severe storms. thunderstorms occur in warm, moist air masses and along fronts. sinking rain, cooled...
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Severe Storms
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Thunderstorms• Occur in warm, moist air masses
and along fronts.• Sinking rain, cooled air, and strong
updrafts of warm air cause strong winds.
• If winds reach 89 km/h or faster, it is a severe thunderstorm.
• Flash floods, strong winds, hail.
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Thunderstorms
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Lightning• In a storm cloud, warm air is lifted rapidly as
cooler air sinks. This movement causes different parts of the cloud to become oppositely charged.
• When the current flows between opposite charges, lightning flashes.
• Occurs in 3 places: within a cloud, between clouds, cloud and the ground.
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Lightning
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Thunder• Results from rapid heating of air around
lightning. (Lightning is 30,000 degrees celsius.. 5x the surface of the sun!!)
• The extreme heat causes air around the lightning to expand rapidly. Then it cools and contracts.
• The rapid movement of molecules forms sound waves heard as thunder.
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Thunder
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Tornadoes• A violently rotating column of air in contact
with the ground.• In severe thunderstorms, wind at different
levels blow at different direction and speed. This is called wind shear.
• Rips apart building, uproot trees, blow through glass. Can lift animals, cars and houses in the air.
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Tornadoes
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Hurricanes • Large, swirling, low pressure system
that forms over the Atlantic Ocean.• Must have winds of at least 119
km/h.• Category 1-5 (250 km/h)
• Typhoon- forms over the Pacific Ocean.
• Cyclones- Form over the Indian Ocean.
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Hurricanes
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Images from Space
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Strongest Hurricanes
• Begin as low pressure systems west of Africa.• Steered by surface winds.• travel west.• Gains strength from heat + moisture of warm
ocean water. • When it hits land, it loses power and dumps
water.• Strongest winds are within 80 km of the eye.
(50 miles)
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Blizzards• Winds at 56 km/h• Blowing snow• Visibility less than 400m• These conditions must persist for 3
hours or more.
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Blizzards
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National Weather Service
• watch- conditions are favorable• warning- weather exist, take cover!