Tornadoes
300+ mph
What are the other names for a hurricane?
Typhoons & Cyclones
Temperatures can reach up to what?
50,000˚F
Explain what a cold front is
When cold air replaces warm air by uplifting the warm air over the cold air
Greatest danger of a tornado is?
Getting hit by objects
Tornado Alley stretches from what two states?
South Dakota to Texas
The stage of the hurricane development has winds less than 74 mph but greater than 38 mph?
What is Tropical Storm
How does a thunderstorm happen?
Rapid uplifting of warm humid air
What is a warm front?
Warm air is replacing cold air by pushing it back down
Where should you go during a tornado?
Lowest floor possible inside. Ideally away from windows.
What is a Tornado?
Rotating, funnel shaped column of air
Define what a hurricane is
Intense tropical storm with sustained winds of 74mph or greater
How does lighting occur?
By the difference in charge between ice particle (hail) and cloud droplets throughout the cloud
What is a stationary front?
Neither air mass is moving.
If a strong thunderstorm is happening, what else is likely to occur. Where you should you hide?
Hail is likely to occur, avoid being near windows. Stay indoors.
How do they develop?
Supercells. Warm moist air collides with cold dry air
Explain the life cycle stages of a hurricane
Stage 1 - Disturbance
Stage 2 - Depression
Stage 3 - Storm
Stage 4 - Hurricane
Storms that are connected together but at different stages.
What is an occluded front?
When a fast moving cold front overtakes a slow moving warm front
Yes because of the rubber tires and metal bodies absorb the lighting.
Name of the scale they use to grade tornadoes
Enhanced Fujita Scale
Name of the scale they use to grade hurricanes
Saffir-Simpson
Supercell has a rotation called the what?
Mesocyclone
In Pennsylvania, what air mass do we deal with the most?
Maritime Tropical
Which storm should you avoid the coastline?
Hurricane