what is a typhoon exactly?....does it have something that involves a tornado on water?

Answer 1

A typhoon is what they call a hurricane in the Western Pacific. A tornado over water is a waterspout.

Answer 2

A typhoon is analogous to a hurricane. Tropical cyclones that reach hurricane strength and that occur in the western pacific are name typhoons. The western pacific typically gets more tropical cyclones each year than the Atlantic. And they tend to be stronger more often. If the typhoon reaches cat 4 or higher the term "super typhoon" is used.

Answer 3

A typhoon is a name for a Hurricane or Cyclone that happens in the Far East, usually limited to the Pacific Ocean. They are big tropical storms that have high speed winds and waves of rain. They are quite destructive when hitting civilization, just like Hurricanes.

Answer 4

Typhoons are the same as hurricanes, they just call them typhoons if they happen in the south pacific or asia... They require a water surface temp of at least 80 degrees to form.

Answer 5

A typhoon is the same as a hurricane. In Asia and that part of the world they call it a typhoon instead.

Answer 6

A typhoon is a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean and other connecting oceans. It can include winds that may create a vortex (cyclone) and also tidal waves. Tidal waves are mostly caused by plate movements beneath the Pacific Ocean but winds can cause severe waves such as tidal waves.

Answer 7

In meteorology, a tropical cyclone is a storm system fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and condenses. The name underscores their origin in the tropics and their cyclonic nature (circulation that is counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere). They are distinguished from other cyclonic storms such as nor'easters and polar lows by the heat mechanism that fuels them, which makes them "warm core" storm systems.

Depending on their strength and location, there are various terms by which tropical cyclones are known, such as tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane, and typhoon.

Tropical cyclones can produce extremely high winds, tornadoes, and torrential rain (leading to mudslides and flash floods), and drive storm surge onto coastal areas. Although the effects on human populations can be catastrophic, tropical cyclones have also been known to relieve drought conditions because they transport enormous amounts of moisture. They carry heat away from the tropics, an important mechanism of the global atmospheric circulation that maintains equilibrium in the earth's troposphere.

Answer 8

i always thought that a typhoon was a massive thundrstorm, like a monsoon.
could it be the storm caused by a tornado?
maybe.

Answer 9

"1. a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas."

Answer 10

It is a western pacific hurricane.