Storm Safety
Head in the Clouds
Historic Weather
Instruments and Measurements
Meteorology Menagerie
100
Complete the ending to this lightning safety phrase:
"When thunder roars -"What is go indoors?
100
This puffy cloud comes from the Latin word for "heap" or "pile".
What is cumulus?
100
Although also impacting many Gulf states, this 2005 hurricane did its most memorable damage in New Orleans, thanks to failed levees.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
100
Water freezes at 32oF, or this value in Celsius.
What is 0 degrees?
100
No it's not the study of space! Put simply, meteorologists study this everyday phenomenon.
What is weather?
200
This common safety phrase includes a couple of good choices to make when roadways are flooded.
What is turn around, don't drown?
200
These wispy, hair-like clouds form at higher altitudes.
What are cirrus?
200
During the Great Depression, these ravaged the Central Plains, including 61 in Oklahoma during 1938 alone.
What are dust storms?
200
Mercury was the fluid of choice to measure temperature in this instrument.
What is a thermometer?
200
Refraction of sunlight through water droplets forms these colorful optical phenomenon.
What are rainbows?
300
Incorrect safety actions for this severe weather phenomenon include opening windows and hiding under highway overpasses.
What is tornadoes?
300
This shocking cloud can be made of both water droplets near its base, and ice crystals in its anvil top.
What are cumulonimbus?
300
The positive phase of this ocean/atmosphere oscillation is currently on track to be the strongest ever recorded. No bueno!
What is El Nino?
300
Raise a cup to this type of instrument, which measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
Specifically an atmospheric river from the tropical Pacific, this fruity phenomenon brings rain and snow to the west coast.
What is the pineapple express?
400
If hiking in canyons, be aware of this weather hazard, as its source could be miles away.
What is flash flooding?
400
These bubbly clouds form on the underside of thunderstorm anvils.
What are mammatus?
400
The deadliest tropical storm ever, the 1970 Bhola Cyclone, made landfall in East Pakistan, known now as this low-lying country neighboring India.
What is Bangladesh?
400
This instrument is used to identify the intensity and velocity of precipitation. Pink means hail!
What is radar?
400
These offshore winds bring severe fire weather to southern California.
What are Santa Ana winds?
500
After moving off the road as far as you can, stopping and setting the emergency brake, this is the final action to take if stuck in a dust storm.
What is turn off your lights?
500
This cloud forms from the rising smoky updrafts of fires.
What are pyrocumulus?
500
That's enough! This Oklahoma town has been hit by two Category 5 tornadoes, most recently in 2013.
What is Moore?
500
The primary category for the new PHX-DUST Scale uses the concentration of this atmospheric pollutant.
What is PM10?
500
This sometimes saucy diagram shows different forecast tracks or outcomes for weather phenomenon.
What are ensemble/spaghetti plots?