Transcript Storms
Storms • associated with Low Pressure Thunderstorms • http://digg.com/video/zeus-car-lightningintersection • 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 http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weather station.html - less than 2 minutes 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 • • • • 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?