Uqhwithela lombane sisimo sezulu esiboniswa ikakhulu ngumbane kunye nombane ohamba nezandi zawo. Zenza kumafu amakhulu abizwa ngokuba yi-cumulonimbus. Iindudumo zihlala zihamba nemimoya enamandla, imvula enkulu, kunye nesichotho. Nangona kungabalulekanga.
Ikomkhulu lehlabathi lombane elibhengezwe yi-NASA, yiMaracaibo. Ukuba kutshanje sibhale malunga nokuba yintoni Ummandla wehlabathi apho amanzi amaninzi abhalisiweIkwayindawo apho kubhalwa khona izivunguvungu zombane. Kwidolophu yaseOlogá, kwiLake Maracaibo, yenye yezona ndawo zingenakwenzeka ukuba nobusuku obuzolileyo. Umndilili weendudumo ezingama-297 zidizwa rhoqo ngonyaka.
Ubukhulu abafikelela kubo
Ukubamba Isigidi esi-1,6 semibane sihlasela rhoqo ngonyaka ewonke, kwi-avareji. Lo mmandla waseVenzuelan yindawo ekwehlise ubukhosi kuMlambo iCongo eAfrika, njengendawo apho umbane ubethe khona. Ukulandela isifundo ngononophelo sisazinzulu seNASA uRichard Blakeslee. Olu phando lwapapashwa kwibhulethini yeAmerican Meteorological Association (AMS). Kwaye le nto ithandwa kakhulu eVenezuela, eyaziwa njenge umbane weCatatumbo.
Ukuba akunjalo, ngaphandle kokubizwa ngokuba ngumbane weCatatumbo, Yinto ebonakalayo kulwandle lweMaracaibo. Emva kweminyaka eli-17 yokuqokelela ulwazi kunye nedatha enkosi kwisatellite ye "Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission", eyabekwa nguNASA kumjikelo wokulinganisa ifuthe lezaqhwithi zetropiki. UBlakeslee uphinde wongeza, ngokubaluleka kokuyiqonda le nto ngamaqondo obushushu anokufikelela kuwo amanzi kwaye ngokunxulumene notshintsho lwemozulu.
Ukugqitha kwaye kwahlukile ngumbane weCatatumbo, nokuba Iceliwe ukuba ibe yiLifa leMveli eNgaBambekiyo yi-Unesco. Ngale ndlela esi sihloko siza kwenziwa, kwaye ngoku Ingxelo yeGuinness yeHlabathi ukuxhasa.