1. Top-down hurricane diagram
Mr. E’s
Mon, Aug. 24, 2009
Top-down hurricane diagram

2. Use what you have learned to answer:
Hurricane Rita made landfall in what two states?
Can we have another Rita?
Aug. 22, 1955 ~ U.S. Appellate Court desegregated LSU undergraduate classes.

3. Take out a loose leaf sheet of paper
and pencil colors

6. NE
QUAD NW
QUAD SE
QUAD SW
QUAD

7. NE
QUAD NW
QUAD
STRONGEST
WEAKEST SE
QUAD SW
QUAD

8. NE
QUAD NW
QUAD
FEEDER
BANDS SE
QUAD SW
QUAD

9. NE
QUAD NW
QUAD
FEEDER
BANDS
EYE
EYE
WALL SE
QUAD SW
QUAD

10. NE
QUAD NW
QUAD
COUNTER
CLOCKWISE
ROTATION SE
QUAD SW
QUAD

12. A low pressure trough moving generally westward with the trade winds.
      Hurricane Stages             
Tropical Wave
A low pressure trough moving generally westward with the trade winds.
Tropical Disturbance
An organized area of thunderstorms that usually forms in the tropics. Typically, they maintain their identity for 24 hours and are accompanied by heavy rains and gusty winds.
Tropical Cyclone
A generic term for any organized low pressure that develops over tropical and sometimes sub-tropical waters. Tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes are all example of tropical cyclones.
Tropical Depression
An organized area of low pressure in which sustained winds are 38 mph or less.
Tropical Storm
A tropical cyclone with maximum sustained wind speeds that range from 39 to 73 mph.
Hurricane
A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 mph.