Thunderstorms
What is the process of creating a tornado
Tornadogenesis
Develops in the morning and peaks in the afternoon. Cloud formation parallel to the shoreline.
Lake Breeze
First stage of hurricane development
Tropical Disturbance
Warming phase of ENSO
El Niño
What kind of icing is brittle and porous?
Rime
Most common and most dangerous tornado
Supercell Tornado
Wind that flows from a valley towards higher terrain
Anabatic Winds
What stage is it given a name
Tropical Storm
During La Niña where are the thunderstorms located
West Pacific / East Asia
Intensity of turbulence has small changes in altitude or attitude
Moderate
What is the lifespan of a frontal thunderstorm
1-3 hours
What is on top of a mountain during a bora/foehn wind
Stable air
What causes the most deaths in a hurricane
Storm Surge
What is another name for the equitorial trough
ITZC or NETWC
What kind of turbulence is associated with rotor cloudes
Extreme
Wind speed of tornado rated as a EF-3 on the enhanced FUJITA scale
136-165 MPH
How many degrees can a glacier breeze cool the surface
20°F
What process is happening when a hurricane moves north of the Tropic of Cancer
Cyclogenesis
Distorted lune of convection over land
Monsoonal Trough
Any change in wind direction, speed, or both.
Wind shear
Forms on the surface near the right rear quadrant of the thunderstorm.
Mesocyclone
The ____ winds formed in Greenland are result of the Bora circulation.
Piteraq
Minimum sustained windspeeds to be classified as a hurricane.
64 Knots
Where does ENSO have a strong influence
Indonesia and North America
CAT forms in ___ air or ______ clouds
Clear, Stratiform