Severe Storms: Measuring Velocity Book Report

As storm relative velocity helps analyze the motion of the winds within the storm, information like the rotation of the storm and the speed of the winds can help investigate the chances of the storm developing into a tornado. If the storm appears to be a threat, nearby communities can be notified to take precautions and leave if necessary. Although base velocity can be used for the same reason, the speed of the storm can affect the results of the speed and rotation of winds. Therefore, storm relative velocity is more accurate and reliable than base velocity in determining the threat of a

Tornados are one of the most destructive and devastating natural forces on Earth. When a tornado is fully created, wind speeds can reach up to more than 300 mph (483 km/h). Most tornadoes that occur are between the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains, but tornados can happen where ever the conditions are right. 90% of tornadoes that happen in the United States, happens in the Central United States. Even though scientist have not yet understood how tornadoes are formed, they’ve developed a theory that consist of the process and conditions of which a tornado must have to form.

Over these past few months, newspapers have exclaimed at the excessive amount of dirt being whipped around the Midwest, and the gigantic walls of dust that have seemed to engulf everything and anyone in it’s path. Schools have been made into makeshift Red Cross hospitals and pictures everywhere have shown adults and children wearing gas masks, like the ones soldiers used in WWI. Dozens of families, or okies, flee to the cities everyday in an attempt to escape the dust, but some of the poorer and more courageous families have decided to stay at home to wait for the day that rain will once again replenish their fields. Interested in all of the commotion, I decided to request permission from NBC to venture out to these Great Plains, in order to learn about the significant impact these dust storms and droughts were having on the area. After receiving

Category 5 hurricanes are the highest level of impact and size a hurricane can be; therefore they can be very catastrophic and one must prepare (especially when you live in Florida). There are many ways you can prepare efficiently for a hurricane, even if you can not accurately predict when, where, or how hard it will hit.

During the Joplin, Missouri Tornado many people did not take shelter because they thought it was a false alarm. So by many people not doing that it cause many more injuries. Tornadoes form from rotating air caused by a thunderstorm. Tornadoes usually have winds less the 160 mph but the Joplin, Missouri Tornado did not. The tornado included many details common to tornados, damage and destruction to property and lives that affected the region, but the area has recovered in the aftermath.

On September 21 1938 an enormous hurricane hit the east coast, RI and Long island was greatly impacted. This storm was very powerful due to various conditions. One of them was the weather, between the waves, winds, and floods the storm was very deadly. Some other conditions contributed to the destruction, but one in particular put the nailin the coffin, human error. The impact that this hurricane caused was trmendous it destroyed many people's lives.

When trying to figure out who was to blame for the failure to provide appropriate responses to Hurricane

If anyone has ever wondered what it’s like to live through a hurricane regardless of its strength, I can personally tell you that Hurricane Ike was a monster of a storm to ever be faced in the 2008 Atlantic season; It was not only one of the costliest hurricanes in Texas, but also one of the most powerful.

The mobile radar is driven into position in presence of storm that is being formed. As the storm is forming the radar is scanning the air. Dual polarization (dual-pol) radar was created by NOAA scientists that takes pictures that are two dimensional. This radar can do the because the radar sends out both horizontal and vertical electromagnetic waves. The dual-pol took around 20 years of development to complete.The dual-pol is used by the National-weather service to predict whether. Phased array radar scan the the sky for dangerous weather and see tornadoes within supercells and QLCS. The phased array radar also is used in the military to track aircrafts. QLCS stands for Quasi-linear Convection system. You could learn more about the QLCS in the next paragraph. The multifunction array radar is mostly used in the military to track aircrafts. All these radars are used to predict whether, but specifically tornadoes. Some sense the debris and some take two dimensional pictures. But all radars have one thing in common, all of them send out

A tornadoes form when it is humid but the ground is wet and slower winds are by the ground as the fastest wind are higher in the sky. Because of this the wind starts to circle around when the slow wind moves up higher. Rain will fall and so will a funnel which is the tornado. The reason twister in Florida left extreme damage and many houses were being fixed or covered with tarp. Today they are cleaning up the damage or debris all over town. Other places tornadoes have touched down resonantly are Virginia and North Carolina the worst one was the one in Carolina taking three lives. To not be one of those three you must find shelter once you hear the word "WARNING." if you hear "watch" then prepare to go into "WARNING." Pleas remember that.

Hermine weakened while crossing from Florida into Georgia, but still produced sustained winds of 45 mph (72 km/h) at Savannah, with gusts to 58 mph (93 km/h).[77] Farther northeast, Folly Island, South Carolina, reported sustained winds of 44 mph (71 km/h) with gusts to 59 mph (95 km/h),[78] and the pier in Duck, North Carolina, reported sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) with gusts to 73 mph (117 km/h).[79] Heavy rainfall occurred through the Carolinas, reaching 10.72 in (272 mm) in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.[80] At Norfolk International Airport, wind gusts reached 43 mph (69 km/h).[81] In Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, Hermine's passage left around 274,000 people without power.[40][42][82][83]

The beautiful coastline of Galveston has such a peaceful presents unlike any other. It's hard to believe that this serene place was once the epicenter of one of america's most devastating natural disasters. To this day it is so infamous it needs no name only a title, The Great Storm.

Desensitization is a predominant treatment that exceeds expectations to diminish the fear in a patient of a circumstance, by presenting them to it either in actuality or in one's imagination. In the first place, the patient should consider storms deliberately until the point when the contemplation isn't dreaded. Second, take a look at photographs of the storm until unfeared. Next, watch recordings of the storm until the point that the video is unfeared. Finally, the patient should play sounds from storms noisily for a considerable length of time until the point that the sounds are unfeared. Ensure you never proceed onward to the following stage unless you've effectively finished the past one. By finishing these means one ought to have the capacity

A tornado is a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

Hurricane hunters drop this instrument into the ocean, and immediately, information comes pouring in. According to Harriet Jane Caldwell, "The devices fall to the ocean and transmit bursts of data to the airplane twice every second."(Caldwell, 10) The result of this is a more thorough analysis, as well as immediate updates on the severity of a storm. Caldwell also says, "The data includes temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, as well as the speed and direction of winds." (Caldwell, 10) Not only does the dropsonde help predict a storm's intesity, but it also helps determine the location of where the storm will hit. Through the wind direction and intesity, forecasters and others will be able to tell in which direction the storm