Tag: Winds

All You Need to Know About Tropical Cyclone

Tropical Cyclone What is it? In simple words, a tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system that produces heavy rain with strong wind and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms. Usually, these are formed over warm ocean waters at low latitudes. A cyclone is referred to by many different names depending on its location and Read More

What You Don’t Know About an Anemometer

Anemometer is any instrument for measuring the speed of the wind. Weather monitoring and forecasting depend on anemometers. Having wind speed measurements from many places, allows people to study patterns in the weather.

Some Tidbits About El Niño

The world’s weather can be completely thrown off balance by a chaotic weather extraordinary event known as El Niño (El-NEEN-yo). El Niño’s influence on the weather is second only to the changing of the seasons. It is a complex, irregular series of climatic changes affecting southern hemisphere.