Winds
Monsoons
Typhoon Winds
Scales
100
It is air in motion.
What is wind?
100
It is the change in weather every six months.
What is monsoon?
100
The strongest winds are found here.
What is the eyewall?
200
Give the 4 kinds of Global Winds.
What are trade winds, doldrums (ITCZ) , Westerlies and Polar Easterlies?
200
Another name for Southwest Monsoon.
What is habagat?
200
It has winds of less than 39 mph.
What is Tropical Depression?
200
It is a satellite-based scale.
What is the Dvorak Technique?
300
This is the wildest of the Global winds because they have been known to cause waves more than 15m high.
What are Westerlies?
300
It gives cool and cold air.
What is northeast monsoon?
300
These winds are the winds surrounding the typhoon.
What are typhoon winds?
300
Give one example of a hurricane scale.
400
These are winds that blow steadily towards the equator.
What are trade winds?
400
It starts from June - October
What is southwest monsoon?
400
Sustained winds of at least 74mph
What is Typhoon?
400
He developed the Saffir - Simpson Hurricane Scale.
Who is Herbert Saffir?
500
It makes the typhoons spin in the Northern Hemisphere spin in a counterclockwise manner and for the Southern Hemisphere, it moves clockwise.
What is The Coriolis Effect?
500
It is from December - May.
What is northeast monsoon?
500
It has winds ranging from 34 to 79 mph.
What is tropical storm?
500
It is based on 1-minute maximum sustained wind speed scale.
What is the Saffir - Simpson Hurricane Scale?
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