Wind

An Occluded Front is a cold front that overtakes a warm front and the two fronts combine into one front. The chapter also explains how when it appears on a surface weather map that it is defined by a purple line that has alternating cold-front triangles and warm-front half circles, of which both figures run in the direction of the way the front is moving. There are two types of occluded fronts, the first is called a Cold Occlusion with the second being a Warm Occlusion. A cold occlusion is a…

of Americans every year. Also, some people lose their lives due to improper use of heaters, automobile accidents on wintry roads, and exposure to cold. Winter storms in Georgia can range from a moderate snowfall to freezing rain. Winter storms bring wind-driven snow in the region that lasts for days. Additionally, the storms include coastal flooding, massive snow accumulation, beach erosion, and cold temperatures. At SERVPRO of Brunswick, we advise homeowners in Georgia to observe proper…

wimp out. About three days after they had set sail an enormous storm came upon the Mayflower in a terrible fury. The wind relentlessly rocked and tossed the ship around like a rag-doll. Violently the trembling ship tossed and creaked while the sailors,who never got sea sick, worked fervently trying to keep the ship from tipping over or being dashed against…

Storm Surge In Storm Surge by Adam Sobel, we learn about Hurricane Sandy and the events surrounding it. Sobel explains some of the aspects which made Hurricane Sandy such a special storm. Sobel lived in Morningside Heights, high above the Hudson River on northern Manhattan’s West Side (Sobel 143). Sobel is a Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University (Sobel 315). He researches meteorology, extreme weather and climate…

Positive: The sun was shining bright at Market Commons as I walked barefoot on the hot but yet comfy sidewalk. Children were laughing and playing on the sweet green grass, and their parents were swinging in hammocks, as the cool wind blew through the air. Pedestrians passed each other on the sidewalk and stopped to conversate. As I kept walking, I stumbled upon a Rock Climbing wall and decided to climb it. The course texture in my hand made me feel like I was on the side of a mountain. Time…

(Complex) as Katrina progressed it struck the gulf coast with devastating force at daybreak on august 29,It 2005. (Complex) It hit five southern states: Mississippi,Louisiana,Georgia, alabama, and Florida.Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 with 127 mph winds. The experts who studied it said it was like four storms, but in one big storm. It storm surge produced a 29 ft. wall of water and was the highest ever measured in U.S. history.…

make sure you know whether your house will sustain high wind volume, install shutters and put up plywood especially on all windows, reinforce garage doors to be able to handle high winds, make sure trees are taken care of as well, like making sure all dead wood is trimmed, weak branches are cut, and weeds are gone. Be sure to check that landscaping is using other materials…

Cracked, Crumbled and Dusty We heard the winds it was eardrum shattering again our thin windows, saw the sky turn black as the night and everything went quiet. I could see the fear in my mother's eyes, I knew and she knew that this was going to be one of the worst storms with a cloud of black dust over four hundred feet high. My mother yelled to me,” Maryanne get the wet towels and, Matthew take cover, it is coming. We knew what we were talking about, the dust bowl. All of a sudden out of…

Operation Environmental Satellite and infrared technology are some of the most common and useful tools when monitoring weather. The problem with the tornadoes is they are very hard to predict or understand. Instruments like anemometers, which measure wind speed, are often…

27 in the Atlantic Ocean. The storm intensified and moved towards the Bahamas. Eventually, the storm directed itself to the northeast, passing Bermuda slightly to the left. The storm officially dissipated on October 7. On October 3rd, the estimated wind speed was 155 mph, just 2 mph's short from a cetegory five hurricane. Hurricane Joaquin is the strongest Atlantic hurricane since 2010's Hurricane Igor. Hurricane Joaquin was missed by Bermuda, it did witness speed at 50 mph. The Bahama…