T-Storms
All thunderstorms must have this.
What is lightning?
Tornadoes most often move this direction
What is southwest to northeast?
A tornado has been spotted, so we issue this.
What is a tornado warning?
Model that describes cyclogenesis at both ground level and aloft.
What is the conveyor belt model?
The type of radar that shows storm movement and intensity of precipitation
What is doppler?
What is the mature stage?
Time of year when most tornadoes occur
What is Spring
Names of destructive storms are retired.
What is a hurricane?
What is storm surge?
This type of heat is released as air condenses to add energy to a storm
What is latent heat?
What is dissipating
Safest here in a tornado.
What is underground?
Cyclone, funnel, or twister
What is a tornado?
Cloud with vertical development that produces thunderstorms.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
State that has had a tornado, been hit by hurricanes, and has the most lightning strikes.
What is Florida?
What is unstable?
Two of the three reasons a hurricane dies
What are
friction over land,
lack of energy from warm water, and
wind shear
A storm that has winds over 58 mph, small hail over ¾ inch, or produces a tornado.
What is a severe thunderstorm?
Discharge of electricity when when there is a separation of charges within the cloud.
Cooler, drier air is incorporated into the storm by downdrafts.
What is entrainment?
What are . . . . .
warm air
Moist air
Lifting mechanism
The scale for tornado and hurricane intensity in this order.
What are the Fujita scale and the Saffir Simpson scale?
Tropical cyclone with a well developed eyewall and winds over 74 mph.
What is a hurricane?
The rotation direction for hurricanes that form in the Northern Hemisphere, but not necessarily tornadoes.
What is counter-clockwise?
The rotation in a parent thunderstorm that develops a tornado