PPT-Tornadoes

Ways to Secure your home and Storm Chasers Michael S Schlossberg What is a Tornado A tornado is a column of air that is moving with high speeds of that is coming from a thunderstorm Tornadoes are found in flat plain areas because there is no mountains to restrict the movement of air. Daniel Nielsen. Motivation/Goals. Existence of year-to-year variability in tornado count. Bias toward recent years due to increased storm spotting capabilities. Improvements in radar network and deployment of NEXRAD. Matthew Parker. 1. , Jonathan Blaes. 2. , Gary Lackmann. 1. , and Sandra Yuter. 1. 1. North Carolina State University. 2. NOAA/National Weather Service. Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Acknowledgments. Tornadoes. are very violent. When Tornadoes are single they last only a few minutes. Tornadoes travel in a north eastern direction. Tornadoes are usually in a funnel shape. Tornadoes can happen in any part of the United States. Usually the eye of a tornado is the calmest place. Tornadoes are mostly gray.. By Anthony . Hand. Environmental Science, pd 5. The Hard-Hitting Tornadoes. In April, the number of tornadoes recorded was at a record high. The tornadoes that hit America this year caused an enormous amount of damage to many landmarks, buildings, and properties. Dr. . Hooda. Text Book : Pages 450 - 459. What is a storm? . A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.. What is a storm? . . Involves sudden changes in air pressure. Cause rapid air movement. Conditions that bring one . By: Maggie Colf. Tornadoes. “There is also disagreement as to whether separate touchdowns of the same funnel constitute separate tornado.”. Tornadoes may not have a visible funnel.. Truth is that we don’t fully understand.. 11/16/15. Winds can exceed 300 mph!!!. Around 1,000 occur on average each year in the U.S.. Kill 80, injure 1,500 people each year on average. Can have a path up to a mile wide!!!. Can occur any time of the year, but . Lab 9. Meteograms. A time display of weather information for a single observing site. Temperature 21Z? __. Dew Point 6Z? __. Wind Direction 8Z?__. Pressure 03Z? __. 23°F. 6°F. W. 1032mb. Laboratory Exercise 14.10 a & b . Science. Thunderstorms & Lightning. Conditions That Occur During Thunderstorms. Thunder, lighting, high winds, heavy rain, hail. Electric Sparks by Shuffling . Lightening is like electric sparks that you can make by shuffling across a carpet before touching a metal object. Both lightning and small electric sparks are discharges of built up static electricity. . U.S averages 800 tornadoes/year; more than any country. Canton, MI Dec. 23, 2015. EF-1 (90 mph winds). .  .                              . 933. . tornadoes in . 2016. Jason Davis . Matthew Parker. North Carolina State University. NC State-NWS CSTAR Workshop. November 16, 2012. Acknowledgements: . NOAA CSTAR grant (. NA10NWS4680007). , AMS/NASA Earth Science Graduate Fellowship Program. Tornadoes are . rotating columns of air that extend down from a storm cloud in the shape of a . funnel.. Anything . in the path of a tornado, including houses, cars, forests, and other ecosystems, . are . A tornado is a rotating column of air attached to a thunderstorm that comes in contact with the . ground.. The most violent of all atmospheric events is the tornado.. On average, 800 to 1000 tornadoes occur in the U.S. each year.. Be able to describe . how . and why a . TORNADO. forms, and the role of the . MESOCYCLONE. in formation.. Be able to identify the . THREE. main . TYPES. of tornadoes and the key tornado formation .