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Tropical Storm Winnie (other)
The name Winnie has been used for 13 tropical cyclones worldwide: 1 in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean, 11 in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, and 1 in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Eastern Pacific: * Hurricane Winnie (1983) – an out of season December storm that dissipated before making landfall. In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Winnie (1953) (T5317) * Typhoon Winnie (1958) (T5810) * Tropical Storm Winnie (1961) * Typhoon Winnie (1964) (T6403, 04W, Dading) * Tropical Storm Winnie (1966) (T6615, 15W) – hit Japan * Tropical Storm Winnie (1969) (T6906, 06W, Goring) * Tropical Storm Winnie (1972) (T7212, 12W) * Typhoon Winnie (1975) (T7510, 12W) – minimal typhoon that stayed at sea * Tropical Storm Winnie (1978) (T7830, 34W) – moderately strong tropical storm * Typhoon Winnie (1997) (T9713, 14W, Ibiang) – among the largest tropical cyclones on record; severely impacted areas of northern China * Tropical Depression Winnie The tropics are the regions of Earth surr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by different names, including hurricane (), typhoon (), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, and a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean, South Pacific, or (rarely) South Atlantic, comparable storms are referred to simply as "tropical cyclones", and such storms in the Indian Ocean can also be called "severe cyclonic storms". "Tropical" refers to the geographical origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively over tropical seas. "Cyclone" refers to their winds moving in a circle, whirling round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
