Weather and Disasters

Weather is… The condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time

Causes of Weather Water vapor Water vapor Cloud cover Cloud cover Landforms and bodies of water Landforms and bodies of water Elevation Elevation Air movement Air movement

Precipitation Definition: falling of water droplets in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail Definition: falling of water droplets in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail Three Types:(Diagram in your book on pg 50) Three Types:(Diagram in your book on pg 50) 1- convectional1- convectional 2- Orographic2- Orographic 3- Frontal3- Frontal

Extreme Weather Hurricanes Hurricanes AKA: Typhoons, Tropical Cyclones, Willy-willies, Baguios, Chubascos Tornadoes Tornadoes Blizzards (heavy snowstorm) Blizzards (heavy snowstorm) Droughts (long period without rain) Droughts (long period without rain) Floods (too much water) Floods (too much water)

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Hurricane Formation 1. Ocean warms up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit (Tropic of Cancer for N. Hemisphere) 2. Convection Current creates clouds and releases energy 3. Spinning of the earth spins the storm

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale How Hurricanes are measured (like the Richter scale for earthquakes) shtml shtml shtml shtml

Hurricane Katrina and the Five Themes Movement Movement Region Region Location Location Interaction Interaction Place Place

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