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Cyclonis Wether

Weather Part 1

TermDefinition
Hurricane Low pressure tropical storm that starts in the western Atlantic and reaches winds above 74mph
Hurricane Statistics Largest of all storms, approximately 10 per year, nearly 400 deaths per year
Saffir-Simpson Scale System for classifying hurricanes by using wind speed and storm surge
Hurricane Dangers Severe winds from 74-155mph, wind direction is counter clockwise and inwards
Storm Surge A dome of water 40 to 60 miles long that moves onto shore near the land fall point of the hurricane
Hurricane Formation 1) The sun heats up ocean water (especially near the equator)
Hurricane Formation 2) By the end of the summer, ocean temperatures reach into the 80's
Hurricane Formation 3) A thunderstorm moves westward off of Africa and into the Atlantic Ocean
Hurricane Formation 4) When upper wind velocities are low, thunderstorms are given a chance to gain strength
Hurricane Formation 5) The fast rising air (supplied by the warm ocean) allows the thunderstorm to gain strength
Hurricane Formation 6) As it grows, Earth's rotation causes it to spin counterclockwise (Coriolis effect)
Hurricane Formation 7) As they build thunderstorms change to tropical depression, then a tropical storm, and finally a hurricane
Tornado A rotating column of air ranging in width form a few yards to move than a mile and whirling at destructively high winds
Tornado Statistics Most violent storms, approximately 1000 per year
Tornado Dangers Sever winds fro 250 mph and above
Tornado Formation 1) Develop from an intense thunderstorm
Tornado Formation 2) Heating is very intense and warm air rises in strong convection currents
Tornado Formation 3) The rising causes a low pressure center
Tornado Formation 4) As air rushes into the center it starts to spin upward
Created by: cmbinder197
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