HURRICANESHURRICANESINTENSE STORM OF TROPICAL ORIGININTENSE STORM OF TROPICAL ORIGIN

TROPICAL WEATHER FROM 23.5° N TO 23.5°S LATITUDE

SMALL TEMPERATURE CHANGES

HIGH HUMIDITY

AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS

HURRICANE HUGO

SQUALL LINE LINE OF STORMS

PRECEDED BY STRONG WINDS

FOLLOWED BY HEAVY DOWN POURS( 30 MIN)

STEADY RAIN FOR SEVERAL HOURS

STREAM LINES INDICATE THE DIRECTION OF WIND

AIR CONVERGES AND DIVERGES

HURRICANE ANDREW

PARTS OF A HURRICANE EYE- CALM CENTER OF THE HURRICANE

EYEWALL- RING OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE EYE

SIGNS OF A HURRICANE OVERCAST SKY: CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS

SIGNIFICANT DROP IN BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

NORTH/NORTHWEST WINDS

INCREASE IN WIND STRENGTH

INCREASE IN WAVE HEIGHT

HEAVY RAINS

NOAA

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

WARM SURFACE AIR IN TOWARDS EYE

RISES

LOW PRESSURE ZONE

ALOFT AIR COOLS

RELEASES WATER VAPOR

SINKS

HIGH PRESSURE

RIGHT ENVIRONMENT LIGHT WINDS

HIGH HUMIDITY

WARM SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE

HURRICANE SEASON JUNE TO NOVEMBER

BIRTH / DEATH TRANSFER OF HEAT (ENERGY) FROM WARM

WATER

CONVERGING STORMS

COLD WATER

LAND

NAMING ALPHABET LETTERS

1953-77 FEMALE NAMES ONLY

1978/79 ALTERNATING MALE & FEMALE NAMES

CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 3 OR HIGHER THE NAME IS RETIRED

MORE THAN 26, GREEK ALPHABET IS USED

NOTABLE HURRICANES 2005 CATEGORY 3

KATRINA

LOUISANA

1992 CATEGORY 5 ANDREW

FLORIDA

1989 CATEGORY 4 HUGO

SOUTH CAROLINA