FUJIWHARA EFFECT

• I learned that FUJIWHARA EFFECT is named after Sakuhei Fujiwhara, is a type of interaction between two nearby cyclonic vortices, causing them to appear to "orbit" each other. The effect is often mentioned in relation to the motion of tropical cyclones, although the final merging of the two storms is uncommon. The effect becomes pronounced in these storms when they approach within about 1,500 km (900 mi) of each other and are at tropical storm strength or stronger.

• I want to know more on why the cyclones approach each other, their centers will begin orbiting cyclonically about a point between the two systems due to their cyclonic wind circulations. The two vortices will be attracted to each other, and eventually spiral into the center point and merge. When the two vortices are of unequal size, the larger vortex will tend to dominate the interaction, and the smaller vortex will orbit around it.

• I want to research on how this Fujiwhara effect happen in our atmosphere. And why it happened A few sets of examples can be found in the busy 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. During the height of the season, Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Iris took part in a brief Fujiwhara interaction. Iris then began interacting with a third storm, Tropical Storm Karen, which orbited and later merged with the more intense Iris.

• I appreciate the fact that when it happen to us it bring away storm but I am also afraid that it can worsen the case and make the storm stronger and it could bring us a lot of damage.

• All of these information gathered can be the learning and insights that I can share with my family and friends. Also the things that we should do during the occurrence of this phenomena. That could also help us in our community.