Hurricanes
Hurricanes form over what?
Warm, tropical waters
The amount of water vapor in the air?
What is humidity?
What is the air mass when the temperature is warm and comes from land?
What is continental tropical (cT)?
White puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair weather clouds
What is cumulus clouds?
First fleet admiral in history?
What is Chester Nimitz?
Where do hurricanes that hit the USA form?
Off the coast of Africa
Gas to liquid, occurs only when air is saturated?
What is condensation?
What is the air mass when the temperature is very cold and comes from land?
What is continental artic (cA)?
How high up in the sky are cirrus clouds?
Cirrus is composed entirely of ice crystals
First female four star?
What is Michelle Howard?
What are the wind speeds for a hurricane / typhoon?
What is winds 64kt or greater?
Point at which the air hold as much water as it can
What is saturation?
What is the air mass when the temperature is warm and comes from the ocean?
What is maritime tropical (mT)?
What type of weather do cumulonimbus clouds bring?
heavy rain, hail, and thunderstorms
Senior US senator from Arizona and republican presidential candidate in 2008: former naval aviation and POW?
What is John McCain?
What are the stages of tropical cyclone development?
What is tropical disturbance, depression, storm, and hurricane?
Temperature to which air must be cooled at the same pressure to reach saturation?
What is DEW POINT?
What is the air mass when the temperature is cold and comes from the land?
What is continental polar (cP)?
How high up in the sky are cirrus clouds?
Cirrus clouds are generally found at heights above 16,500 ft
Naval aviator (Korean War), X-15 pilot, astronaut Gemini 8 and Apollo 11, first man on the moon?
What is Neil Armstrong?
Where are the most severe winds and precipitation located within a hurricane?
What is the eyewall?
Ratio of water vapor in a volume of air relative to how much water vapor that volume of air is capable of holding?
What is relative humidity?
What two air masses need to be present to produce snow?
What is cP and mT?
What is a cloud?
A cloud is a visible mass of minute water droplets suspended in the atmosphere
This president was assassinated and also served in the navy for WW2?
What is John F Kennedy?