Weather Exam Review

What instrument is used to measure wind speed?

What is the name for the area within a larger structure pictured below?

What is the nickname for the region pictured here?

This Cat-1 hit New Jersey in 2012 with extensive damage resulting.

What is a primary greenhouse gas emitted by human activities?

What is any significant change in measures of climate for an extended period of time?

What is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere where most weather occurs?

Gases in the Earth's lower atmosphere whose increase in concentration causes global warming are

What instrument is used to measure air pressure?

What is a name for a hurricane in the Western Pacific Ocean?

This hurricane hit and devastated areas in Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005 as a Cat-3.

What is the warm ocean current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico northward in the Atlantic?

The low pressure center of the hurricane is called the...

What is the name for the tracking system commonly used to detect severe weather?

What is the highest EF rating currently?

What is the name for a boundary between two air masses?

What is the area of the greatest wind speed and heaviest rainfall called?

What is the final stage in the life cycle of a tornado?

What is issued when conditions are possible for winds between 39-73 mph in the next 36 hours?

The name for a storm with winds of 74 mph formed over water in the Atlantic Ocean is...

What is the name of the town a tornado destroyed on May 22, 2011?

What surface temperature of water is needed to produce a hurricane?

What is the name for people who fly through hurricanes for the NOAA to make measurements?

What is the current lead time for tornadoes?

Cold and warm air masses differ in...

What is issued when winds of at least 74 mph are expected in the next 24 hours?

Another name for a hurricane used in the area from the Indian Ocean to Australia is...

Where do most tornadoes occur?

This category on the Saffir-Simpson scale has wind speed of 74-95 mph and minimal damage.

What is the name for the scale pictured below?

What is the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate?

What is the name for a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist?

What is the name for the announcement made when a tornado has been spotted?

What is the second stage in the life cycle of a tornado called?

What is the first stage in the life cycle of a tornado?

This is the name of the scale used to rate hurricanes.

What is a miniature whirlwind that picks up dust, leaves, and litter into the air?

What is the time between a tornado warning and the beginning of the actual tornado called?

A single tornado with multiple smaller whirls rotating within the larger tornado is called

What is a line drawn to connect points of equal atmospheric pressure?

What is a thinning, narrow tornado that is present when it is dissipating called?

A storm with cycles of intensification & weakening creating several bursts of severe weather is

What is the name for an alert issued when weather conditions are right for a tornado?

What is the term used to describe thunder and lightning during a snow storm?

What is an extremely powerful thunderstorm with rotating updrafts called?

What is the name of the federal agency providing weather and climate forecasts to the US?