Hurricanes1
Summer is over and fall has arrived- but many people to the south of us are observing another season- hurricane season. According to the Montshire Museum of Science, "hurricanes usually occur in the North Atlantic from June to November, with most of them in September." On average, between six to eight hurricanes form in the North Atlantic or North Pacific each year (Montshire). However, as many as 15 have occurred in the Atlantic in a single year. Hurricanes are powerful, whirling storms that measure several hundred miles in diameter. The winds near the center of a hurricane blow at speeds of 74 miles per hour or more (World Book, 400). Many hurricanes leave a trail of widespread death and destruction. The definition of a hurricane, according to World Book Encyclopedia, is an area of low pressure that forms over oceans in tropical regions. Such a storm in the North Pacific Ocean is called a typhoon, and one in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean is called a cyclone. Most hurricanes originate within the doldrums, a "narrow equatorial belt characterized by intermittent calms, light variable breezes, frequent squalls, and lying between the northeast and southeast trade winds" (Encarta). Hurricanes consist
"Hurricanes" Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 98. "Hurricane Stages of Development. military aircraft have been flying into hurricanes to measure wind velocities and directions, the location and size of the eye, the pressures within the storms, and their thermal structure" (Encarta). This is a "pronounced rotation which develops around the center core". Hurricanes are an act of nature that no one can ever control. "What are Hurricanes?" Hurricanes99 http://www. The low-pressure center develops when the warm, saturated air prevalent in the doldrums is under run and forced upward by denser, cooler air. World Book-Childcraft International Inc. As the surface pressure begins to fall and winds increase to between 20 and 34 knots the tropical disturbances become tropical depressions.
Common topics in this essay:
Encarta Hurricanes,
Tropical Storm,
Researchers Hurricane,
Storm Central,
Jamaica Mexico,
Museum Science,
Encarta Encyclopedia,
Tropical Depression,
Southern Hemisphere,
Indian Ocean,
world book,
encarta encyclopedia,
hurricanes form,
montshire museum,
museum science,
storm central,
world book encyclopedia,
montshire museum science,
book encyclopedia,
hurricanes ranked hurricanes99,
hurricanes ranked,
atlantic hurricanes,
11/6/99 atlantic,
11/6/99 atlantic hurricanes,
atlantic hurricanes ranked,
|
Acceptance Essays
