Exam 14: Thunderstorms

Where is the Bermuda High located during the summer and fall? How might the path of a hurricane, moving toward the west from Africa, be affected by the Bermuda High as the hurricane approaches the United States?

In terms of their formation and impacts, would you expect hurricanes in the southern hemisphere to be any different from hurricanes in the northern hemisphere? Why or why not?

Which of the following is the main source of energy for a hurricane?

Which of the following describes the changing directions of the surface winds as a northward-moving hurricane passes to the east of an area?

Referring to the hurricane's path represented in the figure below, the storm is likely moving around which of the following centres of pressure? ​

Which of the following statements describes pressure at the centre of a hurricane?

Assume a hurricane in the North Atlantic is travelling toward the north at 25 km/h and its average wind speed is 180 km/h. In this scenario, what is the wind speed on the eastern side of the hurricane?

Explain why calm weather typically exists in the eye of a hurricane.

Which of the following hurricanes was the most costly hurricane ever to hit North America?

Which of the following terms refers to an intense storm of tropical origin that forms over the Pacific Ocean adjacent to the west coast of Mexico?

Which of the following forms only over water?

Why are hurricanes so destructive? List some of the hazards associated with a hurricane.

In order for a hurricane to form, how deep must the surface layer of warm ocean water extend to?

Which of following gives the main reason that hurricanes rarely develop over the South Atlantic Ocean adjacent to South America?

Which of the following characterizes the top of hurricanes?

Assume a hurricane in the North Atlantic is travelling toward the northwest at 30 km/h and its average wind speed is 215 km/h. In this scenario, what is the wind speed on the southwestern side of the hurricane?

Why can't hurricanes form in the middle latitudes?

Which of the following statements explains why hurricanes cannot form along the equator?

Which of the following statements describes the similarity between hurricanes and middle-latitude cyclones that occur in the northern hemisphere?