The dates of Hurricane Season for the Atlantic Basin
What is June 1st until November 30th
100
Thin, wispy clouds mainly comprised of ice crystals
What are cirrus clouds
100
This professor at the University of Chicago is perhaps the best known expert on tornado formation. The scale by which to measure tornado damage was named after him.
Who is Fujita?
100
This storm phenomenon leads tornadoes in total fatalities
What is floods
100
Behind these there is usually clearer skies, lower dew points and drier air.
What are cold fronts
200
This is name of the scale measuring Hurricane Intensity
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale
200
A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that obscures or restricts visibility
What is fog
200
This state records the most tornados every year
What is Florida
200
This is the name of an intense sand storm
What is a haboob
200
This storm was initially categorized as a cat 4 hurricane, but upon further examination it was bumped up to cat 5 strength.
What is Hurricane Andrew
300
This is the direction hurricanes rotate in the Northern Hemisphere
What is counter clockwise
300
This is a rare, tube shaped cloud that are completely detached from the cumulonimbus base
What is a roll cloud
300
This is the name of a tornado that spawns over water
What is a waterspout
300
The name of the significant weather activity linked to sea temperature rise in the Pacific Ocean
What is El Nino
300
A localized area of damaging winds caused by air rapidly flowing DOWN and out of a thunderstorm
What is a downburst
400
This is the most dangerous part of a hurricane
What is storm surge
400
Sagging, pouch like clouds that are usually seen after the worst of a thunderstorm has passed.
What is mammatus clouds
400
The name given to a rotating airmass that has NOT made contact with the ground
What is a funnel cloud
400
The name of falling ice crystals that evaporate before they hit the ground
What is virga
400
True or false: Lightning can strike as far as 10 miles away from it's parent thunderstorm
What is true
500
This is the wind speed at which a hurricane becomes a MAJOR (cat 3) hurricane
What is 111mph
500
The product of deep convective storm updraft cores of sufficient strength to rise above the storms’ general equilibrium level near the tropopause region and penetrate into the lower stratosphere.
What is an overshooting top
500
This is the only continent on which tornadoes have NOT been reported
What is Antarctica
500
A narrow and shallow stream of wind which is usually westerly, strong and concentrates in the upper troposphere of the sky.
What is the jet stream
500
Quarter sized hail, wind gusts to 58 mph and/or a tornado is criteria for this.