Create a Cane: Use this website to answer questions 1-2.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/pdf/canelab.htm
1. You are trying to create a hurricane. To earn the most points where should the following
be set?
Winds
Upper level Winds
Midlevel Winds
Low level Winds
Atmospheric Layer
Upper
Dry or moist
Middle
Lower
Latitude Range
50º N
40º N
30º N
20º N
10º N
0º
Sea temperature in the top 50 meter _____________
2. What are the 4 factors you changed to create your hurricane?
3. Put an X where a tropical disturbance starts. In which ocean do hurricanes occur?
4. Can you earn 100 points answering the questions?
Hurricane Tracker: Use this website to answer questions 3-7.
http://www.wral.com/weather/hurricanes/flash/1441335/
5. Which storm hit Texas?
6. Did hurricane Rina move backwards
7. Did Irene become a category 3 storm?
8. When did Philippe become a category 1 storm? What was the wind speed as it
became a category 1 storm?
9. What was the wind speed as Rina became a category 1 storm?
Saffir-Simpson: Use this website to answer questions 8-11.
http://interactive.foxnews.com/us/weather/saffir-simpson-hurricane-wind-scale
10. What type of wind is expected with a category 1 hurricane? How high are the sustained
winds? How high is the storm surge?
11. What type of wind is expected with a category 2 hurricane? How high are the sustained
winds? How high is the storm surge?
12. What type of wind is expected with a category 3 hurricane?
13. Give one example of damage from each category.
Tornado Handbook: Use this website to answer questions 12-16.
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/storm-chasers/handbook/handbook.html
14. What two air masses are required for a tornado to form?
15. What is the final step in forming a tornado?
16. Click on Tornado Power. List some of the damage that occurs during EF 0 tornados.
17. List some of the damage that occurs during EF 3 tornados.
18. List some of the damage that occurs during EF 5 tornados.
Try some of these websites.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26295161/ns/weather/t/hurricane-tracker/
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/broadband/theedge/sfl-edge-t-canemaker,0,4142989.flash
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/hurtrack/index.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/natural_disasters/hurricanes/framesource_flash.html