Detection
Most areas of the Earth can be seen by these
what are weather satellites
Where is the NOAA Storm Prediction Center?
What is Norman, Oklahoma
What is a rain shower during which you hear thunder?
What is a thunderstorm
What are small, brief, weak storms that grow and die within an hour or so?
What are single-cell thunderstorms
What does the "C" in MCS stand for?
What is convective
this sends out electromagnetic wave fields that can be reflected back to the radar by things in the air like precipitation
what is Doppler Radar
Meteorologists often rely on massive computer programs called.....
what are numerical weather prediction models
A thunderstorm is a result of
What is convection
What are common, garden-variety thunderstorm in which new updrafts form along the leading edge of rain-cooled air?
What is a multi-cell storm
What does the "V" in MCV stand for?
What is vortex
Satellites can tell us the temperature of the clouds. True or False
What is true
Where do meteorologists get the data to predict the weather?(must name at least two)
what are weather balloons, satellites, aircraft, ships, or temperature profilers, and surface weather stations
What do you call a thunderstorm when it contains one or more of the following: hail one inch or greater, winds gusting in excess of 50 knots (57.5 mph), or a tornado?
What is severe or a severe thunderstorm
What is a group of storms arranged in a line, often accompanied by “squalls” of high wind and heavy rain?
What is a squall line
What is the flat cloud formation at the top of the storm called?
What is the anvil
Who tracks how clouds move to see what areas will be affected next?
what are meteorologists
What is it called when a supercomputer runs several models at one time?
What is ensemble forecasting
At any given moment there are roughly how many thunderstorms in progress worldwide?
What is 2,000
What is a long-lived (greater than 1 hour) and highly organized storm feeding off an updraft (a rising current of air) that is tilted and rotating?
What is a supercell
What is a widespread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms?
What is a derecho
Doppler Radar can only show how the wind is blowing outside the storm. True or False
what is false
Meteorologists can always tell exactly what a storm will do next? True or False
What is false
Where is the greatest severe weather threat in the U.S.?
What is a radar signature of a squall line that “bows out” as winds fall behind the line and circulations develop on either end?
What is a bow echo
Thunderstorms have three stages in their life cycle: The developing stage, the mature stage, and the.....
What is the dissipating stage