Why are people in buildings threatened by a tornado told to open windows to minimize damage?

Q: What happens when a hurricane makes landfall

A: A hurricane is a tropical cyclone with high speed winds that originate in the Tropics. The…

Q: The jet stream is a strong wind current that flows across the United States, as shown in the…

A: Given: A plane flew 2,280 miles in 4 hours. Against the same wind, the trip took 5 hours. We need to…

Q: The swift movement of the falling water droplets along with the rising air create lightning and…

A: The swift movement of the falling water droplets along with the rising air create lightning and…

Q: In 2017 Hurricane Irma, a category 5 hurricane had winds up to 180 mph. Hurricanes winds often rip…

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Q: Why do you alway see lightening before the thunderstorm?

A: Recall speed of light is much more than speed of sound. Speed of light=c=3×108 m/s and speed of…

Q: How do airplanes stay in the air?

A: When air flows over any flat plate at an angle, like when you hold your hand out of a car window on…

Q: In 1925, the Tri-State Tornado ripped a 219 mi path of destruction through Missouri, Illinois, and…

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Q: Which is a common first indicator of an approaching thunderstorm? A) too hot B) heavy wind C) a…

A: The thunderstorm is basically a storm with thunder and lightning also accompanied by heavy rain and…

Q: What is needed for steering control on a PWC?

A: The mechanism of steering of Personal Watercraft works with the help of handlebars. These handlebars…

Q: A Doppler flow meter is usually used to determine the wind speed in a tornado or hurricane. Group…

A: Solution- False A Doppler flow meter is not used to determine the wind speed in a tornado or…

Q: What is a non-recording rain-gauge?

A: The non-recording type of rain gauges only collects the rain and do not measure or record the…

Q: what are the function of anemometer , wind vane and aneroid barometer

A: Anemometer: Anemometer is a tool that is used by meteorologists to study the weather's patterns.…

Q: How long does it take a cold front and a warm front to travel from west to east across a state 487…

A: The distance between a cold front and warm front to reach west to east is d=487 miles ×1.612…

Q: how, by using wind deflectors on the top truck cabs reduce fuel consumption?

A: Wind deflectros is used to deflect wind by deflector which is further redirected it around sides of…

Q: Increased wind speed is accompanied by a reduced air _____________. A) humidity B) pressure C)…

A: The pressure applied by the weight of air in the Earth's atmosphere is defined as the atmospheric…

Q: What causes the desipation of tropical cyclone

A: What causes the dissipation of tropical cyclone ?

Q: Why do tornadoes spin at all?

A: Given: Tornado

Q: Estimate the volume transport of the Hadley Cell given: a. Meridional speed of 2 m/s b. Depth of…

A: Given Data: Meridional speed (Ms)=2msLatitude (ϕ)=200 NorthDepth of atmosphere (d)=3000 mRadius of…

Q: How much change in the power of wind will take place if wind velocity becomes 4 times and blade…

A: SOlution: Given that V1 =V m/s V2=4V m/s L1=L m L2=8L m

Q: At its peak, a tornado is 50.0m in diameter a rev/s

A: Given:- The Diameter  d= 50 m  The speed of the wind is v  = 110 km/h  Find:- The angular velocity…

Q: The energy that generates wind comes from what source? A) Anemometers B) Solar radiation C) Ocean…

A: When the radiation from sun strikes the surface of earth, then earth's surface absorbs the…

Q: What is cavitation? What causes it?

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Q: Anemometer is an instrument meant for measuring __________   A) velocity B) air masses C)…

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Q: Wind farms does not affect birds mainly through collision. Select one: O True O False

A: Wind farms are are large areas that have many number of wind turbines up to the number of 150 or…

Q: How much change in the power of wind will take place if wind velocity becomes 4 times and blade…

A: Given data: The change in velocity is v2=4v1. The change is blade length is r2=5r1.

Q: Minimum Hurricane wind speed, 120 km/hr converted to meters per second

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Q: How does a thunderstorm break apart and disappear?

A: When a thunderstorm break apart and disappear that is called The Dissipating Stage. Explanation :-…

Q: Where does the moisture that feeds thunderstorms come from?

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Q: What materials are wind turbine blades made of?

A: For the selection of material for the turbine blade following properties must be taken into…

Q: In the next 1.55 h the hurricane moves due north so that B = 0.It moves north an additional distance…

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Q: is to be designed house hurricane force winds. The U maximum wimd velocig to withstand. V. 24ms. The…

A: Given data: V = 24 m/s Density ρ=1.029 kg/m3 Area (A) = 450 m2 Need to determine the force that the…

Q: What is the energy source for the motion of gas in the atmosphere?

A: For the motion of gas in the atmosphere, the sun provides the required heat energy for the molecules…

Q: Why do tornados spin so rapidly?

A: The large air masses which cause tornadoes are already rotating.

Q: What is the cause and mechanism associated with lightning strikes?

A: In the atmosphere, positive and negative ions attach themselves to small dust particles. The water…