2007-09-18 10:55:38 · 5 answers · asked by nycgirll 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Yep, they are the same thing.
I have heard some call them Willy-Willies but most call them cyclones in Australia. The general term for them is tropical cyclones. They do indeed rotate in the opposite direction as the the tropical cyclones in the northern hemisphere.
2007-09-18 11:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by Water 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hurricanes in Australia are called tropical cyclones and the air spirals into them clockwise while in a Florida hurricane the spiral is anti-clockwise.
2007-09-18 18:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
other than the name of the storms,(in australia people call it cyclones and in florida it is known as hurricanes) the movement pattern, spinning directions, and the time of year it occurs the most is completely opposite, being the fact that florida and australia are in a completely different hemisphere.
for florida, the hurricanes movement starts out in a west-northwesterly directions, and eventually shifts northeast as it goes up in lattitude. hurricanes in florida spins counter-clockwise, and peak season of hurricanes is around the month of september.
in australia, however, the cyclones starts out in a west-southwesterly direction, and eventually shifts southeast. cyclones in australia spins clockwise and the peak season of cyclones is in march.
2007-09-19 01:43:34 · answer #3 · answered by blahblahblah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Other than naming them differently, (Australia is Cyclone) they turn in different directions and they both leave one massive mess behind.
2007-09-18 18:46:55 · answer #4 · answered by jstmeagain 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we have cyclones not hurricanes? from what l can gather they are basically the same thing, strong winds, warm tempretures, rains,
2007-09-18 18:01:13 · answer #5 · answered by t.s 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋