what is the difference between monsoon, typhoon, hurricane, cyclone, tornado, twister? what are the defintions
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Hurricanes are what scientists call "strong Tropical Cyclones". They are formed when large areas of the ocean become heated, and the air pressure over that area drops. This causes thunderstorms and strong surface winds. Cyclones develop over tropical or sub-tropical waters (for example, in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa, or in the Pacific). As they travel long distances gathering energy from the ocean, they are likely to be classified as strong Tropical Cyclones. When the winds of a tropical storm reach 74 mph, then the storm is classified as a hurricane.\n\nMore information on how hurricanes happen can be found on this good site : http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/creation.html
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Everything you wanted to know about cyclones. [please see link]
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A storm is any disturbed state of a planet's atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by strong wind (a wind storm), thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation, such as ice (ice storm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere (as in a dust storm, snowstorm, hailstorm, etc).\n\nFormation\nStorms are created when a center of low pressure develops, with a system of high pressure surrounding it. This combination of opposing forces can create winds and result in the formation of storm clouds, such as the cumulonimbus. Small, localized areas of low pressure can form from hot air rising off hot ground, resulting in smaller disturbances such as dust devils and whirlwinds.\n\nYou could get more information from the link below...
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A storm has to do with strong winds.  I'd say anything stronger that 30 mph winds is classified as a storm.  Plus, storm winds do damage other than flooding that a heavy rain would do.
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Nothing so long as both occur in the northern hemisphere.  Typhoon is a term generally used in the western Pacific ocean while hurricane is used in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans.  \n\nTyphoon or hurricane winds rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.  I shall leave it to you to discover why.
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C'mon now, sometimes I wonder why people ask questions like this....sorry to be rude but I know you know what a hurricane is but here...\n\nhur·ri·cane    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (hûr-kn, hr-)\nn. \nA severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains. \nA wind with a speed greater than 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour, according to the Beaufort scale.
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A tornado is basically like a giant vacuum cleaner.  They are frightening and amazing all at the same time!\n\nEverything you ever wanted to know about them can be found in this excellent resource from NOAA.
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Both are severe tropical systems that have wind speeds greater than 74 mph.\n\nThey are called "hurricanes" in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. But once your go west across the International Dateline and into the western Pacific Ocean, they're called typhoons. And of course, the Australians, who have colorful names for just about everything, have their own term for hurricanes: "willy-willys."\n\nTyphoons generally tend to be stronger than hurricanes, but only because there's warmer water in the western Pacific and are better conditions for storm development. And they've been known to affect Seattle: Some of our strongest windstorms ever recorded were remnants of a typhoon in the western Pacific.
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In the U.S., they're is a place called "Tornado Alley" because most Tornado's happen in that region.  So, where-ever else in the world they occour they must have the same conditions as Tornado Alley.\n\nJust like Hurricanes in the East are called Typhoons.\n\nTornado Alley\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Alley\n\nTornado Alley Maps and Information\nhttp://www.tornadochaser.net/tornalley.html\n\nPS Tornado's over water are called Water Spouts\n\nWater Spouts\nhttp://www.australiasevereweather.com/techniques/moreadv/funnels.htm\n\nDust Devils (aka Funnels)\nhttp://www.australiasevereweather.com/techniques/moreadv/funnels.htm
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Hurricanes are strong wind storms, which are cyclonic in nature. This means that they revolve around a central point, which is known as an ‘eye’. The eye is the calmest part in the storm, while the winds raging around the storm have reached a speed of 119 km an hour! The winds rotate in an anti-clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere, and in a clockwise direction in the southern hemisphere. \n\n\nHow are hurricanes formed? \n\nHurricanes are formed in tropical, ocean areas. The warm air above the ocean begins to rise, and as it rises, it condenses and forms clouds and rain droplets. The process of condensation always results in the release of heat. So when the heated air rises and releases heat during condensation, the surrounding air also becomes warm. This warm air rises further, and then gets blown away by the high altitude winds, and cold air is pushed down to the ocean. The cold air then becomes warm because of the warmth of the ocean, and rises up again and is blown away. In addition, converging winds over the ocean (winds that run into each other) also push the ocean air upwards. Since the ocean air is in any case rising when they are warmed, the converging winds make it rise even faster. Thus, due to these phenomena, the movement of air increasingly becomes more and more rapid. \n\n\nWhat are tornadoes? \n\nFar more violent than hurricanes are tornadoes. Winds surrounding tornadoes often reach speeds of 100 miles an hour, and have even reached speeds of 300 miles an hour. \n\n\nHow are tornadoes formed? \n\nTornadoes are usually formed from thunderstorms and can be defined as a violent column of air extending from the base of a thundercloud to the ground. To put it simply, thunderstorms that rage in the sky ‘drop’ what appears to be a rope, but is actually a gust of wind moving in a circular direction. When this ‘rope’ touches the ground, it wreaks havoc. \n\nTornadoes are formed in a similar manner as hurricanes. Warm, moist air rises up and condenses, releasing heat and forming a thundercloud and rain. (Tornadoes are thus often accompanied by rain, and can cause flooding.) This continuous rise of air upwards is called an ‘updraft’, and a low pressure area is created in the center. High pressure cold winds are then sucked inwards, and the colliding forces causes the thunderstorm to rage. \n\nThese clouds are often green in colour, and at times the sky too turns green – a phenomenon that scientists still don’t have an explanation for. Hurricanes and tornadoes are similar to the extent that they both have a cyclonic movement, which means that they rotate around an eye. A tornado’s movement, as we have seen, is far swifter and more centered. \n\n\nHow are tornadoes ranked? \n\nTornadoes are ranked on a six-tiered “Fujita Scale”. A rank of F0 means that the tornado is weak and has caused a minimal of damage, while a rank of F6 means that the tornado was severe and has caused many deaths and damage to property. The vortex of a tornado is a dangerous place to be because here is where there is maximum rain and hail.
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The term cyclone refers to an area of low pressure in which winds spiral inwards towards the center.\n\nTornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, extra-tropical low pressure systems are all types of cyclones.
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They are usually referred to as cyclones or tropical cyclones. A less official term also used is willy-willy.
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Hurricane/Storm Differences\n\nHurricane is the name given to violent storms that originate over the tropical or subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or North Pacific Ocean east of the International Date Line. Such storms over the North Pacific west of the International Date Line are called typhoons; those elsewhere are known as tropical cyclones, which is the general name for all such storms including hurricanes and typhoons. These storms can cause great damage to property and loss of human life due to high winds, flooding, and large waves crashing against shorelines. \n\nStorm is an atmospheric disturbance in the form of strong winds usually accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and sometimes accompanied by lightning or thunder.\nstorms characterized by area of low atmospheric pressure surrounded by a wind system and often accompanied by rain,storm characterized by extreme cold, strong winds, and heavy snowfall,destructive, violently whirling wind incorporating a funnel-shaped cloud,electrical discharge in the atmosphere often accompanied by thunder
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A supercell is an organized thunderstorm that contains a very strong, rotating updraft. This rotation helps to produce severe weather events such as large hail, strong downbursts, and tornadoes. Supercell storms are usually isolated from other thunderstorms because it allows them to have more energy and moisture from miles around. These storms are rare, but always a threat to life and property.
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The definition of a tornado is a violently rotating column of air that extends from the base of a thunderstorm to ground level.  The circulation MUST go all the way to the ground and all the way to the cloud base.  There does not need to be a visible funnel for a tornado to occur.  The visible funnel often is the result of debris or rain being wrapped into the circulation.  This is why tornadoes come in different colors.  A tornado that moves over the red dirt of Oklahoma may take on a red hue, while one that moves over black soil may look black.  There are even "white" tornadoes, which get their tone from moisture being wrapped in.\n\nRadar is useful for determining if a thunderstorm has the necessary circulation in the mid levels to produce a tornado or that a storm COULD produce a tornado, but it can't tell if that circulation is actually on the ground.  Only human eyes can tell that.  As a result, the National Weather Service works with specially trained volunteer weather spotters through a program called SKYWARN.  These spotters are mostly volunteers, most of whom are licensed Amateur Radio operators.  These spotters monitor the storms from the field and radio reports of tornadoes or other hazardous weather to a liaison or directly to the NWS.  Some spotters also "chase" storms.  They watch the weather forecasts and may travel to areas where storms are likely to form.\n\nI'm a SKYWARN weather spotter, and have seen several tornadoes over the years.  It's a real trip to see a tornado form, move and eventually "rope out" and die.  However, it's very dangerous to get close to one (obviously!).  I was just in the right/wrong place at the time...\n\nThe sites I have listed below are ones that I have found useful over the years.  You can even get your own local weather by going to the first link (NWS) on the list and entering in your ZIP or by clicking your area on the map.\n\n*Edited to add another great link (SPC website)
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Hurricanes occurr in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Pacific.  Otherwise, they're the same.  Typhoones tend to be stronger than hurricanes since the Pacific has more areas of open water.  Typhoons are named independently of hurricanes.  If a hurricane passes through Central America, it becomes a typhoon and vica-versa.