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TROPICAL STORMS

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Topic 13 Hurricanes

Topic 13 Hurricanes. GEOL 2503 Introduction to Oceanography. Garden City, South Carolina after Hurricane Hugo (1989). North coast of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Hugo (1989). US Hurricanes. Galveston 1900 deadliest 6000 dead

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Classifying & Locating Natural Hazards

Classifying & Locating Natural Hazards. Magnitude ( vs ) Intensity. Magnitude An assessment of the size of an event But what characteristic property is measured? Wind speed? Barometric Pressure? Eye diameter? What unit? m/s, km/ h Intensity An assessment of the impact of a disaster

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PR/USVI COMT hurricane/storm selection criteria:

PR/USVI COMT hurricane/storm selection criteria: significant impact on the region (surge and or waves) recent : remote data available (satellite , aircraft, radar ) data availability: winds ( meteo ) , waves, sea level and surge no hurricanes or storms with significant surge and wave data

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Chapter 20 Weather Patterns and Sever Storms

Chapter 20 Weather Patterns and Sever Storms. Earth Science. Air Masses 20.1. Immense body of air that has similar temp and humidity Can be 1500 km or more Air mass carries temp and humidity from region in which it formed but characteristics change to take on some climate of area.

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Tropical Cyclones Hurricanes Typhoons

Tropical Cyclones Hurricanes Typhoons. Hurricane Ike 2008. Tropical Cyclone. Large, rotating, low-pressure storm Forms over water during summer and fall in the tropics . Tropical Cyclones. Tropical cyclones require two basic conditions: An abundant supply of very warm ocean water

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Weather

Weather. Ch. 20. Thunderstorms & Tornadoes sec. 3. How large are storms? Storms come various sizes. largest (~2000 km) mid-latitude storms (ex. low-pressure systems) medium (100s of km) hurricanes smallest (a few km) thunderstorms

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I. Hurricanes A hurricane is 1 . The largest, most powerful storm

I. Hurricanes A hurricane is 1 . The largest, most powerful storm 2. An intense area of tropical, low pressure 3. A storm with winds of at least, 120 km per hour 4. A hurricane in the Pacific Ocean is called a typhoon B . Formation of a hurricane

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Hurricanes!

Hurricanes!. Why did New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin call Hurricane Katrina "...a storm that most of us have long feared," as it approached New Orleans ? Hurricane Katrina nears its peak strength as it travels across the Gulf of Mexico .

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Fronts

Fronts. Compare the characteristic weather patterns of cold fronts. Describe how a midlatitude cyclone forms Describe the development of hurricane, thunderstorms, and tornadoes. .

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