Hurricanes
By Mannat, Emilia, Xochitl, Akashdeep, and Justin E.
What are they?
Akashdeep Singh
Hurricanes are swirling storms which produce wind of 119 kilometers (74 miles) per hour or higher. A hurricane is a type of a cyclone, which is generic term for any powerful, rotating storm that originates in warm tropical oceans.
What are they?
How do they occur?
How do they occur?
- Hurricanes use warm, moist air to get energy
- Only form near equator
1. Warm air rises, low pressure below
2. Cool air fills in that spot
3. Warm air gets cool and forms clouds
4. Cycle repeats
- Clouds spin faster because of the ocean's heat
- As it rotates faster, and eye form in the center
- It is very calm in the eye
- Everywhere, other than they eye, is chaos
-Mannat
Can we predict when they are going to occur?
Can we predict when they are going to occur?
Predictions
Yes, when the Hurricane starts happening it goes on a tracker right away
Can they be classified?
Hurricanes are classified using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a 1 to 5 rating that is based on maximum sustained wind.
-Xochitl
Can they be classified?
How do people respond to these?
Weather forecasters predict the hurricane and how strong it will get, and this information helps people get ready for the storm
When a hurricane is about to occur people will often evacuate:houses,hospitals,offices, etc.
How do they affect the ecosystem?
Hurricanes cause dramatic structural changes in wooded ecosystems. Hurricanes also kill animals, reptiles, and insects.
-Xochitl
How do they affect the ecosystem?
What technology do we have?
- Use whole collection of instruments to learn more about the storm
- satellites, reconnaisance aircraft, ships, buoys, radar, and other land-based platforms
-Mannat
What data do we have to analyze?
Akashdeep
Yes, we do have data to analyze hurricanes because scientists use instruments to learn more about how the storms progresses as they form.
What data do we have to analyze?
Most Important Facts
Important Facts
Facts
The most violent winds and heaviest rains take place in the eye wall, the ring of clouds and thunderstorms closely surrounding the eye.
Facts
Citations
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- Tomlinson, Mary. “What Exactly Is a Hurricane?” Coastal Living, 13 July 2018, www.coastalliving.com/lifestyle/the-environment/what-is-a-hurricane.
- Dunbar, Brian. “What Are Hurricanes?” NASA, NASA, 13 May 2015, www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-are-hurricanes-k4.html.
- Axios. “How Hurricanes Are Classified.” Axios, 17 May 2019, www.axios.com/how-hurricanes-are-classified-f353b10f-7645-445c-b150-295909c69719.html.
- [Null]. “National Hurricane Center Forecast Process.” Hurricanes, www.hurricanescience.org/science/forecast/forecasting/forecastprocess/.
- Predicting Hurricanes, web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2010/teams/neworleans1/predicting%20hurricanes.htm.
- Bourassa, Mark, and Vasu Misra. “How Meteorologists Predict the next Big Hurricane.” The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2019, theconversation.com/how-meteorologists-predict-the-next-big-hurricane-102827.
- http://environmentalprofessionalsnetwork.com/how-animals-help-us-to-save-the-planet/