BISL 04-Weather and Climate
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T he natural warm phenomenon known as El NiƱo alters the temperature of the water within the east central zone of the Pacific Oc ...
ANATOMY OF A HURRICANE 56-57 WHAT KATRINA TOOK AWAY 58-59 FORESIGHT TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES 60-61 Meteorological Phenomena WHEN WAT ...
The Inside The altitude at which clouds are formed depends on the stability of the air and the humidity. The highest and coldest ...
1 CONDENSATION NUCLEI Salt, dust, smoke, and pollen, among other particulates, serve as a surface on which water molecules, asce ...
HAIL Precipitation in the form of solid lumps of ice. Hail is produced inside storm clouds in which frozen droplets grow in size ...
Normal visibility 6 miles (10 km) ADVECTION FOG Formed when a mass of humid and cool air moves over a surface that is colder tha ...
(^46) Brief Flash ME T EORO LOGICA L P H ENOMENA WEATHER AND CLIMATE 47 E lectrical st orms are produced in large cumulonimbus-t ...
Flooded Land When land is flooded for days or months, the air in the soil is replaced by water, which prevents the buildup of ox ...
FIELD CAPACITY The amount of moisture in the soil remaining after water has run off the surface. Field capacity determines wheth ...
125 The length of the path along the groundover which a tornado can move miles (200 km) 6 milesMaximum height that it can attain ...
Death and Destruction O f the 1,000 tornadoes that annually strike the United States, there is one that has the unfortunate dist ...
56 METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA WEATHER AND CLIMATE 57 A hurricane, with its ferocious winds, banks of clouds, and torrential rains, ...
58 METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA What Katrina Took Away H urricane Katrina lashed the south and the center of the United States in Au ...
1 BEFORE THE HURRICANE If you live in a hurricane-prone area, it is recommended that you know the emergency plans of the communi ...
Meteorology T he use of satellites orbiting the Earth, recording the coming of rain, air currents, and clouds, allows us to know ...
Weather Folklore Signs from Plants and Animals In every rural community, concern for the harvest and dependency on weather resul ...
The intervals burned give a count of the hours of sunlight during the day. 66 METEOROLOGY Compilation of Information WEATHER AND ...
W eather maps represent at any given moment the state of the atmosphere at different altitudes. These maps are made based on the ...
JET G-IV HURRICANE HUNTER P-3 AIRPLANE Its Doppler radar has a resolution four times greater than the standard Doppler radar in ...
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