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Vocabulary
Formation
Tracking
Prediction
Misc.
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What is the outer ring of the center of the hurricane called?
What is the eye wall.
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Name an ocean that a tropical cyclone can found.
What is Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
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When tracking a storm, what two pieces of information do you need to plot the storm?
What is latitude and longitude.
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Before a hurricane you will have two types of storms. They are....
What is Tropical Depression and Tropical Storm.
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Can hurricanes happen outside of hurricane season?
What is yes.
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This is the strongest category of a hurricane...
What is category 5.
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The center of the storm is called the...
What is the eye?
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Longitude gives us what information about the storm?
What is east west location.
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A tropical cyclone does not get a name until...
It becomes a Tropical Storm.
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What happens when there are more hurricanes than planned names for a season?
Forecasters use the Greek alphabet to name storms.
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Tropical cyclones in the northern hemisphere spin which direction?
What is counterclockwise.
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What temperature must water be above for tropical cyclones to form?
What is 82 degrees?
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0 degrees longitude is also known as the....
What is the Prime Meridian.
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Meteorologists use these images from space to study the storm.
What are satellite images.
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What is the name of the meteorologists that fly into hurricanes to take direct readings?
What are Hurricane Hunters?
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When hurricane conditions are expected within 36 hours.
What is a hurricane warning?
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Name two elements necessary to form a tropical storm.
What is warm water, low pressure, etc.
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0 degrees latitude is also known as the....
What is the Equator.
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Do tropical storms traditionally curve south or north?
What is north.
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This body of water pushes up onto land before and during a hurricane landfall.
What is the storm surge?
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This effect is what gives hurricanes their spin...
What is Coriolis effect?
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In the eye of a hurricane, winds are.....
What is calm.
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Florida is located in the NW, NE, SE, or SW quadrant?
What is NW
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When a weather station is reading increased winds, increased cloud cover, lowering pressure, and the wind is coming out of the east and moving towards the west, a hurricane could be predicted to be....
What is to the south of the weather station.
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Hurricane season is during what dates?
What is June 1 to November 30