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geo chap 19 pt.2

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What kind of pressure system needs to be present for a hurricane? low pressure
what lattitudes do hurricanes form in? 5 to 20
In western pacific hurricanes are called.. typhoons
in indian ocean hurricanes are called.. cyclones
the eyewall of a hurricane has intense_____ activity convective
at the eye of a hurricane precipitation _____ slows down
the eye of the storm is the ___part of the storm warmest
hurricanes form in all tropical waters except the _____ and _______ south atlantic and eastern south pacific
The energy of a hurricane comes from _____ condensing water vapor
when do most hurricanes develop late summer
thunderstorm at sea tropical disturbance
winds do not exceed 38 mph tropical depression
winds between 38+74 tropical storm
when storms get their name tropical storm
tropical storms movie over ____water cooler
most important factor of hurrican damage strength of storm
scale ranks relative intensities of hurricanes saffir simpson
large dome of water storm surge
#1 cause of death storm surge
inland flooding from ______ ______ torrential rains
thunderstorms most frequent in ____ and _____ florida and gulf coast
thunderstorms require continuous supply of..... warm air and moisture
most active stage of a thunderstorm is when.... precipitations forms
tornadoes come from a ___ cloud cumulonimbus
tornadoes are most frequent from the months of _ to _ april -june
tornadoes mostly form along a __front cold
huge tuhnderstorms associated with thunderstorms are called super cells
tornadoes move the - direction NE
intensity measure of tornadoes with the ___- fujita intensity scale
tornadoes are difficult to forecast bc of their... small size
Tornado Watch: to alert of possibility
Tornado Warning: when tornado is sighted
use of ____ ____ helps increase the accuracy by detecting the air motion dopplar radar
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