Exam 14: Weather Patterns and Severe Weather

Examine the figure. Of the four lettered locations on the coast of North and South Carolina, which one will likely experience the worst storm surge?

Which part of a hurricane has the most intense winds?

Occluded fronts form because ________.

You are driving west in your car on a clear, warm day. Up ahead, you see a dark band of ominous clouds. Soon, you drive beneath the towering bank of clouds, and things get very dark. For twenty minutes, you are pelted with rain and even some hail. You keep driving west, even though it seems a little sketchy at times. On the radio, you hear that the next county to the north is under a tornado warning. Then the sky lightens, and there is only a little rain. You notice that the temperature outside has dropped by 15°F (8°C). What have you just driven across?

A cT air mass is more likely to be found in Arizona than in Louisiana.

Examine the figure. What sort of storms does it depict? Interpret their distribution and path patterns as fully as possible.

A hurricane has slower wind speeds than a tornado does, but it inflicts more damage. Why?

A warm front is predicted to come through your area tomorrow. You should prepare for thunderstorms, hail, and tornadoes.

An air mass originating in the Gulf of Mexico should be labeled ________.

Examine the map showing tornado incidence in the 48 contiguous United States. Why are there so many tornados in the central mid-west?

Stationary fronts are distinctive because ________.

Generally, hurricanes are ________.

Examine the figure, and then evaluate the truthfulness of this statement: "The figure shows a cold front."

Examine the figure. What weather phenomenon is illustrated here?

Match the items in the first column with the correct descriptions in the second column. A)a scale for ranking how powerful a tornado is B)an alert that a tornado has been spotted in an area C)violent windstorms that take the form of a rotating column of air called a vortex that extends downward from a cumulonimbus cloud. Maximum winds can approach 480 kilometers (300 miles)per hour. D)an alert that conditions in an area may be favorable to the development of tornados E)a situation where dense cold air actively advances into a region occupied by warmer air F)tropical cyclones with wind speeds in excess of 119 kilometers (74 miles)per hour. They are fueled by the latent heat that is liberated when huge quantities of water vapor condense. G)a situation where warmer air actively advances into a region occupied by dense cold air H)a scale for ranking how powerful a hurricane is -1)cold front 2)warm front 3)Enhanced Fujita intensity scale 4)Saffir-Simpson scale 5)tornado watch 6)tornado warning 7)tornado 8)hurricane

In some parts of the world hurricanes are called typhoons or cyclones.

At the center of a hurricane is a relatively calm region called the ________.

A cyclone is ________.

On average, cold fronts are about twice as steep as warm fronts.