Question

What are the basic requirements for the formation of a cyclone?

Answer 1

Following are the basic requirements for the formation of cyclones:

• A large and continuous supply of warm and moist air can release enormous latent heat.
• Strong Coriolis force that can prevent the filling of low pressure at the centre because the absence of Coriolis force near the equator prohibits the formation of tropical cyclone between 0°-5° latitude.
• Unstable condition through the troposphere that creates local disturbances around which a cyclone develops.
• Absence of a strong vertical wind wedge, which disturbs the vertical transport of latent heat.