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1 EARTH SCIENCE Geology, the Environment and the Universe
Chapter 13: The Nature of Storms

2 Section 13.1 Thunderstorms Section 13.2 Severe Weather
CHAPTER13 Table Of Contents Section 13.1 Thunderstorms Section 13.2 Severe Weather Section 13.3 Tropical Storms Section 13.4 Recurrent Weather Click a hyperlink to view the corresponding slides. Exit

3 Thunderstorms Essential Questions Review Vocabulary
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Essential Questions How do thunderstorms form? What are the different types of thunderstorms? What is the life cycle of a thunderstorm? Review Vocabulary latent heat: stored energy in water vapor that is not released to warm the atmosphere until condensation occurs

4 Thunderstorms New Vocabulary
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms The intensity and duration of thunderstorms depend on the local conditions that create them. New Vocabulary air-mass thunderstorm mountain thunderstorm sea-breeze thunderstorm frontal thunderstorm stepped leader return stroke

5 SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Up to thunderstorms are in progress around the world

6 SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Both geography and air mass movements make thunderstorms most common in the southeastern United States.

7 Thunderstorms How thunderstorms form
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms How thunderstorms form For a thunderstorm to form, three conditions must exist: a source of moisture, lifting of the air mass, and an unstable atmosphere.

8 Overview of Thunderstorms
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Overview of Thunderstorms How thunderstorms form First, there must be an abundant source of moisture in the lower levels of the atmosphere.

9 Overview of Thunderstorms
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Overview of Thunderstorms How thunderstorms form Second, there must be some mechanism for moisture to condense and release its latent heat. This occurs when a warm air mass is lifted into a cooler region of the atmosphere.

10 Overview of Thunderstorms
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Overview of Thunderstorms How thunderstorms form Third, if the surrounding air remains cooler than the rising air mass, the unstable conditions can produce clouds that grow upward. This releases more latent heat and allows continued lifting.

11 SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Limits to thunderstorm growth TROPOPAUSE

12 Types of Thunderstorms
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Types of Thunderstorms Thunderstorms are often classified according to the mechanism that causes the air mass that formed them to rise. There are two main types of thunderstorms: air-mass and frontal.

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14 Types of Thunderstorms
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Types of Thunderstorms Air-mass thunderstorms When air rises because of unequal heating of Earth’s surface beneath one air mass, the thunderstorm is called an air-mass thunderstorm. There are two kinds of air-mass thunderstorms.

15 Types of Thunderstorms
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Types of Thunderstorms Air-mass thunderstorms Mountain thunderstorms occur when an air mass rises by orographic lifting, which involves air moving up the side of a mountain.

16 Types of Thunderstorms
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Types of Thunderstorms Air-mass thunderstorms Sea-breeze thunderstorms are local air-mass thunderstorms that occur because land and water store and release thermal energy differently.

17 Types of Thunderstorms
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Types of Thunderstorms Air-mass thunderstorms During the day, the temperature of land increases faster than the temperature of water. At night, conditions are reversed.

18 Types of Thunderstorms
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Types of Thunderstorms Frontal thunderstorms Frontal thunderstorms are produced by advancing cold fronts and, more rarely, warm fronts.

19 Thunderstorm Development
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Thunderstorm Development A thunderstorm usually has three stages: the cumulus stage, the mature stage, and the dissipation stage. The stages are classified according to the direction the air is moving.

20 Thunderstorm Development
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Thunderstorm Development Cumulus stage In the cumulus stage of a thunderstorm, air starts to rise vertically. This creates updrafts.

21 Thunderstorm Development
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Thunderstorm Development Mature stage In the mature stage, updrafts and downdrafts exist side by side in the cumulonimbus cloud. The updrafts and downdrafts form a convection cell which produces the surface winds associated with thunderstorms.

22 Thunderstorm Development
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Thunderstorm Development Dissipation stage In a thunderstorm, the cool downdrafts spread in all directions when they reach Earth’s surface. This cools the areas from which the storm draws its energy, the updrafts cease, and clouds can no longer form. The storm is then in the dissipation stage.

23 Thunderstorms Please click the image above to view the video.
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Please click the image above to view the video.

24 SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Lightning is the transfer of electrical charge caused by the rapid rushes of air in a cumulonimbus cloud.

25 Thunderstorms Lightning
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Lightning Friction between the updrafts and downdrafts within a cumulonimbus cloud removes electrons from some of the atoms in the cloud. Atoms that lose electrons become positively charged ions, and atoms that receive the extra electrons become negatively charged ions.

26 Thunderstorms Lightning
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Lightning Eventually, the differences in charges break down, and a branched channel of partially charged air, called a stepped leader, is formed between the positive and negative regions.

27 Thunderstorms Lightning
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Lightning When the stepped leader nears the ground, a branched channel of positively charged particles, called the return stroke, rushes upward to meet it and illuminates the connecting channel with about 100 million volts of electricity.

28 Thunderstorms Lightning Facts
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Lightning Facts A lightning bolt heats the surrounding air to about 30,000C, about five times hotter than the surface of the Sun. Lightning natural creates Ozone. Lightning kills 60 people a year. The thunder you hear is the sound produced as this superheated air rapidly expands and contracts.

29 Thunderstorms Lightning Lightning variations
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Lightning Lightning variations There are several names given to lightning effects: sheet lightning, heat lightning, spider lightning, ball lightning, blue jets, and red sprites.

30 Thunderstorms Lightning Thunderstorm and lightning safety
SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Lightning Thunderstorm and lightning safety Each year in the United States, lightning causes about 12,000 wildfires and an average of 300 injuries and 58 deaths to humans.

31 Thunderstorms in the United States are most common in the Midwest.
SECTION13.1 Section Check Thunderstorms in the United States are most common in the Midwest. a. true b. false

32 SECTION13.1 Section Check A mature thunderstorm has a region of updraft and a region of downdraft. a. true b. false

33 SECTION13.1 Section Check What is the difference between air-mass thunderstorms and frontal thunderstorms? Answer: Air-mass thunderstorms form as a result of uplift of air within one air mass. Frontal thunderstorms form as a result of uplift of air along frontal boundaries.

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35 Severe Weather Essential Questions
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Essential Questions Why are some thunderstorms more severe than others? What are the dangers of severe weather? How do tornadoes form?

36 Severe Weather Review Vocabulary
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather All thunderstorms produce wind, rain, and lightning, which can have dangerous and damaging effects under certain circumstances. Review Vocabulary air mass: large body of air that takes on the characteristics of the area over which it forms

37 Severe Weather New Vocabulary supercell downburst tornado
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather New Vocabulary supercell downburst tornado Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage scale Audio will need to change for EFTD scale (was Fujita Tornado intensity scale).

38 Severe Weather Severe Thunderstorms
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Severe Thunderstorms The increasing instability of the air in a thunderstorm intensifies the strength of a storm’s updrafts and downdrafts, which makes the storm severe.

39 Severe Weather Severe Thunderstorms Supercells
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Severe Thunderstorms Supercells Severe thunderstorms can develop into self-sustaining, extremely powerful storms called supercells. These furious storms can last for several hours and can have updrafts as strong as 240 km/h.

40 Severe Weather Severe Thunderstorms Supercells
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Severe Thunderstorms Supercells An anvil-shaped cumulonimbus cloud is characteristic of many severe thunderstorms.

41 Severe Weather Strong Winds
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Strong Winds Violent downdrafts that are concentrated in a local area are called downbursts. Based on the size of the area they affect, downbursts are classified as either macrobursts or microbursts.

42 SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Hail Hail is precipitation in the form of balls or lumps of ice. It forms because of two characteristics common to thunderstorms.

43 SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Hail For hail to form, water droplets rise to the heights of a cumulonimbus cloud where the temperature is below freezing, encounter ice pellets, and freeze on contact with the pellets, which causes the ice pellets to grow larger.

44 SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Hail The second characteristic that allows hail to form is an abundance of strong updrafts and downdrafts moving side by side within a cloud.

45 Severe Weather Tornadoes
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Tornadoes A tornado is a violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground. When a tornado does not reach the ground, it is called a funnel cloud.

46 Severe Weather Tornadoes Development of tornadoes
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Tornadoes Development of tornadoes A tornado forms when wind speed and direction change suddenly with height, a phenomenon called wind shear. Although tornadoes rarely exceed 200 m in diameter and usually last only a few minutes, they can be extremely destructive.

47 Severe Weather Please click the image above to view the video.
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Please click the image above to view the video.

48 Severe Weather Tornadoes Tornado classification
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Tornadoes Tornado classification The Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage scale, which ranks tornadoes according to their destruction and estimated wind speed, is used to classify tornadoes.

49 SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Please click the image above to view the interactive table.

50 Severe Weather Tornadoes Tornado distribution
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Tornadoes Tornado distribution Most tornadoes—especially violent ones—form in the spring during the late afternoon and evening, when the temperature contrasts between polar air and tropical air are the greatest. This type of large temperature contrast occurs most frequently in the central United States.

51 Severe Weather Tornadoes Tornado distribution
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Tornadoes Tornado distribution Many of the more than 1000 tornadoes that touch down in the United States each year occur in a region called “Tornado Alley,” which extends from northern Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri.

52 Severe Weather Tornadoes Tornado safety
SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Tornadoes Tornado safety If you are caught in a tornado, take shelter in the southwest corner of a basement, a small downstairs room or closet, or a tornado shelter.

53 SECTION13.2 Section Check The strongest thunderstorms develop under highly stable atmospheric conditions. a. true b. false

54 SECTION13.2 Section Check Which type of precipitation requires strong updrafts and downdrafts to exist side by side in a cloud? a. rain b. snow c. hail d. sleet

55 Section Check How do tornadoes form?
Answer: The rotation of a tornado begins as a result of wind shear, wind at different levels of the atmosphere blowing in different directions or at different speeds. The horizontal rotation is then tilted to a vertical position by thunderstorm updrafts. A tornado forms if the rotating column extends to the ground.

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57 Tropical Storms Essential Questions How do tropical cyclones form?
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Essential Questions How do tropical cyclones form? What is the life cycle of a tropical cyclone? What are the dangers associated with hurricanes?

58 Tropical Storms Review Vocabulary
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Normally peaceful, tropical oceans are capable of producing one of Earth’s most violent weather systems—the tropical cyclone. Review Vocabulary Coriolis effect: caused by Earth’s rotation, moving particles, such as air, are deflected to the right north of the equator, and to the left south of the equator

59 Tropical Storms New Vocabulary tropical cyclone
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms New Vocabulary tropical cyclone eye eyewall Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale storm surge

60 Overview of Tropical Cyclones
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Overview of Tropical Cyclones During summer and fall, the tropics experience conditions ideal for the formation of large, rotating, low-pressure tropical storms called tropical cyclones.

61 Overview of Tropical Cyclones
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Overview of Tropical Cyclones Cyclone location Favorable conditions for cyclone formation exist in all tropical oceans except the South Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America.

62 Tropical Storms Please click the image above to view the video.
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Please click the image above to view the video.

63 Overview of Tropical Cyclones
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Overview of Tropical Cyclones Cyclone formation Tropical cyclones require two basic conditions to form: an abundant supply of warm ocean water and some sort of mechanism to lift warm air and keep it rising.

64 Overview of Tropical Cyclones
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Overview of Tropical Cyclones Cyclone formation The first indication of a building tropical cyclone is a moving tropical disturbance. When a disturbance over a tropical ocean acquires a cyclonic circulation around a center of low pressure, it has reached the developmental stage and is known as a tropical depression.

65 Overview of Tropical Cyclones
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Overview of Tropical Cyclones Cyclone formation When wind speeds around the low-pressure center of a tropical depression exceed 62 km/h, the system is called a tropical storm. If air pressure continues to fall and winds around the center reach at least 119 km/h, the storm is officially classified as a cyclone.

66 Overview of Tropical Cyclones
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Overview of Tropical Cyclones Cyclone formation Once winds reach at least 119 km/h, another phenomenon occurs—the development of a calm center of the storm called the eye. The eye of the cyclone is often 30 to 60 km of calm weather and blue sky.

67 Overview of Tropical Cyclones
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Overview of Tropical Cyclones Cyclone formation The strongest winds in a hurricane are usually concentrated in the eyewall—a tall band of strong winds and dense clouds that surrounds the eye.

68 Overview of Tropical Cyclones
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Overview of Tropical Cyclones Cyclone formation A hurricane will last until it can no longer produce enough energy to sustain itself. This usually happens when the storm has moved either over land or over colder water.

69 Visualizing Cyclone Formation
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Visualizing Cyclone Formation Like most storms, cyclones begin with warm moist air rising.

70 Tropical Storms Please click the image above to view the video.
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Please click the image above to view the video.

71 Overview of Tropical Cyclones
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Overview of Tropical Cyclones Tropical cyclone movement Like all large-scale storms, tropical cyclones move according to the wind currents that steer them.

72 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale classifies hurricanes according to wind speed, which implies potential for flooding and potential for property damage.

73 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards Damage
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards Damage Hurricanes can cause extensive damage, particularly along coastal areas, which tend to be where human populations are the most dense.

74 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards Winds
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards Winds Much of the damage caused by hurricanes is associated with violent winds.

75 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards Storm surge
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards Storm surge A storm surge occurs when hurricane-force winds drive a mound of ocean water toward coastal areas where it washes over the land.

76 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards Hurricane advisories and safety
SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Hurricane Hazards Hurricane advisories and safety The National Hurricane Center issues a hurricane warning at least 36 hours before a hurricane is predicted to strike. Awareness, combined with proper safety precautions, has greatly reduced death tolls associated with hurricanes in recent years.

77 At what latitudes do tropical cyclones usually form?
SECTION13.3 Section Check At what latitudes do tropical cyclones usually form? a. between 0 and 5 b. between 5 and 30 c. between 30 and 50 d. between 50 and 70

78 What weather condition usually exists within the eye of a hurricane?
SECTION13.3 Section Check What weather condition usually exists within the eye of a hurricane? a. high wind b. calm wind c. tornadoes d. lightning

79 What is the source of a hurricane’s energy?
SECTION13.3 Section Check What is the source of a hurricane’s energy? Answer: A hurricane’s energy comes from the warm water over which it develops. As ocean water evaporates, some heat is taken from the ocean. The water vapor then rises high into the atmosphere. The heat that was taken from the ocean is released to the atmosphere as the water vapor condenses.

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81 Recurrent Weather Essential Questions
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Essential Questions What are the problems associated with recurring weather patterns? What atmospheric events cause recurring weather patterns? How do heat waves and cold waves differ?

82 Recurrent Weather Review Vocabulary
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Even a relatively mild weather system can become destructive and dangerous if it persists for long periods of time. Review Vocabulary Fahrenheit scale: a temperature scale in which water freezes at 32 and boils at 212

83 Recurrent Weather New Vocabulary drought heat wave cold wave
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather New Vocabulary drought heat wave cold wave windchill index

84 Recurrent Weather Floods
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Floods An individual thunderstorm can unleash enough rain to produce floods, and hurricanes also cause torrential downpours, which result in extensive flooding. Floods can also occur when weather patterns cause even mild storms to persist over the same area.

85 Recurrent Weather Floods
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Floods Low-lying areas are most susceptible to flooding, making coastlines particularly vulnerable to storm surges during hurricanes. Rivers in narrow-walled valleys can rise rapidly, creating high-powered and destructive walls of water.

86 Recurrent Weather Droughts
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Droughts Droughts are extended periods of well-below-average rainfall. Droughts are usually the result of shifts in global wind patterns that allow large, high-pressure systems to persist for weeks or months over continental areas.

87 Recurrent Weather Droughts
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Droughts Because the sinking air prevents humid air from rising, condensation cannot occur, and drought sets in until global patterns shift enough to move the high-pressure system.

88 Recurrent Weather Droughts Heat waves
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Droughts Heat waves An unpleasant side effect of droughts often comes in the form of heat waves, which are extended periods of above-average temperatures. Heat waves can be formed by the same high-pressure systems that cause droughts.

89 Recurrent Weather Droughts Heat waves
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Droughts Heat waves Because of the dangers posed by a combination of heat and humidity, the National Weather Service (NWS) routinely reports the heat index. The heat index assesses the effect of the body’s difficulty in regulating its internal temperature as relative humidity rises.

90 SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Please click the image above to view the interactive table.

91 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves The opposite of a heat wave is a cold wave, which is an extended period of below-average temperatures. Cold waves are also brought on by large, high-pressure systems. However, cold waves are caused by systems of continental polar or arctic origin.

92 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves Because of the location and the time of year in which they occur, winter high-pressure systems are much more influenced by the jet stream than are summer high-pressure systems.

93 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves The winter location of the jet stream can remain essentially unchanged for days or even weeks. This means that several polar high-pressure systems can follow the same path and subject the same areas to continuous numbing cold.

94 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves Windchill index
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves Windchill index The effects of cold air on the human body are magnified by wind. Known as the windchill factor, this phenomenon is measured by the windchill index.

95 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves Windchill index
SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Cold Waves Windchill index The windchill chart was designed to show the dangers of cold and wind.

96 SECTION13.4 Section Check The temperature is 0F and the wind speed is 30 miles per hour. What is the windchill? a. –5F b. –10F c. –26F d. –58F Replace table? (S/b Windchill)

97 What happens to air at the center of a high-pressure system?
SECTION13.4 Section Check What happens to air at the center of a high-pressure system? a. It sinks and water vapor condenses. b. It sinks and water vapor resists condensation. c. It rises and water vapor condenses. d. It rises and water vapor resists condensation.

98 What conditions result in extensive flooding?
SECTION13.4 Section Check What conditions result in extensive flooding? Possible answer: The most extensive flooding occurs as a result of heavy and persistent rain, saturated soil, and low-lying ground.

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100 The Nature of Storms Earth Science Online Study Guide
CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Resources Earth Science Online Study Guide Chapter Assessment Questions Standardized Test Practice

101 SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Study Guide The intensity and duration of thunderstorms depend on the local conditions that create them. The cumulus stage, the mature stage, and the dissipation stage comprise the life cycle of a thunderstorm. Clouds form as water is condensed and latent heat is released.

102 SECTION13.1 Thunderstorms Study Guide Thunderstorms can be produced either within air masses or along fronts. From formation to dissipation, all thunderstorms go through the same stages. Lightning is a natural result of thunderstorm formation.

103 SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Study Guide All thunderstorms produce wind, rain, and lightning, which can have dangerous and damaging effects under certain circumstances. Intense rotating updrafts are associated with supercells. Downbursts are strong winds that result in damage associated with thunderstorms.

104 SECTION13.2 Severe Weather Study Guide Hail is precipitation in the form of balls or lumps of ice that accompany severe storms. The worst storm damage comes from a vortex of high winds that moves along the ground as a tornado.

105 SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Study Guide Normally peaceful, tropical oceans are capable of producing one of Earth’s most violent weather systems—the tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclones rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere. Tropical cyclones are also known as hurricanes and typhoons.

106 SECTION13.3 Tropical Storms Study Guide Tropical cyclones go through the same stages of formation and dissipation as other storms. Tropical cyclones are moved by various wind systems after they form. The most dangerous part of a tropical cyclone is the storm surge. Hurricane alerts are given at least 36 hours before the hurricane arrives.

107 SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Study Guide Even a relatively mild weather system can become destructive and dangerous if it persists for long periods of time. Too much heat and too little precipitation causes droughts. Too little heat and a stalled jet stream can cause weeks of cold weather in an area.

108 SECTION13.4 Recurrent Weather Study Guide Heat index estimates the effect on the human body when the air is hot and the humidity is high. Cold index tells how wind, humidity, and temperature affect your body in winter. Windchill is a factor used to warn about the effect of cold air and wind on the human body.

109 CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Chapter Assessment Which weather event is often related to the presence of persistent high pressure over a region? a. a flood b. a drought c. a tornado d. a blizzard

110 CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Chapter Assessment Which type of movement describes the air flow in the eyewall of a hurricane? a. counterclockwise upward spiral b. clockwise upward spiral c. counterclockwise downward spiral d. clockwise downward spiral

111 CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Chapter Assessment Why do people feel less comfortable on a hot day when the humidity is high? a. The air is less dense. b. The air moves less. c. Less evaporation occurs. d. Less precipitation occurs.

112 CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Chapter Assessment Which type of thunderstorm could form as a result of the air circulation shown? a. mountain thunderstorm b. sea-breeze thunderstorm c. cold-front thunderstorm d. warm-front thunderstorm

113 CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Chapter Assessment What hazards do hurricanes cause when they make landfall? Possible answer: Hurricanes making landfall bring high wind, tornadoes, and sometimes severe lightning. Storm surge causes flooding along the coast, and heavy rain causes flooding inland.

114 CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Standardized Test Practice What forms as superheated air expands and produces a shock wave? a. lightning b. thunder c. tornado d. microburst

115 The Nature of Storms What is the Saffir-Simpson scale?
CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Standardized Test Practice What is the Saffir-Simpson scale? a. a scale for classifying tornadoes b. a scale for classifying hurricanes c. a scale for classifying thunderstorms d. a scale for classifying lightning

116 CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Standardized Test Practice On which side of a northern hemisphere tropical cyclone does the wind blow from the south? a. north side b. west side c. south side d. east side

117 CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Standardized Test Practice How is the life cycle of a supercell thunderstorm similar to the life cycle of a hurricane? Possible answer: Both storms form from energy supplied by rising moist air, and both storms dissipate when the supply of rising moist air is cut off.

118 The Nature of Storms Why do hailstones consist of concentric layers?
CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Standardized Test Practice Why do hailstones consist of concentric layers?

119 CHAPTER13 The Nature of Storms Standardized Test Practice Possible answer: The layers form as hailstones are tossed in a thunderstorm by strong updrafts. A new layer of ice is added each time the hailstone moves into a level of supercooled water droplets. These water droplets exist at temperatures that are well below the normal freezing point of water and so change to ice as soon as they come into contact with the hailstone.

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