Hurricanes
This lasts from June to November.
What is hurricane season?
This tool is used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
This is out-of-the-ordinary and extreme weather conditions.
What is severe weather?
Fly through hurricanes to collect data.
Who are hurricane hunters?
The number of categories that hurricanes are divided into.
What is five?
This tool is used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This tropical weather system is categorized as being between 39 and 73 MPH
What is a tropical storm?
This means a hurricane is expected within 24 hours.
What is a hurricane warning?
A storm must have sustained winds of this speed to be classified as a hurricane.
What is 74 MPH?
These satellites orbit above the poles and are used for long-range forecasting.
What are the Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES)?
This is the layer of gases surrounding the Earth.
What is atmosphere?
An abnormal rise in water generated by storm's winds.
What is storm surge?
This is the combination of storm surge and normal tide.
What is storm tide?
These satellites orbit above the Equator and are used for short-range forecasting.
What are the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)?
What is a front?
Organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that has maximum sustained winds of 38 MPH.
What is a tropical depression?
This is the rating scale used to classify hurricanes.
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale?
This tool is used to measure relative humidity.
What is a psychrometer?
A current of water flowing away from shore
What is a rip current?
The listing order in which named storms are listed.
What is the phonetic alphabet?