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Storm Surge Tropical Storms
1,424 wordsWhat is a hurricane? Hurricanes are part of a family of weather systems known as "tropical cyclones. " The word hurricane is from the West Indian word hurricane, meaning "big wind. " A hurricane begins its life as a disorganized storm system, which forms over warm, tropical waters in the Atlantic. When the storm system become more organized, it is classified as a "tropical depression, " and given a number by the National Hurricane Center. If the winds in a tropical depression grow in intensity t...
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Tropical Storm Million Dollars
1,351 wordsMany hurricanes have come and gone, but Hurricane Mitch was the worst hurricane to hit Honduras since the Great Hurricane of 1780. This hurricane devastated not only Honduras but some parts of Central America as well. A lot of the states on the Gulf Coast felt the remnants of Mitch but luckily Mitch was not the Category 5 that hit Honduras. Mitch? s beginning didn? t seem to show its strength and fury until it arrived in the Caribbean. Everything began on October 8, 1998 when a little tropical w...
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Seashell In Hand Weight Slowing Storms
453 wordsCertain events in my 3 decades and a year of living have caused me to look back into the waves of life for subtle reflection and in looking back, I would tend to agree with the statement that Ive swam through more than the norm of storms in my life. Yes, Ive seen storms violent ones at that. Im talking Mark Walhberg drifting alone in the Perfect Storm type of storms. Storms that would rip the psyche out of your mental process and leave you contemplating how pretty a 200 -foot wave appeared as Ne...
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National Hurricane Center Atlantic Ocean
1,449 wordsThe term "hurricane" is a name given to violent storms that originate over the tropical or subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or North Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes need warm tropical oceans, moisture and light winds above them in order to maintain themselves active. Those storms other than the ones considered typhoons are known as tropical cyclones, which is the general name for all such storms including hurricanes and typhoons. Hurricanes are named based on ce...
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5 Billion Dollars Angular Momentum
934 wordsWhat is a hurricane? A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that has a maximum sustained wind of at least 75 mph. The primary energy source for tropical cyclones is the latent heat released when water vapor condenses. Only extremely moist air can supply the energy necessary to spawn and maintain tropical storms, and only very warm air contains enough moisture. Tropical cyclones, therefore, form only over oceans with water temperatures of at least 80 deg F. After they have formed, such storms tend to ...
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Ice Storm Carbon Dioxide
2,121 wordsINTRODUCTION Ice storms, also referred to as glaze storms, cause considerable damage every year to trees in urban and natural areas. They vary considerably in their severity and frequency. Ice storms are result of the ice formation process, which is influenced by general weather patterns. Ice accumulates when super cooled rain freezes on contact with surfaces, such as tree branches, that are at or below the freezing point (0 C). This generally occurs when a winter warm front passes through an ar...
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Cities And Towns Gulf Of Mexico
1,854 wordsHalloween Storm 199 The Storm? s beginning It was Halloween Eve 1991, the weather was crisp and pleasant in western Massachusetts and New England. However, it was not the children that would be playing tricks on the people of this region, it was instead nature. The day before a storm of surprising intensity had brought waves of 25 feet crashing onto the short and swells of more than 100 feet at sea. Thousands of costal homes were seriously damaged, and Atlantic City recorded its second highest r...
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Solar Wind Upper Atmosphere
1,275 wordsI. Space Storms Space Storms I. Introduction For years, citizens in the United States have had access to televised weather as well as radar images of storm activity from around the world. Weather prediction has become increasingly accurate with the advancement of technology and should continue to get better. For the majority of people following the weather has become a routine part of their lives. As a society we seem to be well educated about the weather occurring on our own planet but we know ...
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