Florida Weather
Tropical Weather
General Meteorology
Severe Weather
100
The last time a major hurricane made landfall in Tampa.
What is 1921?
100
Dr. Landsea's position at NHC.
What is Science and Operations Officer?
100
The relationship between height and temperature.
Temperature decreases with height.
100
____ usually forms ahead of thunderstorms.
What is an Outflow Boundary or Gust Front.
200
The number of and the names of the hurricanes that made landfall in Florida in 2004.
4. What are Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne?
200
Tornadoes most often form in this part of Atlantic hurricanes.
What is the Northeast Section.
200
When and where did the first EF 5 tornado occur?
What is Greensburg, Kansas, on May 4th, 2007.
200
The date (year) of the first tornado warning in the Tampa Bay Area.
What is 1958?
300
This storm "Acted like a ten mile wide F2 tornado".
What is Hurricane Charley?
300
The number of named storms in the Atlantic in 2005.
What is 28?
300
This is what?
What is an Outflow Boundary.
300
The definition of an MCS.
A complex of thunderstorms which becomes organized on a scale larger than the individual thunderstorms, and normally persists for several hours or more
400
Pulse thunderstorms in Florida often form from atmospheric interaction with this.
What is Sea Breeze?
400
Current NWS MIC.
Who is Dr. Steve Lyons.
400
The interaction of tropical systems is called _____?
What is the Fujiwhara Effect?
400
The Enhanced Fujita Scale.
EF 0: Winds 65-85mph.
EF 1: Winds 86-110mph.
EF 2: Winds 111-135mph.
EF 3: Winds 136-165mph.
EF 4: Winds 166-200mph.
EF 5: Winds 200+mph.
500
The number of tornadoes spawned in FL by the 1993 Superstorm
What is 11?
500
The list of names for the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Don
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katia
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rina
Sean
Tammy
Vince
Whitney
500
You experience this when you see animals and shapes in the clouds.
What is Nephelococcygia?
500
The top city for tornadoes per 1,000 square miles since 1950.
