Cyclones look like huge disks of clouds. They are between 10 and 15 kilometres thick. ... They are made of bands of storm clouds rolled into a spiral around a zone of very low pressure called the eye of the cyclone. Winds are drawn in toward the eye of the cyclone.
Tropical cyclones form near the equator and gain their energy from the heat that is released when water vapour condenses into rain. They are about 500 km across and may have a central region with relatively little cloud and light winds called the eye.
Hi Paityn,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your learning about tropical cyclones. It is incredible how nature works but also very scary. I would hate to be close to one or to watch one in real life.
You said that these tend to form by the equator, where are some places that have experienced tropical cyclones?
From Miss Holland
Hi Paityn
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your information about Cyclones. I am a maths lover so I enjoyed reading all of your detail around how thick they are and how far they can stretch. I have never been in a cyclone but I imagine it would be very very scary.
Have you ever been in a storm or a weather event that has made you feel a bit scared?