Hurricanes
The most powerful type of storm.
What is a hurricane?
True or False
All are characteristics of a tornado:
swirling columns of air
also called twisters
sprialing high winds
extremely high pressure
What is FALSE?
Tornadoes need LOW PRESSURE
Winter storms are assiciated with these types of fronts.
What is cold front?
Thunderstorms can be helpful by...
What is helping plants to grow, balancing Earth's electrical charges, keeping the water cycle going?
Where hurricanes form.
What is over warm ocean water?
Thunderstorms are also know as...
What are electrical storms?
Short burst of heavy snow with gusty winds.
What is a snow squall?
Hurricane season
What is from July to November?
Types of weather seen during a hurricane.
What are very strong winds, heavy rains, and severe flooding?
Types of weather seen during a thunderstorm.
What are strong winds, heavy rain, snow or hail, or no precipitation?
What is a severe thunderstorm?
What is a blizzard?
A type of Severe Weather
What are tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, or winter storms?
Other names for hurricanes around the world.
What are cyclone and typhoon?
What is positive charge?
Description of a tornado.
What is a funnel cloud of spiraling high winds that touch the ground; temporary; dangerous?
Last week, we were hit by this type of storm.
What is a Nor'easter?
Place to find upcoming weather information.
Why is weather website, weather on tv, news, radio?
The Scale used to categorize hurricanes.
What is the Sffir-Simpson Hurrican Wind Scale.
Cumulonimbus
What are clouds associated with thunderstorms?
Where do most tornadoes take place?
What is Tornado Alley, mid-west US.
Storm that has an accumulation of at least 1/4" (0.25 inches) of ice.
What is an ice storm?
The Earth's wind and weather are caused by...
What is differences in air pressure?