QUARTER 2 - SCIENCE 8_LESSON 2: UNDERSTANDING TYPHOON
- 4. Who could forget the terrible flood brought by Tropical Storm Ondoy in 2009? Or the people swept out to sea during Tropical Storm Sendong in 2011? Or the poor community of New Bataan buried in mud spawned by Typhoon Pablo in 2012?
- 5. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA),a Philippine national institution dedicated to provide flood and typhoon warnings, public weather forecasts and advisories, meteorological, astronomical, climatological, and other for the protection of life and property 20 tropical cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility each year.
- 6. If the wind speed is less, from 119 to 200 kph, then it is called a typhoon. If the wind speed is between 65 and 118 kph, it is called a tropical storm. And when the wind speed is between 35 to 64 kph, it is a tropical depression.
- 7. TROPICAL CYCLONE CATEGORIES CATEGORIES MAXIMUM WIND SPEED IN KILOMETER PER HOPUR (Km/Hr) KPH TROPICAL DEPRESSION 64 TROPICAL STORM 118 TYPHOON 200 SUPERTYPHOON GREATER THAN 2000
- 8. The term typhoon is used only in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. In the northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean and in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the equivalent term is hurricane. same word for all categories of tropical cyclones. We call it bagyo whether it is a tropical depression, a tropical storm or a typhoon.
- 9. Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) PEEZ – Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone An area in the Northwestern Pacific where PAGASA, the Philippines' national meteorological agency, monitors weather occurrences. Significant weather disturbances, specifically tropical cyclones that enter or develop in the PAR, are given Philippine-specific names.
- 10. PHILIPPINE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY