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Mesocyclone vs Typhoon - What's the difference?

mesocyclone | typhoon |

As nouns the difference between mesocyclone and typhoon

is that mesocyclone is an area of vertical atmospheric rotation in supercell thunderstorms, which signals the threat of a possible tornado while typhoon is a weather phenomenon in the eastern pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118km/h) or above equivalent to a cyclone in the indian ocean and indonesia/australia.

mesocyclone

English

Noun

(wikipedia mesocyclone) (en noun)
  • an area of vertical atmospheric rotation in supercell thunderstorms, which signals the threat of a possible tornado.
  • Derived terms

    * mesocyclonic

    typhoon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.
  • World War II aircraft, Hawker typhoon.
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  • Derived terms

    * typhoon fifth

    See also

    * cyclone * hurricane * tornado