Transcript Storms - Norwich High School

Storms
• associated with Low Pressure
Thunderstorms
• Rapidly rising warm air, expands, cools
and condenses
• A cold front pushes warm air up more
quickly, thus storms are longer and have
heavier precipitation
• Lightning
• Thunder
Emergency Preparedness
If thunder roars, ___________
Go indoors
Get out of the pool
Don’t stand near trees
Go inside
Don’t take a shower
Hurricanes
Hurricanes
• Forms over
Warm
tropical water, temps above 27 oC
__________________________
• Rapidly rising warm air begin to spiral
inward
• Strongest winds around the eye of the
storm
• Long lived
Hurricanes
– Gains energy over ____________
warm water
– Loses energy over land and cold water.
– Range between 300-600km (185-375 mi) in
diameter.
Late summer and early fall
– Common in________________________.
– Storm surge: hurricane
_________________________.
pulls water onto land
• Highest death rate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS0gv4Xbw7w&fe
ature=youtu.be
A storm surge during hurricane Isabel.
• http://www.weather.com/news/weatherhurricanes/hurricane-sandy-superstormsandy-after-damages-images20131022?pageno=1
Emergency Preparedness
• Evacuate (get to higher ground) - flooding
• Stock up on provisions – canned food,
water, prescriptions, money, batteries, etc
• Inland of a hurricane – be wary of
tornadoes
• Board up windows
Tornadoes
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Associated with _______________
Low pressure
Most of the time, counterclockwise rotation
Short lived (minutes)
Commonly less than 1 mi in diameter
Emergency Preparedness
• Get to the lowest floor of your house –
basement
• If no basement, go to room with no
windows
Blizzards
Results from the collision of polar and
tropical air masses
High winds, extreme temperatures and
Snow!!!!
(snow day?? Anywhere but Norwich.
Lol)
Emergency Preparedness
• Batteries, canned food and water - in case
you lose power
• Shovelling can lead to deaths (heart
attacks)
Disaster Kit
• What should you put in one?