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Unit # 8    Topic: Severe Weather Forecasting

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Guest Speaker
1. Make jot notes on the presentation provided by our guest speaker Mark Robinson the Storm Hunter. Be sure to comment on the technology found on his storm hunter car. See http://www.stormhunter.ca/ and his videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/stormhunter27

C= ___/20 marks

T= ___/30marks

Textbook Questions
Refer to your textbook Chasmer, Ron. Earth Matters: Studies in Physical Geography. Oxford University Press, Don Mills, 2001 ISBN: 0-19-541555-8

Answer the following questions in sentence form in your physical geography notebook. Make sure that you include the important part of the question in your answer.

Collecting Weather Data
2. (page 284) Explain how farmers and filmmakers benefit from weather forecasts.

3. (page 284) List five (5) instruments used to gather data about weather.

4. (page 284) Explain how an anemometer measures wind speed.

5. (page 285) Describe how a ceilometer works.

6. (page 286) Describe how and what information is gathered by radiosondes upper air observations.

Collecting Tornado Data
7. (page 286) Name the two (2) technologies used to identify and warn the population about tornadoes.

8. (page 276) List two technologies used to track tornadoes.

9. (page 276) Describe the sky, air and winds conditions when a tornado is approaching.

10. (page 450) Define the term tornado warning.

11. (page 450) Define the term tornado watch.

12. (page 242) Describe three (3) ways to pursue a career as a meteorologist.

Collecting Hurricane Data
13. (page 272-273) Explain how meteorologists use satellite images to study hurricanes.

14. (page 272-273) Explain how meteorologists use airplanes to study hurricanes.

15. (page 273) Describe Hurricane Floyd.

16. (page 273) What happened during the evacuation for Hurricane Floyd?

17. (page 274) Why must forecasters try to be as accurate as possible in their hurricane path projections?

18. (page 280) describe the Atmospheric Environment Service's description of a blizzard.

19. Refer to Environment Canada's "Severe Weater Emergency Kit" online at http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/msb/weatheradio/emergency_kit_e.cfm>.

Describe what you should do for safety during a :

a) thunderstorm

b) tornado

c) flood

20. In your opinion, which atmospheric hazard has the greatest negative impact on human activities? Why? Explain.

a) blizzard,

b) hurricane

c) thunderstorm

d) tornado

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