1962 Pacific Typhoon Season - Typhoon Wanda, Typhoon Karen (Paperback)

Chapters: Typhoon Wanda, Typhoon Karen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Unlike most Pacific typhoon seasons, the 1962 Pacific typhoon season had no official beginning and ending dates. Pacific typhoon season ran year-round in 1962. Most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The 1962 season was an exception. The majority of the Pacific typhoons in 1962 formed in the Pacific Ocean (north of the equator and west of the international date line) with two exceptions: Tropical Depressions 50 and 63 formed in the Central Pacific. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1962 Pacific hurricane season. All tropical depressions are assigned a number. Most systems reaching tropical storm strength were assigned a name; all typhoons were named. Ruth, Sarah, Thelma and Vera on August 23Ninety tropical waves formed in the 1962 season. Only 78 of these became major easterly waves. 42 of these waves became tropical depressions, 30 became storms and 24 become typhoons. This record of 24 typhoons beat 1952 record which had 21. This record was beaten in the 1964 season with 26 typhoons. Six super typhoons formed in 1962 which were Georgia, Emma, Ruth, Opal, Amy and Karen. Even with the high activity, only about half the cyclones in 1962 made landfall. There were also seventeen suspect cyclones discovered by the JTWC in post-season reports. Three were reported to reach typhoon intensity, three at tropical storm status and two needed tropical depression warnings. Two depressions, 50 and 63, formed in the Central Pacific under the Joint Hur...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=321940