Weather Phenomena and Climate Influences

WEATHER PHENOMENA- Extraordinary weather events that usually involve, or are related to, precipitation, wind, or heat.

Tornadoes are caused by extremely low atmospheric pressure and colliding winds.

• Tornado alley is in the great plains where the land is flat.

• This is also where cold and dry polar air meets warm moist air coming up from the gulf of mexico

Monsoon- a weather phenomena in South Asia (India) and Southeast Asia that results in daily rainfall in the summer (up to 35 inches a week), and no rain in the winter season.

MONSOON WINDS INFLUENCE RAINFALL IN INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

Rain happens in the summer, it is dry in the winter.

• Humid air comes from the Indian/Pacific Ocean and hits the Himalayan Mountains resulting in heavy rainfall events everyday.

• The Purple color means about 25 inches of rainfall, in one week!

• Honaker gets only about 45 inches per YEAR!

Forrest Gump knew about the Monsoons

Rice requires flooded fields, so in the rainy season farmers do not have to irrigate (or water) their fields.

Flooding is also a large problem during the rainy season.

This results in 4 months of dry weather.

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A hurricane and typhoon are the same kind of tropical storm, they have different names because of where they happen.​

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THEY OFTEN IMPACT THE GULF COAST OR THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE U.S.

Most people in the U.S. can be warned and get out of the path of danger.

Usually happen in poorer countries where people are not able to get out of the path of danger.

They may have no warning, or have no way to leave the danger zone.