Severe Weather in Myanmar

1 How tornadoes form:

Tornadoes start out with a horizontal mass of air rotating over a flat surface. When thunderstorms are nearby they have large updrafts causing the horizontal rotating airmass to be come vertical. Once vertical the airmass forms a mesocyclone in the thunderstorm, the rotating becomes stronger it starts to move towards the lower part of the cloud. Once the mesocyclone touches the ground it is known as a tornado. In the US tornadoes generally travel from Southwest to NorthEast due to the Westerlies. Very occasionally Myanmar will experience a tornado but there have been no massive ones recently. The US on the other hand experiences an average of 1,252 tornadoes per year. I was unable to find an average amount for Myanmar as I have only been able to find two on record. Myanmar is quite near a tornado hot spot but just far enough away to experience very few near India and Tibet.

• http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information/extreme-events/us-tornado-climatology
•  http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/storm/tornadoes-asia.htm

2 Hurricanes :
For Hurricanes to form they require pretty specific conditions. To start there needs to be a lot of humidity in the air. Along with high humidity there also need to be consistent heating of the surface it forms over; so basically water that is consistently above 80 degrees fahrenheit. The last thing hurricanes need to form are cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds. Hurricanes mainly above and bellow the equator. They are called hurricanes if they form in the East Pacific and Atlantic. If they form in the Indian ocean and near Australia they are considered Cyclones; and if the form in the third main region near China and Indonesia they are labeled as Typhoons. When hurricanes form near the US they generally travel from Florida up towards New York in a C direction path, making their way back towards Europe. On average around 10 hurricanes hit the US each year with only around 2 becoming major storms. Myanmar has a more active hurricane zone with around 20 occurring per year.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_basins#North_Indian_Ocean
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane_season

Daily Weather in Naypyidaw

My Country’s Capital City is: ___Naypyidaw_____________

 My 3-day forecast will cover the following days: __11/4_____, _11/5__, _11/6_

b) The forecasted high for my first day is: _91_  the forecasted low is: _72_ Precip. percent: _40%__

c) The forecasted high for my second day is: _88    the forecasted low is: _73__ Precip. percent: _50%_

d) The forecasted high for my third day is: _80_ the forecasted low is: _71_Precip. percent: _90%_

e) The average pressure over the three day period was ___29.86____.

f) The pressure (circle one)     increased      decreased       stayed the same       over the three day period.

g) The average wind speed over the five day period was __2.666__.

h) The wind speed (circle one)    increased      decreased       stayed the same    over the three day period.

My countries capital is Naypyidaw, which is centrally located in Myanmar. I researched the weather forecast for November 4th through the 6th. On the 11/4 the high temperature was 91 degrees Fahrenheit and the low falling at 72; with a 40% precipitation. On the 5th temperatures drop slightly with the high at 88 and low at 73; the precipitation is slightly increasing to 50%. November 6th the weather changes the most with precipitation at 90% and a high of 80 and low of 71. Over these 3 days the pressure had no variation and stayed very constant around 29.86. The wind speed was also similar only varying by 1 or 2 mph and stayed around 3mph over 5 days.

2. With the information above I can tell there are scattered clouds all over Naypyidaw. There seems to be a higher concentration of colder clouds in blue surrounding the capital, these are further away than the grey clouds on the map. There are also some scattered low clouds on the outskirts of the capital in grey. The highest clouds in yellow are sitting just south of the capital, Naypyidaw. Currently there is no precipitation in the area. On the surface the of Naypyidaw, it is mainly city ground. There are mountains to the east with a large river as well. to the west there are a few tropical forest areas and small scattered lakes.

Myanmar sits in the bottom center of the map. There is little activity near by, but we can see the High pressures in the North near Russia helping create the low pressure Myanmar is near. The nearest front is a cold front headed towards southern Japan. The isobars show decently high winds speed closer to the low pressure near Myanmar.  

This map shows a more detailed view of the low pressure Myanmar is East of. The pressures of the isobars are quite low showing the high wind speeds in the area being circulated. There are no fronts close to Myanmar.