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what are duldrums?
cloudy, steamy, rainy belt
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what are the horse lattitudes?
sunny, calm belt
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what are the north east trade trade winds?
easterly tropical winds
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what are westerlies?
- wind across u.s west to wind.
- florida flip flops according to seasons
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what are polar easterlies?
- dry, cold prevailing winds that blow from the high-pressure areas of
- the polar highs at the north and south poles towards low-pressure areas
- within the Westerlies
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what is a jetstream?
current of fast moving air in the upper troposphere.
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what is seabreeze?
rising warm air, off land, replaced by cool ocean air during day time.
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what is landbreeze?
the opposite effects of seabreeze.
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what is step one in a tropical cyclone formation?
easterly tropical wave.
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what is step two in the formation of a tropical cyclone?
tropical disturbance, wind less than 20 mph
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what is the third step in the formation of a tropical cyclone?
tropical deprresion, winds 20-30 mph
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what is the forth step in the formation of a trpoical cyclone?
tropical storm, winds 40-73mph. named.
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what is the final step in the formation of a tropical cyclone?
hurricane.
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what is hurricane called out in the pacific?
typhoon.
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what lesson was learned from hurrican hugo?
rethink evacuation shelters
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what lessons was learned form hurricane andrew?
provide better relief
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what lesson was learned from hurrican opal?
re-thing timing and evacuation route.
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what lesson was learned from hurrican katrina?
"it could happen here"
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what s the first step in the development of a thunderstorm?
entrainment- rising air creates a perfect warm/moist path for other air parcels.
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what is stage two in the development of a thunderstorm?
- mature stage
- -updrafts
- -downdrafts
- -wind shear-
- -microbursts
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what is stage three of the development of a thunderstorm?
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what is lighting?
electricity in the air. positive charges seeking negative charges.
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what does ice do for lighting?
ice produces the positive charge.
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what is a tornado?
funnel clouds
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how wide is a tornado?
100 yards
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what is the formation of a funnel cloud?
cold dry air over warm humid air.
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what is the most damage from a tornado usually caused by?
- high winds, up to 300mph
- suction affect or drag effect
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what is a water spout?
tornado over water.
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what is a dust devel?
tornado over dust/sand
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whats the number one state for hurricanes by total number?
texas
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whats the number one state for hurricanes by frequency?
florida :(
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whats the number one state for hurricanes by severaty?
oklahoma
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whats the number one state for hurricanes by death?
mississippi
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