What do you think of typhoons?

If you want to query the real-time path of typhoon, you can query it in the following ways:

1. Meteorological Department official website: Meteorological departments of various countries usually release the real-time track information of typhoons on their official website. For example, the official website of China Meteorological Bureau (www.cma.gov.cn) will publish the real-time track map and forecast track map of typhoon.

2. Meteorological application software: At present, there are many meteorological application software on the market that can provide real-time query service of typhoon path. For example, the weather forecast APP of China Meteorological Bureau and the application program of National Hurricane Center can provide real-time query service of typhoon track.

3. News media official website: Some news media will also release real-time typhoon track information in official website. For example, China's Xinhuanet and CCTV will publish the latest news and path information of typhoons on their websites.

Brief introduction of typhoon

Typhoon (English: Typhoon) is a tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclone is a low-pressure vortex that occurs on the surface of tropical or subtropical ocean, and it is a powerful and profound "tropical weather system". In China, tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific are classified into six grades according to the maximum average wind speed near the center of the surface layer, and the wind force near the center reaches 12 or above, which is collectively called typhoon.

Typhoons often bring strong winds, heavy rains and storm surges, which not only bring disasters to human beings, but also bring benefits to human beings. Typhoon has brought abundant fresh water resources to human beings, which is of great significance for improving fresh water supply and ecological environment. In addition, typhoons also keep the global cold and heat relatively balanced; The climate in the equatorial region is hot. If the typhoon does not disperse this heat, the tropics will be hotter, the frigid zone will be colder and the temperate zone will disappear from the earth.

The word "typhoon" evolved from Cantonese "gale" and Minnan "wind station". According to the definition of the World Meteorological Organization, a tropical cyclone with a central wind force exceeding 12 and a wind speed of 32.7 meters per second can be called a typhoon (or hurricane). When a tropical cyclone reaches the intensity of a tropical storm, it has a specific name.

The name is provided by Typhoon Committee 14 of the World Meteorological Organization. Each member provides 10 names to form a naming table including 140 typhoon names, and the names are recycled.

According to the statistics of the United States Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center, the number of typhoons in the Northwest Pacific and South China Sea in 1959-2004 is related to the month, with an average of 26.5 typhoons generated each year. The month with the most typhoons is August in Gregorian calendar, followed by July and September. In July 2020, there was no typhoon in the northwest Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea, which was the first "empty station" in July since China 1949.