Cloud Types/Pressure Systems
What are the 3 different cloud types?
Cumulus, stratus and cirrus
What are the 3 MAIN types of fronts?
Cold front, warm front and stationary front (will also take occluded front)
What are the 3 types of severe weather we talked about in class?
Thunderstorms, flooding, and tornadoes
What is the most dangerous type of winter storm?
On the EF scale, what is the strongest tornado Coach Chris has ever chased?
EF-4, 170 MPH winds
What type of clouds usually indicate a stable atmosphere?
Cirrus
Which front is associated with the most severe weather?
Cold front
What type of thunderstorm typically produces very large hail and strong tornadoes?
Supercell thunderstorms
What are the 3 types of frozen precipitation?
Snow, sleet and freezing rain
What type of clouds are most associated with straight-line damaging winds?
Shelf clouds
What types of clouds are known for thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus clouds.
What type of weather is most associated with stationary fronts?
Heavy rain and flooding
What is the deadliest severe weather in Kentucky?
Heat related deaths OR flooding
Snows begins as precipitation in the form of an ____?
Ice crystal
What 2 sports did Coach Chris play while a student at John Hardin?
Baseball and football
What are the 2 type of pressure systems and what type of weather is associated with each?
High pressure (good weather) and low pressure (bad weather)
Cold fronts force warm air to ____?
Rise
The NWS has to survey the damage done by a tornado. Enhanced Fujita scale is what the scale is called.
Which precipitation starts as snow until it encounters warmer temperatures which causes the snowflake to melt. The water then refreezes on it's way to earth in the form of an ice pellet?
Sleet
What was the worst winter storm in Kentucky's history?
2009 Ice Storm
What do we call the lines that we connect together when mapping out high and low pressure systems?
Isobars
Come to the whiteboard and draw a cold front that is moving to the SOUTH
Line with triangles on the bottom
What are 3 key ingredients for severe weather such as hail, damaging winds and tornadoes? (There are 4 ingredients)
Wind shear, lift, instability or moisture
What are the 3 ingredients needed to create a winter storm in Kentucky?
What year did Coach Chris graduate from John Hardin?
2017