Question

Explain the weather conditions associated with tropical and temperate cyclones.

Answer 1

Tropical cyclones: These are associated with turbulent weather conditions and cause heavy damage to property and human life, e.g. Tornado in North America, Hurricanes in the Caribbean region, typhoons in China, and Japan. These blow from south to north.
Temperate cyclones: These are active along the mid-latitude regions from west to east direction and cover a long region. These are pushed with Westerlies and also called the Western Disturbances. These affect from the Mediterranean to Pacific ocean covering South European countries, Middle East, Iran, Iraq, etc., Pakistan, India, China from west to east. These are associated with rainfall, snowfall, hailstones, etc, followed by clear weather due to coming back anticyclones.