Severe or unusual weather conditions, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and blizzards.
100
What season does El Nino usually show up?
Christmas Season
100
Saffir-Simpson scale
Used to rate a hurricanes strength
100
What are the parts of a hurricane?
eye, eye wall, and rainbands.
100
The Hurricane that hit New Orleans.
Hurricane Katrina
200
What is Natural Disaster?
Great destruction or loss of life caused by natural forces rather than by human actions.
200
El Nino is a nickname for ______________.
"The Christ child"
200
What is a Tropical Disturbance?
A cluster of thunderstorms that move together with the prevailing winds
200
What are prevailing winds?
Winds that usually blow in one direction.
200
New Orleans is known for ________.
Mardi Gras
300
What is Meteorology?
The scientific study of climate and weather patterns.
300
El Nino caused dry spells that led to wild fires in ______, _____, and ________.
What is Southeast Asia, Australia, and Central America.
300
What is a Storm Surge?
A wall of water pushed ashore by a storm
300
What is Coriolis effect?
The curving pattern of wind and ocean currents caused by Earth's rotation.
300
The hurricane that hit New Orleans was originally a category ___.
Category 5
400
What is a Tropical Cyclone?
A severe storm with high winds that spiral around a calm center. Depending on where they form, tropical cyclones are called hurricanes, typhoons, or cyclones.
400
Lands bordering the ______________ show the greatest effects from El Nino.
The Pacific Ocean
400
When winds start circling inside a tropical disturbances, a storm becomes a __________.
Tropical Depression
400
Tropical cyclones occur only where ocean temperatures reach at least ______.
80 degrees F
400
These prevented the water from coming the city before the hurricane.
Levees
500
What is El Nino
A warm ocean current that flows off the west coast of South America every few years.
500
The years ______, ______, ______, and ______ are considered El Nino years.
1991, 1993, 1994, and 1997.
500
When a storm is less than 24 hours, they issue a _______. When a storm might hit land within 24 to 36 hours, they issue a ______.
Hurricane warning and Hurricane watch.
500
In the _______ and ______, tropical cyclones are called ________. In the _______, they are usually called _______. In the ______, they are called ______.
What is atlantic ocean and eastern pacific are hurricanes. the western pacific are called typhoons. Indian Ocean are called cyclones.
500
New Orleans is placed between _________ and _________.