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Here in Australia, when we hear the word “cyclone” we tend to think of tropical cyclones. But did you know that cyclones also occur further south than the tropics?   Technically speaking, a cyclone is any weather system in which winds rotate inward toward a region of low pressure. Conversely, an anticyclone is any weather system in which winds rotate outward from a region of high pressure.  Sometimes, cyclonic systems can have quite intense or severe impacts, like destructive winds or heavy rainfall. When we think of those types of intense cyclonic systems, we usually think of tropical cyclones like Cyclone Tracy, a severe tropical cyclone that smashed into Darwin in 1974, or Cyclone Yasi, another severe tropical cyclone that barrelled into northern Queensland in 2011. These systems tend to form in tropical regions (between around 5° and 30° latitude from the equator), which is what gives them their name. But intense cyclonic systems can also occur in the mid-latitudes (

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