WEATHER AT IT’S WORSE
2013
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Dear Readers, This is an article about weather that can occur. It tells about Indiana’s weather along with weather all over the world. My group and I have learned what weather is more important than others. We learned that the weather that we get here in Indiana isn’t as bad as we think it is, it’s actually one of the least dangerous places in the world because we don’t get hurricanes, earthquakes or anything else like those. All we get here are blizzards at times, thunderstorms, and tornadoes. Weather here and all over is important because it’s never really expected it just kind of happens and it can leave serious damages that we aren’t ready for unless we prepare ourselves for what can or might happen. These topics in here give you things that can happen in you place of the world, and if you think something is happening then please look up the topic and take the safety processions that are advised for those topics. We advise you to look up the different topics and look at where they can happen so you can start taking processions that are needed. Thank you for looking up our article and learning the facts about the different subject matters. Your editors,
Shyanna, Thomas, Zack, and Kyle
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Things that can happen here:
Indiana’s Weather
I’ve been living in Indiana for 14 years and I’ve experienced
just about every weather assurance native to this area.continue on pg. 3. Here in Indiana we can also have flooding which comes from thunderstorms. Thunderstorms if they last long enough can cause low swamps, rivers, streams, creeks, and lakes to over flow. If any of these are close to a road it can run onto the road and over flow it making it difficult for anything to pass over. They first development of a thunderstorm is when thick cumulus clouds begin to tower and stack, this is the sign of air pressure changing, the next stage, which is mature stage is where precipitation will begin and there is a combination of updrafts and downdrafts, the last stage of a is thunderstorm the dissipating phase, Although the storm can still produce strong winds, most of the gusts have moved away from the thunderstorm. This means no more warm vapor to feed the beast. Rainfall eventually decreases, but lightning still remains a danger. A thunderstorm normally has bright sparks of light in the air, with loud dangerous sounds, and also typically heavy rain or hail. Every year around March- June we can possibly have a tornado. This is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. [3]
WEATHER CONDITIONS
1) Blizzard 2) Thunderstorm 3) Tornado
Tornadoes are formed by air rotating because of wind shear, next faster spinning makes a funnel cloud, then finally the funnel rotates and touches down. They can destroy or damage just about everything. We can also have blizzards which can cause people to stay indoors or the snow can build up in front of where they go out so they can’t leave. Blizzards are severe snow storms that can last hours, days, and they also drift. It can leave people stuck indoors with little or no food for hours. Indiana is a humid continental climate and for most people is the perfect weather. Our weather can come from the South, West, Southwest, or Northwest. The normal high and low temperatures here are anywhere from about 70-85 as a high and a low -36. We can have rain, sleet, and snow here in Indiana. It’s not always the best weather conditions but we do have really nice weather at times. Lake effect snow is something we get here in Indiana. Lake effect snow is caused when a very cold air mass flows over the quite warmer waters of a large lake. Intense evaporation from the lake surface under these conditions forms convective clouds that can’t contain all of this water, and some of it falls back to the surface as snow.
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Interesting Facts • Theres an average annual rainfall of about 40 inches down from 1950-2001 • Theres also an average of 20 tornado touchdowns a year. • About 1024 tornadoes have touched The first average freeze date is October 16 •The first average snow fall is November 19 •The average wind direction and speed is 9.6 from the Southwest •The maximum temperature ever recorded: 116F at Collegeville in 1936 •Theres more than 6 touchdowns in a 24hour period is considered an outbreak •The biggest tornado recorded was in 1925 crossing three states at 70 mph and was 1.5 miles wide.
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Tornadoes ! Tornados are spectacular things. How do tornadoes form you may ask? No one ever knows when these huge, dangerous, black, red, or grey storms can actually form but we do have a little information on how they might form. ! This is the information that our scientist know on this subject. Tornadoes are associated with large (supercell) thunderstorms that often grow to over 40,000 feet. A column of warm humid air will begin to rise very quickly. ! The air rotates because of wind shear. How the column of air begins to rotate isn’t completely understood by scientists or anyone else, but one way the rotation appears to happen is when winds at two different altitudes blow at two different speeds creating wind shear. For example, a wind at 1000 feet above the surface might blow at 5mph and a wind at 5000 feet might blow at 25mph. This causes a horizontal rotating column of air. ! Faster spin makes a funnel cloud. If this column gets caught in a supercell updraft, the updraft tightens the spin and it speeds up (much like a skater's spins faster when arms are pulled close to the body.) and a funnel cloud is created. ! After the wind starts to spin faster the funnel rotates and touches down. The rain and hail in the thunderstorm cause the funnel to touch down creating a tornado. [6]
DIFFERENT KINDS OF TORNADOES
1. A tornado in the water. 2. Tornado with lightning. 3. What can happen after a tornado.
TORNADOES
How fast do tornadoes move? The few tornadoes that have been timed seem to average about 35 miles per hour, but every year some are seen to stand still and others are clocked at 60 miles per hour.
Interesting facts •Tornado winds are the fastest winds on Earth. •A Tornado in Oklahoma once destroyed a whole motel. People later found the motel’s sign in Arkansas. In 1928, a tornado in Kansas plucked the feathers right off some chickens. •In 1931 a tornado in Mississippi lifted an 83 ton train and tossed it 80 feet from the track. •The United States have an average of 800 tornadoes every year. Each year, dozens of Americans die from tornadoes. Usually, a tornado’s color matches the color of the ground. Some tornadoes make a considerable amount of noise while others make very little. It depends on the objects a tornado might hit or carry. A tornado moving along an open plain may make very little noise. Some people think the crop circles in the UK are the result of weak whirlwinds. About 60 of these small tornadoes are formed every year in Britain. [7]
Monsoons It was a cold dark night in Arizona. I was sitting outside by a bonfire when the wind suddenly changed direction. The rain instantly started pouring down. Me and my dad ran inside the shed, and waited for the rain to pass. After 2 and a half hours, we decided to dash to the house. By the time we got to the house we were drenched. The rain was horrible. I immediately ran to my room, and watched the storm from my window. It was incredible! More and more rain fell every minute. Soon enough, the streets started to flood. “Enjoying yourself?” [8]
notes. After the storm my dad asked with curiosity. “Heck yes!” I replied with excitement. I decided to take some I went outside and took more notes. It was incredible. Heres a list of notes i took.-Jimmy Phoenix, Arizona As described in Jimmy’s story, you Steer Clear:Monsoons bring in malaria, and contaminated water. Also, make sure your house is protected, and try not to touch anything that may carry danger. Thanks Jimmy!
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Blizzard
“I remember it like it was yesterday” young Jackie said. About 4 years ago a big blizzard passed through Northern Colorado. My mom and I were driving around in the car, all of a sudden the windows started fogging up, and became damp. My mom turned the windshield wipers on and to her astonishment, still couldn't see. There were whiteout conditions! Luckily, my mom didn't panic, and quickly pulled over. After two hours, we tried pulling back onto the road and we couldn't move. When i realized that we couldn’t move, I started to cry. My mom tried putting the car into drive. The car didn't move. She put the car in reverse, the car still did not move. Then, she started crying. My mom fortunately caught herself and told me to quit being a baby! That part didn't make me happy. For 6 hours, we were stuck in that tiny car. In those six hours, I learned a great deal of stuff. It turned out to be a great learning day for me. “ Did
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WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU
you know!...” is what i heard coming from my moms mouth. “Did you know”, that there are 6 different air masses during a blizzard. There are also different clouds for different circumstances. Blizzards are the biggest snow storms. Lake effect snow is even incorporated in blizzards. The wind chill is normally very low. You have to keep your skin covered in blizzards to make sure you don't get hypothermia, or frostbite. Remember, stay warm, and keep don't get hypothermia, or frostbite. Remember, stay warm, and keep emergency equipment with you during the cold winter season. “Thanks for the lesson mama!” “Anytime babe” she replied. Just then, Someone tapped on my window with a
1. Cars slid in this kind of weather 2. Cows getting freezing 3. The forest frozen by snow
shovel. I tapped back, and they started digging us out. I was terribly relieved. Thanks for the info Jackie!
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Hurricane
Jimmy Sun was at home in the small town of Ferry, N.J.,hearing some odd noises that he doesn’t normally hear,kinda like a train smashing into the side of his house. So he was worried and called his mom and dad who lived in Lowell IN.jim didn’t feel right he knew something was going to happen. He never liked science but the news was talking about some kind of storm coming. It was a Hurricane category 4 (major) 130-156 mph 113-136 kt 20.9-25.1 km/h He didn’t know what that meant but when he took a look at 130-156 mph,winds.He was smart enough to know it was time to leave. The airports were closed so he thought it would be a good idea to just drive. He told his friends and neighbors; the ones that didn’t want to leave he didn't fuss with.When he took off he only had a one hour window to get the hell out of there. A One hour window wouldn’t get him out of N.J but it would get him far enough to a nice safe place.
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Water going onto the street because of a hurricane.
He has his aunt and uncle there that offered to take him in. His uncle was a scientist and said he could answer all his questions. On the drive there he noticed the sky and how it was changing color. It scared him but he didn’t stop. At one point the sky was a very dark green almost like a pile of wet grass that has just been cut. The rain that was coming down wasn't just the normal rain that we’re used to; it was coming in horizontal and with every drop sounding like a bullet that has just found it’s mark. Jim listened to this for a about 55 minutes until he was able to see his uncle’s house. But it still took him about 5 minutes to get in the drive way.Jim knew that he was safe but he also knew that the friends and family that he left behind are about to get hit hard by the hurricane. He pulled into his uncles drive way and steeped out of the car he herd the storm off in the distance. Sounding like popping from a team of football players that hit there paddies together so much you think you here the sound of there shoulder popping out of place. Jim was done herring this sound and got tired of the thought that people were in walking disaster so he went into his uncles house to start asking him questions right away. WHAT IS IT? HOW LONG WILL IT BE HERE? ARE PEOPLE DIEING? WHY THIS HAPPEN NOW? Jim stop!!!!!”Said his aunt Jan” You seen a lot to day rest a little maybe drink so Kool aid!!
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No please I most know ok sit down. “Uncle Bob talking�ok what you were looking at was a Hurricane a F4 Hurricane it was a F4 because of the wind 130-156mph wind Hurricanes bring tones of rain the form in the middle of the ocean where there is land breaking or building up.The hurricanes all together have killed 4,081 people. How people name them is off of the saint of that day. Hurricanes are also the only weather disaster that have been given there own names. They most likely happen in warm parts of the ocean. Hurricanes happen Jun.1 and end nov.30
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