Monday, July 14, 2014

Weather Quiz









“What makes a thunderstorm “severe”?   The presence of:  

A.  Hail of at least 1" in diameter or greater.

B.  Wind gusts of at least 58 mph.

C.  A tornado.

D.  Any of the above.



Please submit your answers as a comment below.  Come back next week to find out if you were correct and why.








ANSWER TO QUIZ FROM JUNE 30th:    The busiest month of the hurricane season is September because the Atlantic Ocean is its warmest and wind patterns are most favorable for tropical storm and hurricane development.

3 comments:

  1. B is correct, but D is complete. A little interesting severe weather trivia for you. Prior to 2010, a thunderstorm was considered "severe" and a warning was issued if it had hail of 0.75" in diameter but in an effort to reduce the overall number of warnings they increased the severe criteria for hail to at least 1" in diameter.

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