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Chapter 16, Sectin 3: Severe Weather

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weather that can cause property damage and death Severe Weather
Atmospeheric conditions to produce thunder storms warm, moist air near the Earth's surface and unstable atmosphere
Type of cloud most likely to produce a thunderstorm cumulonimbus cloud
Lightening occurs between 2 _________ charged surfaces oppositely
3 places where lightning can occur between 2 clouds, between the Earth and a cloud, between 2 parts of the same cloud
Dangerous conditions that severe weather can produce high winds, hail, flash floods, tornadoes
a destructive, rotating air column with very high wind speeds that touches the ground tornado
percent of thunderstorms that produce tornadoes 1%
relationship between a funnel cloud and a tornado A funnel cloud becomes a tornado when it makes contact with the earth's surface.
Why most tornadoes occur in spring and early summer cold dry air from Canada meets warm, moist air from the tropics
Why tornadoes cause so much damage strong spinning winds up to 500 km/hr
Wind speed to be considered a hurricane 120 km/hr
A cyclone is a hurricane over... the Indian Ocean
Why don't hurricanes form over higher latitudes? the water is too cold
What causes a group of thunderstorms to become a hurricane? winds traveling in different directions meet and cause the storm to spin.
What gives fuel to a hurricane? condensation of water vapor in warm, moist air over the ocean.
Why a hurricane dies when it reaches land It loses it's source of energy.
clouds that spiral around the outside edges of the eye of a hurricane rain bands
cumulonimbus clouds that produce strong widns and heavy rains (the strongest part of the hurricane). The eye wall
core of warm, clam air in a hurricane the eye
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