What is te difference between a cyclone and a normal low pressure system?

Question

What is te difference between a cyclone and a normal low pressure system?

Answer 1

The tropical revolving storms (similar to hurricane in  America) which form over the Indian ocean is called cyclone.A low pressure system is the first stage in the formation of a cyclone.The criteria followed by the Meteorological Department of India to classify the different low pressure systems are as follows.

Low pressure area  ----Not exceeding 17 knots

Depression             -----!7 to 27 Knots

Deep depression     -----28 to 33 knots

Cyclonic storm         -----34 to 47 knots

Severe cyclonic storm----48 to 63 Knots

Severe cyclonic storm

with a core of hurricane

winds                          ---64 knots and above

(One knot =1.85 Km per hour).

From the above,it can be understood that the low pressure area is the beginning stage of a cyclone even though all low pressure areas need not become a cyclone.

Answer 2

cyclone has stronger/faster winds than a low pressur system  

yer much more intense

Answer 3

Depends on what you mean by "cyclone".  In the world of weather, a low pressure system is the same as a cyclone, in that they are both rotating areas of low pressure.  Now a tropical cyclone is a particular type of low pressure system, different from a normal low pressure system in that it has no frontal systems associated with it, as well as a warm core.