Orlando, Florida – The National Hurricane Center has identified a time zone in the Gulf of Mexico as a potential tropical cyclone 1.
This low-pressure unorganized zone is expected to bring torrential rains and tropical storm conditions in parts of Florida from Friday to Saturday.
The National Hurricane Center has issued tropical storm monitoring for Oceola and Brevard counties, meaning tropical storm conditions are expected within the next 48 hours.
Most of the gusts will occur in South Florida, but in Central Florida, especially south of Orlando, heavy rains and gusts of wind will be possible from Friday night.
What is a potential tropical cyclone?
“Potential tropical cyclone” is a relatively new designation from the National Hurricane Center. It was created in 2017 to identify areas with disturbed weather near the land that have the potential to acquire tropical characteristics.
This designation allows the National Hurricane Center to create its own forecasts and issue clocks and warnings, although the storm has not yet fully developed, but is likely to enter and affect the earth in a short time.
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The main characteristic of a tropical cyclone; depression, storm or hurricane is a well-defined center of the surface. Even if the disturbance causes winds that meet the criteria for a depression or storm, it will not be considered tropical and will get its name (once a tropical storm) unless there is this closed circulation on the surface.
I thought the cyclones were in another part of the world
This is somewhat true, but cyclones are happening all over the world. All storms are cyclones. In the northern hemisphere, winds stop inward and counterclockwise. In the southern hemisphere, the opposite is true. A tropical cyclone is an area of low pressure in the tropics that has a well-defined surface center.
In our part of the world, of course, we call them tropical depressions, tropical storms or hurricanes.
In the western Pacific, after the storm has winds greater than 74 mph, it is considered a typhoon, not a hurricane. It is still a tropical storm when there are winds below 74 mph.
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In the Indian Ocean, storms are simply called cyclones.
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