Cyclone Midhili

• The cyclonic storm named “Midhili” impacted the Northeast Bay of Bengal, near the coast of Bangladesh.
• The designation ‘Midhili’ has been assigned by the Maldives.

ABOUT CYCLONES

• Cyclones are large-scale air masses that rotate around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure.
• They are characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Favorable conditions-
  • Large sea surface with temperature higher than 27° C.
  • Presence of the Coriolis force.
  • Small variations in the vertical wind speed.
  • A pre-existing weak low- pressure area or low-level-cyclonic circulation.
  • Upper divergence above the sea level system.