Severe Weather
Strange Weather
Clouds!
Terminology
Miscellaneous
100
What month is the most common for tornados?
May
100
In Illinois, the record for rain happened when it rained for 24 hours straight. How many inches of rain fell during this period?
16.94
100
Cirrus
100
Define: Isobar
A line that connects points with the same pressure at a given time or time period.
100
Point out one area of convergence. 
200
What type of severe weather event is the most common in the united states?
Thunderstorms
200
How do these form? 
These snow donuts are created when the wind rolls a natural snowball across snowy terrain.
200
Alto Cumulus
200
Station Model and Wind Barb
200
Convert to CST: 03Z Novermber 9
9pm November 8
300
During the 2011 Super Outbreak, how many confirmed tornadoes touched down within 24 hours?
216-219 (there is some disagreement of course)
300
Lightning! It hit the road causing a piece of the road to fly up.
300
Wall Cloud
300
What is Radar Reflectivity? (in simple terms)
When radar goes out, it reflects off of things. This is normally precipitation. You can tell what type of precipitation it is based on the size of what was reflected.
300
No question just free points. Please enjoy the meme:)
400
What severe weather event causes the most deaths?
Heat
400
How does this form?
With wet hail growth, the combination of the right temperature and plentiful moisture comes together to form a thin layer of water that remains unfrozen on the surface of a hailstone. This thin layer allows the single hailstone to attract other hailstones, instantly allowing them to stick to each other.
400
Hole Punch Clouds. As a plane flies through mid-level clouds, it forces air to expand rapidly and cool. Water droplets in the cloud freeze to ice and then turn to snow as they fall. The gap expands to create spectacular holes in the clouds
400
Define: Gust Front
A line of dangerously gusty winds, typically associated with the front of a thunderstorm.
400
Can you tell if there are clouds? How? 
500
Which northern state reached temperatures of over 100 degrees in late September 2021?
North Dakota
500
What are these and how/why do they occur? 
They are Sprites. Cold plasma discharge that occurs above a thundercloud as nature's way of balancing out the positive lightning charges. They are released between the thundercloud and the ground below.
500
Lenticular Clouds. Form when the air is stable and winds blow across hills and mountains from the same or similar direction at different heights through the troposphere.
500
What is Coriolis Force and in what direction does it move things in the northern hemisphere?
Coriolis force is a force perpendicular to a mass's direction of motion. In the northern hemisphere, Coriolis force deflects things to the RIGHT.
500
Decode this METAR
[ KDVM 220854Z 33007KT 10SM BKN021 OVC027 M04/M07 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP278 ]
Tell me winds, visibility, cloud cover(don’t worry about height), and temperature/dewpoint.
Wind: 330 degrees 7 knots. Visibility: 10 Statute Miles. Clouds: Broken and Overcast. Temp: -4 degrees celsius. Dew Point: -7 degrees celsius.