WIND

 It is said that there are many names of the wind in Japanese. We will see some in it.

・Suikahakuryu(吹花擘柳)…The spring wind which rustles so that a flower may be blown quietly, and may be made to open and the bud of a willow may be cloven and divided.

・Seimeihu(清明風)…The wind whose wind also increases brightness bordering on the vernal equinox and which is blown from southeast.

・Tojinbo(東尋坊)…The storm from the west at the time of the eighty-eighth day in Hokuriku District. Although Tojinbo is a name of the cliff where Tojinbo who belonged to the Hiraizumi temple was killed, it will be called the wind of a curse of the revengeful ghost of the Tojinbo. How strong wind is it?

・Doyouai(土用間)…The cool north wind blown during the dog days of summer.

・Maayu(まあゆ)…An easterly north wind.

・Aogetanarai(青げたならい)…The northeasterly wind strongly blown in the fine autumn day in Izu-Oshima or Shizuoka Prefecture.

・Shusei(秋声)…The wind of autumn in which has sound from which leaves whirl and fall.

・Oshianaji(おしあなじ)…The wind from the south in winter.

・Wakasa(若狭)…A wind rough in the Sea of Japan side of from the Hokuriku to northeast in autumn.

・Kamiwatashi(神渡し)…The west wind blows in October.

・Newata(嶺渡)…The wind crossed to the high peak from the high peak.

・Shoutou(松涛)…The wind which sounds and blows pine trees.

・Baihu(梅風)…The wind which can move aside in the scent of the flower of a plum. The flower of the plum is called flower which tells spring.

・Aotakaze(青田風)…The wind which blows above the paddy field in vivid green.

・Yunagi(夕凪)…When a sea breeze and a land breeze cross near the seashore in the evening, it becomes calm for a while. ( The phenomenon in which a wind drops off in order that a land and sea breeze may interchange in the evening. ) It is often seen on the Setonaikai coast.

・Onami(大南)…The south wind which blows violently in summer.

・Natsuhayate(夏疾風)…The forcible wind blows dazzlingly summery.

・Kogarashi(木枯し)…The cold wind which is blown in early winter and which fails to blow leaves and it carries out like a dead tree. The first Kogarashi will be come around November.

・Kazahana(風花)…The wind which can dance snow about like a flower on the day of winter which cleared up blue uniquely.

 How many names were there you know in this? A "Kogarashi" is comparatively famous. Although it was not able to finish writing here, there are other names of many winds. Please search more. I think that Japanese fun is transmitted.

Hurricane and Typhoon

Hurricane

【DEFINITION】

・The maximum wind speed is a thing of 30 meters/second or more.

・The thing in the Atlantic Ocean, the northeast Pacific Ocean, and a southeast peace on the ocean.

・What occurred in the eastern part Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea.

・It is called a "hurricane season" for six months from June 1 to November 30, and it occurs partly every year. Almost all hurricane will develop in three months late in October from the beginning of August.

 Hurricane is divided into five steps of categories by the strength of the wind. Incidentally, "Katrina" which occurred at the end of August, 2005 recorded the "category 5".

Classification	Wind speed(knot)	Wind speed(mph)	Wind speed(m/s)
Category 1	64-82	74-95	33-42
Category 2	83-95	96-110	43-49
Category 3	96-113	111-130	50-58
Category 4	114-135	131-155	59-69
Category 5	>135	>155	>70

【Record hurricane】

great Hurricane(1780)	Iniki(1992)	Rita(2005)
Galveston 1900(1900)	Mitch(1998)	Wilma(2005)
Camile(1969)	Floyd(1999)	Dean(2007)
Allen(1980)	Isabel(2003)	Felix(2007)
Gilbert(1988)	Ivan(2004)	Gustav(2008)
Hugo(1989)	Jeanne(2004)	Ike(2008)
Andrew(1992)	Katrina(2005)	Sandy(2012)

【Ten strongest hurricane higher ranks in an observation in history】

※The intenseness of hurricane here is based only on the central pressure.

～The minimum central pressure～

Ranking	Hurricane	Year	Pressure (mb/hPa)	Ranking	Hurricane	Year	Pressure (mb/hPa)
1	Wilma	2005	882	6	Katrina	2005	902
2	Gilbert	1988	888	7	Camille	1969	905
3	Labor Day	1935	892	7	Mitch	1998	905
4	Rita	2005	895	9	Dean	2007	906
5	Allen	1980	899	10	Ivan	2004	910

～The central pressure at the time of American landing～

Ranking	Hurricane	Year	Pressure (mb/hPa)	Ranking	Hurricane	Year	Pressure (mb/hPa)
1	Labor Day	1935	892	6	Florida Keys	1919	927
2	Camile	1969	909	7	Okeechobee	1928	929
3	Katrina	2005	920	8	Donna	1960	930
4	Andrew	1992	922	9	Louisiana	1915	931
5	Indianola	1886	925	9	Carla	1961	931

 How much is the size of those damage? Death toll is 1836 and number missing is 705 when Katrina occurred. Moreover, the new damage in which susceptibility gastroenteritis broke out on a massive scale at a refuge place occurred. Otherwise, the jump in an oil price, the influence on a corn market, and the influence on entering school were large.

Typhoon

【DEFINITION】

・The maximum wind speed is a thing of 17 meters/second or more

・The thing on the west North Pacific from 180 degrees east

 So, if hurricane goes into the Japan side from 180 degrees east, it will be called a typhoon.

 The typhoon has the property for a wind high up in the sky to pass, and to move, and to go to north under the influence of rotation of the earth. Therefore, at the low latitude which the east wind is usually blowing, a typhoon goes north gradually, passing to the west. And if it comes to high latitude while the strong west wind (westerlies) is blowing high up in the sky, a typhoon will go to northeast at a quick speed. A typhoon progresses using the energy which the heat emitted when the vapor supplied from the warm sea surface condenses and it becomes a cloud droplet. However, when moving, energy is continuously lost by a sea surface or friction with the ground, and if supply of energy is lost, it will disappear in two or three days. Moreover, if it approaches near Japan, the cold will come to flow in high up in the sky, the original property of a typhoon is lost gradually, and it changes to an "extratropical cyclone." Or supply of thermal energy decreases, and it declines and may change to a "tropical cyclone." The typhoon which landed declines quickly because supply of vapor is severed and also energy is lost by friction of land.