Stormchasing and Weather Disasters

What do chasers chase? Thunderstorms Hurricanes Waterspouts Almost anything related to weather!

Thunderstorms

Hurricanes

Waterspouts

Almost anything related to weather!

Thunderstorms!

How do we get a thunderstorm? We need three ingredients: Heat Moisture Something to get all that heat and moisture up into the sky!

We need three ingredients:

Heat

Moisture

Something to get all that heat

and moisture up into the sky!

Heat Where does it come from?

Where does it come from?

Moisture Where does it come from?

Where does it come from?

A “Cold Front” Remember that part where I said that we need something to get all that heat and moisture into the sky?

Remember that part where I said that we need something to get all that heat and moisture into the sky?

Chasing Thunderstorms

How do we Find Thunderstorms? Satellite Radar

Satellite

Tornado Alley

Severe Thunderstorms

Giant Hail

High winds

Lightning

Tornadoes!

The Fujita Scale F-1 F-3 F-2

The Fujita Scale F-4 F-5

Greensburg, Kansas F-5

Hurricanes

How do we get a hurricane? A very warm ocean Calm winds over the Atlantic A “tropical wave” coming off Africa

A very warm ocean

Calm winds over the Atlantic

A “tropical wave” coming off Africa

Where do they go?

Hurricane Structure

Hurricane Dangers

Storm Surge

High Winds

Tornadoes

Inland Flooding

The Saffir-Simpson Scale Cat-2 Cat-1 Cat-3

The Saffir-Simpson Scale Cat-4 Cat-5

Hurricane Katrina - Gulfport

Hurricane Ike - Galveston

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