Bureau of Meteorology published this video item, entitled “Severe Weather Update: developing tropical cyclone for northern Australia – 24 Dec 2021” – below is their description.
Severe Weather Update: developing tropical cyclone for northern Australia. Video current 2.30pm ACST 24 December 2021.
The tropics have awoken, and a cyclone watch has been issued for parts of the Kimberley and Top End, including Darwin.
Know your weather. Know your risk. For the latest forecasts and warnings, go to our website www.bom.gov.au or the #BOMWeather app.
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In meteorology, a cyclone is a large scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure. Cyclones are characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate about a zone of low pressure and typically bring winds, rain, high waves and storm surges to the areas they pass.
In the Atlantic and the northeastern Pacific oceans, a tropical cyclone is generally referred to as a hurricane (from the name of the ancient Central American deity of wind, Huracan), in the Indian and south Pacific oceans it is called a cyclone, and in the northwestern Pacific it is called a typhoon.
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