2021 Meteorology Semester 1 Final

What is the name of the scale that is used to categorize the strength of hurricanes?

• Enhanced Fujita Scale

• Fujita Scale

• Barometer Scale

• Saffir-Simpson scale

Winds circulate ______________________around tropical cyclones in _____________________________________.

• clockwise, the Northern Hemisphere

• counterclockwise, the Northern Hemisphere

• counterclockwise, the Southern Hemisphere

• counterclockwise, both hemispheres

Where are the heaviest rain and fastest winds found in a hurricane?

• Within the eye.

• Just outside the rainbands.

• In the eyewall

• The front of the hurricane

This area is calm and clear and it is the part of the storm where we measure the lowest air pressure.

• Eye wall

• Thunderstorms

• Eye

• Right side of the cyclone

Which quadrant of the hurricane has the fastest winds?

• Right

• Front

• Back

• Left

What is the stage classification for sustained winds of 39 mph?

• Tropical Disturbance

• Tropical Depression

• Tropical Storm

• Hurricane

This stage is when a cyclone is given a name

• Tropical Disturbance

• Tropical Depression

• Tropical Storm

• Hurricane

What condition will retire a hurricane name?

• Flooding

• 20 ft Storm surge

• Mass Fatalities

• Wind Speed

Hurricane season in the Atlantic begins in

• August

• June

• Sept.

• Oct.

The lowest pressure of the hurricane can be found in the

• Eye

• Eyewall

• Spiral Rainbands

• Rt quadrant