How

Typhoon
Develops
PREPARED BY: TYPE YOUR NAME HERE
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
•Explain how typhoon
develops and how it is
affected by landmasses and
bodies of water
 Surface wind speed map for Ocean currents and sea
the 23rd May 2020 from surface temperature from
http://earth.nullschool.net https://earth.nullschool.net
on 23rd May 2020

1. Can you name any of the ocean currents?

2. Are there any patterns on the wind direction animation?
3. Using evidence from the Sea Surface Temperature and
Wind Speed map can you say why we get ocean currents?
 Tropical Cyclone

(also known as
a typhoon or
hurricane)

Describe the
satellite image –
what do you see?

Hurricane Maria, 2017. About 900 miles across.

What are the Impacts of
Tropical Cyclones? 1. Describe the
weather during
Hurricane Dorian
– a tropical
cyclone.
2. Describe the effects
of this tropical
cyclone on people
and the
environment
Complete the diagram below by adding each word from the box into the gaps
Cross section through a tropical
cyclone
Low shear
Spiral of fastest Line of cross
winds around the section
Anvil of
Cooler sinking
clouds
air

Spiral bands of
Abou
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Warm upwelling
bands air
Warm Ocean Water
500 to 2000km
Cross section through a tropical
cyclone
Low WIND shear
Spiral of fastest Line of cross
winds around the section
Cooler EYE WALL
Anvil of
sinking
EY CUMULONIMBUS
air
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Spiral bands of
THUNDERSTORM Abou
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RAIN Warm upwelling

bands air
Warm Ocean Water 26°C+
500 to
2000km
 KEY
9 Average
Map of major Tropical 26°C
Sea temperatures go above
number of cyclones
a year
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movement basin name for
tropical cyclones

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60°N
50°N
40°N
30°N
20°N
10°N
5°N
0°
5°S
10°S
20°S
30°S
40°S
50°S

This map shows the tracks of all tropical cyclones which

formed worldwide from 1985 to 2005.
1. Which areas get the most tropical cyclones?
2. Look carefully between 5°N and 5°S – what do you
notice?
Describe the location
of Tropical cyclones
USEFUL SENTENCE STARTERS -
Tropical cyclones are found...
Most Tropical cyclones occur in.....
The least Tropical cyclones
occur.....
Many Tropical cyclones occur at
the latitudes of.....
There are no Tropical cyclones.....
Tropical cyclones are called …
The countries most affected by
Tropical cyclones are…
This second map shows that we do
not get Tropical cyclones
between the latitudes of…
 Line of cross
1. The sun
sends 5. Some cooled 7. Thewhole section
incoming air sinks back cyclone rotates
solar down helping because of the
radiation to to create the Earth’s spin
EYE 4. This air cools as
Earth which
warms our it rises, causing
oceans condensation to
occur and clouds
to form
6. Air rushes
in from
outside the 3. This causes warm MOIST
cyclone air to rise through the air
creating winds

2. This warms the oceans to

a critical 26°C
500 to
2000km
Key Impacts of Tropical Cyclones
• Storm surge: A rise in sea level due to the low
pressure and winds pushing water onshore. In
1899’s Cyclone Mahina the storm surge was
14.5m. Hurricane Katrina caused a 7.7 to 8.5m
storm surge in 2005

• Extreme rainfall: Tropical Cyclone Hyacinthe

was associated with over 6m of rainfall.
Hurricane Harvey dumped 1.53m of rainfall on
Texas in 2017.

• High winds: The 1924 Cuba hurricane had

wind speeds of 165 miles per hour. Hurricane
Laura in 2020 hit 150 miles per hour
 We can prepare for Tropical Cyclones!
Is there enough detail on the poster below?
Could anything else be included?
Review – True or false?
1-10 in the back of your books
5 seconds thinking time per question
1. If a storm isn’t spinning, it can’t be a tropical cyclone 1. True
2. A tropical cyclone will always have a name 2. True
3. A tropical cyclone can form over land
3. False
4. The name for hot air rising is ‘convection’.
4. True
5. A tropical cyclone will have winds of at least 74mph.
6. A tropical cyclone can only form over water that is 5. True
20oC or warmer 6. False
7. A tropical cyclone would spin clockwise in the North
Atlantic
8. A tropical cyclone could form in the Arctic Ocean 7. False
9. A tropical cyclone near Japan would be called a
hurricane.
10. Tropical cyclones can happen in any month of the 8. False
year 9. False
10. True
1850 Tropical
1900 Storms and climate change 2000 2018

In a warming world
what will the
consequences be for
people living in areas
that suffer tropical
cyclones?
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