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This is a tropical storm with winds that reach over 74 mph…
Hurricane
The name for a hurricane that occurs in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
Cyclone
The name for a hurricane that occurs in the northwest Pacific Ocean
Typhoon
The name for a hurricane that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Ocean
Hurricane
The hole in the middle of a hurricane is called
The eye
A hurricane forms
Over warm water
The strongest category of hurricane with winds exceeding 155 mph
Category 5
To be classified as a hurricane, the winds must reach at least ___ mph
74
The area of a hurricane with the strongest winds is the …
Eye wall
The area of a hurricane that has the most rain is the …
Spiral bands
What scale is used to measure hurricane strength?
The Saffir- Simpson wind scale
What causes more hurricane related deaths, storm surges or wind speed?
Storm surge
A rapidly whirling, funnel - shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth’s surface
Tornado
A tornado that forms over water
Water spout
a specialized type of radar that can detect precipitation as well as the movement of small particles, which can be used to guess wind speed
Doppler Radar
Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
Lightning
The eye is an area of about 4 to 40 miles of calm weather and blue sky in the center of a cyclone or hurricane
The eye
A scale that tells how severe a tornado is based on wind speed and the damage being caused.
Enhanced Fujita Scale
Great Plains area where tornados occur most in the U.S.
Tornado Alley
an area of rotating clouds that extends beneath a supercell thunderstorm and from which a funnel cloud may appear
Wall cloud
A flow of fluid around an axis, like a whirlpool
Vortex
A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and with strong winds of more than 120 km/h
Hurricane
the area immediately outside the eye of a hurricane or cyclone, associated with tall clouds, heavy rainfall, and high winds.
Eye wall
Tornadoes are possible in your area.
Stay tuned to the radio or television news.
Tornado watch
classifies hurricanes according to air pressure in the center, wind speed, and property damage potential on a scale ranging from Category 1 to Category 5.
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
The sound caused by the rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike
Thunder
An instrument used to measure wind speed
Anemometer
What effect does El Nino have on the Pacific Ocean?
Warms it by weakening trade winds
When the jet stream in the Polar region dips, what kind of weather does the Temperate region experience?
Cold air outbreak/Cold Snap
A jet stream is a ____ between two air masses.
Narrow band of strong wind
This occurrence weakens the trade winds...
El Niño
This region has mild air
temperatures...
Temperate Climate Zone
This occurrence makes the Pacific Ocean cooler...
La Niña
A breeze that blows towards the sea from the land, making the ocean water
Warm...
A land breeze
A breeze that blows from the sea to the land...
Sea Breeze
This region gets direct sunlight from the sun...
Equator/Tropical Climate Zone
The ___ is warmed up by the sun first, which causes the breeze to be warm.
The land
Which event causes stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic basin?
La Niña
Which event causes stronger hurricanes in the pacific basin?
El Niño
What causes El Niño to occur?
The Pacific ocean heating up
What is it like in the U. S. during an El Niño year?
Warm and dry
During which event does the pacific temperature lower?
La Niña
What are the weather conditions in the northern U. S. during La Niña
Cold and wet