Tornado Safety
Although this structure was used to shelter from a tornado in Twister, it is one of the worst places to shelter from a tornado because it causes winds to accelerate by funneling them.
What is a highway underpass?
This instrument uses radio waves to measure targets within the atmosphere.
What is a doppler radar?
These high resolution models, which include the HRRR, can simulate convection and are useful for assessing severe weather threats.
What is a convective allowing (resolving) model?
This is the name for a transfer of a property by the movement of a fluid.
What is advection?
This tropical system had the lowest sea level pressure ever recorded.
What is Typhoon Tip?
If you do not have a purpose built tornado shelter or a basement, you should go to this place in an indoor location.
What is an interior room which is away from windows and on the lowest floor?
This instrument package is usually attached to a ballon and is crucial for measuring vertical temperature, moisture, and wind profiles.
What is a radiosonde?
A storm is determined to be a supercell if it has this characteristic.
What is a (persistently) rotating updraft?
This pressure system brings cyclonic winds in the northern hemisphere and is associated with rising motion at the surface and
What is a low pressure system?
This temperature, the highest ever recorded, occurred at this place.
What is Death Valley, CA at 130°F/134°F?
This practice was thought to save structures by equalizing pressure during a tornado but is not recommended any longer because it wastes warning response time and makes people more susceptible to flying debris.
What is opening windows before a tornado?
This hazard is most common with bow echoes.
What is wind damage?
This area of fast winds, which forms due to the tilt of an MCS, can greatly enhance damaging wind potential.
What is a rear inflow jet?
These waves are associated with weather systems and are up to a few thousand kilometers in wavelength.
What is a Rossby wave?
This country had the highest dew point ever recorded.
What is Saudi Arabia?
Despite not being the strongest tornado ever recorded, this was the deadliest United States tornado, killing 695 people.
What is the ti-state tornado?
This band of high reflectivity is often found near the freezing level and is caused by the high reflectivity of melting snow.
What is a bright band?
This level occurs where lifted air becomes saturated and is typically the height of the base of clouds.
What is the lifted condensation level?
This meteorologist is famous for his research on chaos theory.
Who is Ed Lorenz?
This state had this 1 minute rainfall rate which was highest ever recorded.
What is Maryland?
1.23in
This is why spring tine tornadoes tend to move faster than summer time tornadoes.
What is stronger upper-level winds?
This is the instrument used to measure solar radiation.
What is a pyranometer?
Parameters such as Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) and Supercell Composite (SCP), which take many factors into account, can be put into this category.
What is a composite parameter?
Cyclonic vorticity advection leads to motion in this direction and anticyclonic vorticity advection leads to motion in this direction.
What is rising and sinking motion?
This measurement at this place was the highest daily rainfall total ever recorded.
What is 71.8 inches in Reunion Island?