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. 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.. . Insurance Trends and Challenges in an Era of Climate Volatility. National Tornado Summit. Oklahoma City, OK. February 11, 2014. Robert P. Hartwig, Ph.D., CPCU, President & Economist. Insurance Information Institute  110 William Street  New York, NY 10038. 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 . Marco . Micozzi. &. Glenda Sullivan. PASS Objectives. Grade 6 World Studies. 1.2 – Identify, evaluate, and draw conclusions from different kinds of. maps, graphs, charts, diagrams, timelines, and other representations . 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 . S6E4. I can relate unequal heating of land and water surfaces to form tornados and thunderstorms.. I can relate how moisture evaporating from the oceans affects the weather patterns and events such as hurricanes.. INFORMATIONS. A . tornado .  is a violently rotating column of air that spins while in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as . WHAT DO HURRICANES AND TORNADOES HAVE IN COMMON?. Low Pressure . Strong Winds . Hazardous to Life and Property . HOW DO THEY DIFFER?. Location . Size . Duration . Season of Occurrence . Distinctive Hazards. Vr. Shear Details. Patrick . J. . Spoden. , Daniel . Spaeth. , Christine . Wielgos. , Mike York, Robin Smith, Gregory . Meffert. , Ryan J. Presley, Ken . Ludington, Brittany Peterson (FGF). Bow Echo Workshop March 2017. 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. . 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 .