northern and
Southern Hemisphere winds converge
and is usually located between 10
degrees north and south of the equator.
✓ The Philippines is strategically located
within the typhoon belt of the Pacific
and lies within the proximity of the ITCZ.
➢ It is the government agency
responsible for monitoring typhoons
and weather disturbances,
weather forecasting, flood control,
and astronomy research.
➢ It falls under the scope of the DOST.
➢ Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal (TCWS) System is
formerly a four-warning level system used by PAGASA
to describe the intensity of an upcoming storm.
➢ The increasing intensity of recent storms brought about
by climate change compelled PAGASA to revise it into
a five-warning level system.
➢ Each level corresponds to a range of wind speed and
the approximate number of hours in which strong winds
or rain are expected from the time the warning is first
issued.
How Landforms
and
Bodies of Water
affect Typhoons
➢ The study of the formation and topography of
mountains and hills is known as orography.
➢ Orographic lifting occurs when air flows over
mountains and is forced to rise, causing rain or
snow over the mountains, which is called
orographic precipitation.
➢ The air is warm and heavy with moisture because
it originates from above the ocean, then it cools
as it rises up the mountain and the moisture
condenses as rain.
➢ A rain shadow is a dry area on the leeward side of a
mountainous area (away from the wind). The
mountains block the passage of rain-producing
weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness
behind them.
➢ Ocean factors that influence the intensity of a
typhoon are the surface temperature before the
storm and the temperature difference between
surface and subsurface water.
➢ As climate change causes the ocean surface to
become warmer than normal, increased
temperatures provide more energy for an intense
storm to develop.