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Weather and Climate G109 1
The purpose of this assignment is (1) to review the basics of hurricane formation, and (2) gain
experience searching for and analyzing hurricane data from the NOAA National Hurricane Center
website.
Part I
Answer the following questions, feel free to use materials in your textbook or google to find these
answers but make sure not to copy and paste what you find verbatim. Instead, please paraphrase the
answer into your own words.
1.
What is a hurricane? (5 points)
A hurricane can be described as a cyclone that has very violent winds and starts in water and
moves towards land. They can reach high speeds and winds and create huge storms when
moving onto land.
2.
Where on earth do hurricanes occur? (5 points)
The tropics, in the warmer bodies of water, where the air is warm.
3.
What climatic conditions are necessary for hurricane formation? (10 points)
To form a hurricane, you need warm ocean waters, with high humidity going upward over low-
pressure areas of the water because that creates the clouds and thunderstorms of the
hurricane. Tropical winds which will allow the storm to move and rotate.
4.
What time(s) during the year have the most favorable conditions for hurricane formation and
why? (10 points)
Hurricane season is usually from June 1
st
to November 30
th
. Because the water
need to be warm and above a certain degree and for the US waters it is summer in those times
so the water would be warm and lots of humidity and warm air that rises over the waters.
Part II
Go to the following website and use the figures and information on the web page to answer the
following questions.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/
5.
What month has the highest number of hurricanes during the last 100 years? (10 points)
August -September is the month with the highest number of hurricanes in the past 100 years
6.
What year(s) from 1886-2015 have had the highest number of hurricanes? (10 points)
1886-10, 1887-11, 1893-10, 1916-10, 1933-11, 1950-11, 1969-12, 1995-11, 1998-10, 2005-15,
2010-12, 2012-10
7.
What year(s) from 1886-2015 have had the highest number of Category 3+ hurricanes? (10
points)
1886-4, 1893-5. 1894-4, 1906-3, 1909-4, 1915-3, 1916-5, 1926-6, 1932-4, 1933-6, 1935-3,
1941-3, 1944-3, 1948-4, 1950-6, 1951-3, 1953-3, 1953-3, 1955-4, 1955-4, 1958-5, 1961-7, 1964-
Lab 8: Hurricane Investigation
Weather and Climate G109 2
6, 1966-3, 1969-5, 1995-5, 1966-6, 1996-6, 1998-3, 1999-5, 2003-3, 2001-4, 2003-3, 2004-6,
2005-7, 2008-5, 2010-5, 2011-4
8.
What region(s) of the Atlantic Basin has had the highest number of hurricanes striking the coast
since 1900? (10 points)
East Gulf
9.
What state has had the highest number of hurricane hits?
Number of major hurricane hits? (10
points)
Florida. Major hurricanes hit is -198 . Hurricane hit- 475
Use this link for the next two questions:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/nws-nhc-6.pdf
or search
10.
The deadliest hurricane hitting the Atlantic coast occurred in 1900 (Katrina was number 3).
Hurricane Katrina ranks the highest in terms of the cost of damage (adjusted for inflation), yet
the 1900 hurricane did not make the top 30 list.
What is/are possible explanation(s) for this
difference? (10 points)
media and news could play an effect , population because more people
would be affected by it now in the present then back in the 1900s.
11.
What are some potential problems with the statistics on hurricane size and severity in the late
1800’s and early 1900’s?
(10 points)
we didn’t have the technology back then so it might be as
accurate as it would be in today’s generation
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