{"id":30874,"date":"2025-11-26T11:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T06:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30874"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:57:39","slug":"what-is-fujiwhara-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-fujiwhara-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Fujiwhara Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Fujiwhara Effect Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two cyclonic storms are predicted to form in the Bay of Bengal, with a potential Fujiwhara interaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Fujiwhara Effect<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fujiwhara Effect (also named as the <\/span><b>Fujiwhara interaction <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or the <\/span><b>binary interaction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is a <\/span><b>natural phenomenon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that takes place <\/span><b>when two nearby cyclones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or hurricanes <\/span><b>interact with each other.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was first described by a Japanese meteorologist, Dr. Sakuhei Fujiwhara, in 1921. The phenomenon was thus named after him.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many years later, the occurrence was observed in the western Pacific Ocean when typhoons Marie and Kathy merged in 1964.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>What Happens During The Fujiwhara Effect?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fujiwhara Effect can occur<\/span><b> when two cyclones form near each other or approach each other<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> close enough to allow the Fujiwhara interaction to take place.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Extratropical cyclones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can <\/span><b>exhibit binary interaction when within a distance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>2,000 km of each other.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tropical cyclones <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exhibit this type of effect <\/span><b>when separated by a distance of less than 1,400 km.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Fujiwhara interaction, the <\/span><b>centers of the two <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyclones\/\" target=\"_blank\">cyclones<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> involved in the phenomenon <\/span><b>begin to mutually orbit in a counterclockwise direction about a point between the two cyclones.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The position of the point is dependent on the intensity and relative mass of the cyclonic vortices.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>smaller cyclone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> involved in the Fujiwhara Effect <\/span><b>moves at a faster rate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">than the bigger one about the central point.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fujiwhara Effect<\/span><b> might lead the two cyclones to spiral into the central point <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>merge with each other, or it might trigger <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the development of a <\/span><b>larger cyclone.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The effect<\/span><b> might also divert the original path<\/b> <b>of <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one or both the <\/span><b>cyclones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/natural-disasters\/multiple-cyclonic-storms-with-rare-fujiwhara-interaction-likely-in-bay-of-bengal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fujiwhara Effect is a natural phenomenon that takes place when two nearby cyclones or hurricanes interact with each other. 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