Intensity of Hurricane
- The intensity of a tropical Cyclone is based on the speed of the wind and on the atmospheric pressure. In order to determine the intensity of the storm, we must understand the relation between the wind and the pressure. For this purpose, the Australian Scale and the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale are being used to measure wind speed to determine storm classification. In 1979, the most severe storm, Typhoon Tip in the Pacific Northwest was recorded. This storm reached a minimum pressure of 871 hPa and the maximum speed of the wind reached 189 mph. The highest sustained speed of the wind was ever recorded at 213 mph in 2015 for Hurricane Patricia. This is the strongest hurricane ever registered in the western hemisphere.
What is Hurricane?
Among tropical cyclones, a hurricane is one of them. A tropical cyclone is a weather system that rotates rapidly. It is characterized by a low-pressure centre and a closed atmospheric circulation at low elevations. It also has an arrangement of thunderstorms which is a spiral that produces heavy rain. A hurricane occurs in the northeast of the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the northwest of the Pacific Ocean, or in the Indian Ocean. The biggest and most destructive storms on Earth are hurricanes.
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