Exam 13: Weather Forecasting

According to the Meteorological Service of Canada, which of the following defines a severe thunderstorm?

How many rotating updrafts are found within a supercell storm?

Where do severe thunderstorms often occur?

Which of the following instruments measures the speed at which precipitation moves toward or away from an observer?

Which of the following terms refers to a second surge of electrons that proceeds from the base of a cloud toward the ground during cloud-to-ground lightning?

Which of the following best indicates that a severe thunderstorm is about to produce a tornado?

When do ordinary thunderstorms usually form?

Which of the following is an example of a multicell thunderstorm?

Where is Canada's tornado alley located?

Which of the following produces the LEAST severe weather?

Compare some damaging straight-line winds with tornado winds. Which do you think are more destructive?

Explain the significance of CAPE to forecasting severe thunderstorm development.

Explain why winds are stronger on one side of a tornado.

Where do thunderstorms most frequently form in Canada? Why do they form in these areas? Is this also where most tornadoes occur? Explain why or why not.

Which figure comes closest to the estimated number of thunderstorms that occur each year throughout the world?

A knowledgeable storm chaser would be LEAST likely to approach a tornado from which direction?

Which of the following regions of the United States tend to have the most tornadoes in winter?

From where does the energy contained in a mature thunderstorm originate?

Which of the following options provides the proper sequence of events in a lightning flash?

Discuss the similarities and differences between a tornado and a waterspout.