Exam 16: Hurricanes

Which would you least expect to observe as the eye of a hurricane passes directly over your area?

Streamlines, rather than isobars, are used on surface weather maps in the tropics because they show where surface air converges and diverges.

If a hurricane is moving westward at 10 knots, its strongest winds will be on its ____________________ side.

The energy for hurricanes comes from the transfer of ____ from the ocean surface to the atmosphere.

Why can't hurricanes form in the mid-latitudes?

In an effort to estimate the possible damage a hurricane's sustained winds and storm surge could do to a coastal area, the ____________________ was developed.

Hurricanes dissipate ____.

Most hurricanes move westward over tropical waters.

Even though more hurricanes form, on average, over the Eastern Pacific than over the tropical North Atlantic, we generally hear less about them. Why do you think this is so?

The main difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm is that ____.

The most likely latitudes to experience hurricane formation are between ____ latitude.

Which below is the best indication that a hurricane will likely strike your area within 24 hours?

Describe a hurricane as completely as you can by giving typical values for the following characteristics: diameter, location and size of the eye, direction of rotation and speed of winds, central pressure, direction and speed of movement, and duration. When and where do hurricanes form?

The ocean surface water temperature is usually cooler after the passage of a hurricane.

Most of the destruction caused by a hurricane is a result of ____.

Lists of names for tropical storms are recycled every six years.

Which event only forms over water?

Streamlines on a weather map depict ____.

In the Northwest Pacific, a typhoon with sustained winds of at least 130 knots (150 mi/hr)is designated a(n)____________________.

In your opinion, do hurricanes pose the greatest threat to the east or west coast of the United States? Explain.