The National Meteorological Service (SMN) confirmed the formation of a cyclone in the Argentine Sea for the next few hours and days.
Upon learning this, many Twitter and other social network users wondered: Are cyclones like the one going through Buenos Aires really hurricanes?
For starters, cyclones like this one They are not the same thing compared to hurricanes or typhoonsalthough all three share a similarity: all three are a storm system.
Its first difference, and perhaps the least important, lies in the origin of its name. Storms produced in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Northeast Pacific began to be called “hurricanes”; “Typhoon” to those that occurred in the northwestern Pacific; and “tropical cyclone” to storms that occurred in the southeastern regions of the Indian Ocean or the southwestern Pacific.
But the main difference between a cyclone like the one that will hit Buenos Aires and a hurricane – with which it is more common to confuse it – has to do with the fact that these cyclones, called “extratropical cyclones”, have a different formation process called “cyclogenesis. “. “and are not related to” tropical cyclones “, which are hurricanes.
These “extra tropical cyclones” they are a low pressure system and are associated with cloudiness, rain and windexplains the meteorological communicator of the SMN Cindy Fernandez.
“Well, let’s cut with the paranoia of the cyclone”, dramatized the meteorologist. “It’s the same as a ‘low pressure’,” Fernández tweeted before clarifying that a “cyclone” equals “low pressure” and that an “anticyclone” is the same as “high pressure”.
“They will also listen to CYCLOGENESIS, which is what the process of forming that drop is called. The opposite process (dissipation) is called CYCLÓLYSIS ”, Fernández completed.
In turn the meteorologist Fernando confessor He provided similar details on the “low pressure” phenomenon that will form in the central belt of Argentina.
“What will happen? The weather should start to get worse from tonight. Tomorrow the wind will blow strong in the City, speeds are estimated between 30 and 60 km / h and gusts between 60 and 80 km / h”, reported the professional on Twitter.
“This is a period of bad weather that will last about 48 hours, the phenomena that can be expected are many: different types of clouds, moments of sunshine, precipitation of varying intensity, wind and strong gusts. Get better at the weekend “.
In dialogue with Clarín, Fernández explained that the formation of the cyclone “will start on Wednesday but will manifest itself more clearly on Thursday and could last until Friday. This has to do with the fact that the pressure of the atmosphere will start to drop. ” The professional also made it clear that cyclones are common and usually form several times a year.
In the City there is the alert for Thursday “for the winds of the southern sector with speeds between 30 and 55 km / h and gusts between 60 and 80 km / h”, says Fernández, adding that the capital “will be affected by thunderstorms. , some strong, accompanied by intense gusts, electrical activity, hail falls and abundant water in short periods “.
“It will generate rains and thunderstorms in the Capital and in the GBA with greater force for the afternoon or evening” and after the rain the wind would intensify and rotate to the south, concluded the specialist.
Source: Clarin
