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By: Nathan Nolan,and Mackenzie

Tuesday May 28, 2013

EXTREME WEATHER Issue #1

Tornado, Hurricane, Monsoons/Blizzards,

and Indiana Weather.

INDIANA STANDARD AND SEASONAL WEATHER. Ever wondered what the weather would be like if you were to choose Indiana to live in, if so do not skip the article and keep reading about Indiana Weather.

On average the weather in Indiana can vary. It is roughly 49 - 58Ëš. If you are in Southern Indiana the temperature is slightly elevated. You also do not get Lake Effect like you would if you were in Northern Indiana. We have fair weather in Central

Indiana. We have cool winters, and warm, wet summers. Our winter normally starts roughly from mid October - mid March.

Then summer goes from April to mid September. If you want to see how the weather will be for the day you should look to the west and if you do not know what direction that is. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

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This is a picture of a hurricane about to hit the shore of Florida

HURRICANES

October

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the trees and parts

room when I see

house. It was

of the house come

the wind twirling

Hurricane Earl in

off from the wind.

and tossing stuff

1998. It was a

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Continental Climate

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have a humid

more information

summer and cool

about the other

winter.

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Tornadoes What a tornado isA mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud How different air masses affect tornado developmentDifferent air masses with different temperatures and moisture content front, clouds tend to form, and can also cause rain, but rain is less likely as well as thunder, lightning, and possible hail and tornado development.

can cause damage to your home, your property, and all of your belongings. It can also damage people. People can die or get seriously injured.

The deadliest tornado was The Tri-State Tornado killed 695 people and injured 2,027, traveling more than 300 miles through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It was rated an F5 at the top of the old Fujita scale with winds of 260-plus mph.

The largest outbreak of Damages tornadoes tornadoes was are capable of From Thursday, doing- Tornadoes April 14, 2011 to [4]

Saturday, April, 16, 2011, devastating tornadoes rampaged across communities of the southern United States. Cities and towns from Oklahoma to North Carolina were hit by the deadly twisters. pick up, the skies will turn dark/ greenish color, and the temperature will drop A typical tornado only lasts for a few minutes.

Every tornado has its own color, sound and shape.

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You should go to a lower place, such as a basement or a storm shelter and stay away from all windows. If there is nothing around you should go into a ditch.

Fun facts The most powerful Tornadoes occur in the United States.

A typical tornado only lasts for a few minutes.

Every tornado has its own color, sound and shape.

The three states that are almost entirely You need to go in a car past 70 miles in tornado alley are Oklahoma, Kansas. per hour to outrun the fastest Most tornadoes happen in spring and early summer, though tornadoes can happen at.

Tornadoes can happen at any time.

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Hurricanes are the most

low pressure area. Then

the Northern Hemisphere

awesome, violent storms on

that "new" air becomes

and in the Southern

Earth. Hurricanes are also

warm and moist and rises,

Hemisphere they move

known as cyclones and

too. As the warm air

clockwise at about 74-95 in

typhoons. Wind speed can go

continues to rise, the

the hurricane, just their

from 70 MPH to 160 and the

surrounding air swirls in to

inside winds though.

fastest speed ever recorded is

take its place. As the

157. Hurricanes season is

warmed, moist air rises and

between summer and the

cools off, the water in the

end of fall. (June-

air forms clouds. The whole

November)

system of clouds and wind

Storms usually start in the

spins and grows, fed by the

Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic

ocean's heat and water

Ocean,

evaporating from the

Hurricanes use warm, moist air as fuel. Air from surrounding areas with higher

surface.

How do hurricanes move you may well they move at

air pressure pushes in to the a counterclockwise way in

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Back to the facts.

temperature must be

Thunderstorms often at least 75-80 form within

degrees Fahrenheit

hurricanes and

and the surface

produce tornadoes.

winds must

A small hurricane

converge. Cold water

might be 100 miles

off North America’s

across while a large

West Coast prevents

one could be more

hurricanes from

than 300 miles wide.

surviving there.

Some hurricanes have lasted only a few hours as a hurricane to where some have been up to two weeks.

A hurricane weakens severely after it strikes land.

For a hurricane to survive, the water

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We were all inside just waiting to get outside and play in the snow until it started. it was just a sudden downpour of snow. It was as if someone took a huge bucket of snow and dumped it for hours on end.

It lasted a total of two and a half hours. The power had gone out and we just sat inside the house and had to wait it out. You could hear the wind whistling through the cracks of the windows.

When the blizzard was over my father told me that the wind was blowing at 35 miles per hour at least.

I was inside my hotel on vacation in Japan when it just started pouring rain. It was as if someone was taking a water hose and just letting it fill up the streets like a pool. I could see out of my window dogs and cats that were once alley cats and street dogs the water and the surface of were now swimming in the Earth. pool of a street. It lasted for 3 days and then it let up and our vacation had to be extended two weeks!

During those two weeks I had the time to look up why monsoons occur and i found that its caused by the imbalance of heat between

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We were all inside just waiting to get outside and play in the snow until it started. it was just a sudden downpour of snow. It was as if someone took a huge bucket of snow and dumped it for hours on end. It lasted a total of two and a half hours. The power had gone out and we just sat inside the house and had to wait it out. You could hear the wind whistling through the cracks of the windows. When the blizzard was over my father told me that the wind was blowing at 35 miles per hour at least. Also he said that the temperature was -12 degrees. a few days after he blizzard i decided i was interested in it so i decided to do some research on it and i found out some facts. it forms when the jet stream dips way down south allowing cold dry polar air to clash with the warm moist southern air and i forms a blizzard. A ground blizzard is when snow is not falling but the loose snow on the ground is getting blown around by the wind.

I was inside my hotel on vacation in Japan when it just started pouring rain. It was as if someone was taking a water hose and just letting it fill up the streets like a pool. I could see out of my window dogs and cats that were once alley cats and street dogs were now swimming in the pool of a street. It lasted for 3 days and then it let up and our vacation had to be extended two weeks! During those two weeks I had the time to look up why monsoons occur and i found that its caused by the imbalance of heat between the water and the surface of Earth.

Most the time there formed by the moist ocean air in the air. I also found that monsoons are more likely to form in parts around Asia, North America, South America.

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This article is mostly about extreme weather. We have bits and pieces about most parts of the United States weather. Their is just a little bit of Indiana Weather.

You will learn precautions that you should take, and how you should prepare if you ever are alerted that their is Extreme Weather in your area. You will learn about the common weather in Indiana and where the best part of Indiana to live in. The main interest of the magazine is how to prepare if you are stuck in Extreme Weather.

Why is this magazine stand out and is more important you may ask yourself. It is because it will inform you about the dangers and the ways you can prevent yourself from being hurt when the Tornado, Hurricane, Blizzard, or monsoons hits instantly. You also will need to learn the precautions for each of the types of extreme weather. For example: For a tornado you would want to seek shelter underground and if you can’t go underground you try to get under stairs or something sturdy and go to a place with no windows.

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Hurricanes By: Mackenzie Marcinek Tornadoes By: Nolan Hochbaum Monsoons/Blizzards By: Jake Nietupski Indiana Weather By: Nathan Cook

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