Severe Weather
Halos (My Favorite)
Space Weather
Instrumentation
Random Shtuff (Thank you Marcus for the idea)
100
Name of the tornado outbreak that produced the Tuscaloosa EF4 (among others)
What is April 27th, 2011
100
Name the objects in clouds that cause most halos to occur
What are ice crystals
100
The place where auroras usually occur
What are the poles
100
Name of the instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer
100
Name of the strait through which approximately 25 percent of the world's oil goes through
What is a marine climate
200
The town where the earliest Michigan EF3 on record occurred
What is Union City
200
The time of day when a "red rainbow" can occur
What is evening time (or sunset)
200
Name of the eruptions on the sun that cause auroras
What are coronal mass ejections (CMEs)
200
The band of radar that the WSR 88D operates in
What is the S band
200
The year humans first set foot on the moon
What is 1969
300
Name of this phenomena that occurs on the northern end of some MCSs
What is a mesoscale convective vortex
300
Name this atmospheric phenomena
What is a sun pillar
300
The element that causes pink aurora
What is nitrogen
300
The first standardized meteorological instrument
What is a rain gauge
300
Number of countries recognized by the UN
What is 195
400
The size of Michigan's largest hailstone
What is 4.5 inches (Livingston County)
400
The name of a ground level cloud that consists of ice crystals (usually occur under clear skies and appear to sparkle
What is diamond dust
400
The meaning of the name aurora in Latin (or Roman goddess of dawn)
What is dawn
400
The range of WSR 88D reflectivity data
What is 290 miles
400
(Lexi is not allowed to answer this) The percentage of Americans that only read the title of an article
What is 70 percent
500
The number of volts in a typical lightning strike
What is 300 million
500
Name of the halo that can only happen if the sun (or moon) is at 58 degrees above the horizon or greater
What is a circumhorizontal arc
500
Name of the model used to predict aurora
What is OVATION
500
Name of the instrument that uses sound waves profile wind speeds and turbulence in the lower atmosphere
What is a SODAR
500
Name of the 2nd richest person alive
What is Larry Page