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    1. Explain how observed teleconnection patterns can help in the preparation of a seasonal weather forecast. So the simple way of explaining a teleconnection is a warmer and cooler pacific can influence rainfall. “we saw how a vast warming (El Niño) or cooling (La Niña) of the equatorial tropical Pacific can affect the weather in different regions of the world” (Ahrens‚ 2015‚ p.271). These major storms as we learned in earlier chapters affect people in many regions of the world. A seasonal forecast

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    Tornado Essay

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    What is a tornado? A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. Tornados are particularly associated with severe thunderstorms because stronger storms make it easier for tornados to form. During a supercell storm‚ characterized by powerful updrafts‚ warm‚ less heavy air begins to rise and meets colder and heavier air above it. Wind shears make tornadoes easier to form. A wind shear is when a warmer air collides with a colder air. Faster air begins to

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    1. a. Per plane delay times λ=50: 6.54 minutes/ plane λ=55: 12.52 minutes/ plane λ=59: 60.5 minutes/ plane Delay costs Arrival rate | 50 | 55 | 59 | Turbo | 6.54(348+0.7*15*25.7)60=$67.07 | 12.5(348+0.7*15*25.7)60=$128.32 | 60.5(348+0.7*15*25.7)60=$620.02 | Jet | 6.54(1585+0.7*150*25.7)60=$467.29 | 12‚5(1585+0.7*150*25.7)60=$893.95 | 60.5(1585+0.7*150*25.7)60=$4319.5 | Regional Jet | 6.54(632+0.7*50*25.7)60=$167.07 | 12.5(632+0.7*50*25.7)60=$319.62 | 60.5(632+0.7*50*25.7)60=$1544.37

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    Oklahoma Tornado Essay

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    Alley”. It had been a number of days of severe weather in the area‚ which is not uncommon in Oklahoma during the month of May. People in Moore‚ as well as central Oklahoma‚ had been cautioned that there would probably be a very bad storm but no one expected how early the storm would form (Worrall‚ 2015). The residents of Moore had about 36 minutes to prepare for a mile-wide tornado that crushed the Oklahoma City suburb‚ killing two dozen people. The National Weather Service issued its first warning for

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    your trip. Depending on the season and weather conditions‚ you should plan your lodging accommodations and activities according to the local weather reports during the time you are planning to visit. In the summer season‚ one of the most popular and affordable lodging options in Ashville is camping on the Blue Ridge Parkway. However‚ there are some weather conditions that could impact your vacation experience‚ so you should always check the local weather reports first. For example‚ if there is

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    Why Tornadoes Are Bad

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    lives they take‚ and the money it takes to repair things. These are many reasons why tornadoes are dangerous. When you’re in a bad storm‚ there may be a weather warning about tornadoes in your area. Has there ever been a time when you could sit down and think of what a tornado can really do? Tornadoes are one of the most deadly types of weather known to man. Tornadoes are very destructive things that can do a lot of damage in a short period of time. These things all start with a super cellular storm

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    APUS/SCIN Week8 Lab

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    the following regions would you expect to have the most tornadoes in the winter? Question 3 of 9 A.southern Great Plains. B.northern Great Plains. C.Oklahoma. D.southern Gulf States. Answer Key: D 10.0/ 10.0 Points In a region where severe thunderstorms with tornadoes are forming‚ one would not expect to observe Question 4 of 9 A.the polar jet stream above the region. B.a strong ridge of high pressure over the region. C.a dry tongue of cold air between the 700 and 500 mb levels

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    10- 20 ft to his death. December 16‚ 1937 Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe filed through iron bars in the prison’s mat shop on very foggy day Didn’t get spotted by guards in the watch towers‚ jumped into water‚ were never seen again‚ but severe weather conditions led that they drowned in bay and bodies were swept out to sea by strong current in San Francisco Bay May 23‚ 1938 Rufus Franklin‚ Thomas R. Limerick‚ and James C. Lucas attacked and killed guard with claw hammer in woodwork shop

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    also resemble in some aspects. Wind and Storm on the Island have both the same metaphor. The authors make the character strive for life in different circumstances that later come together as a struggle of life. The obstacles they face (such as severe weather‚) can stand for obstacles faced in life and the importance of overcoming them this can be taken as the theme of the poems. By the previous points it can be inferred that both poems have differences but similarities are also found. Using

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    Discuss the impacts of storm events in the British Isles and evaluate the response to them. (40 marks) A storm that had severe impacts on a vast area of the British Isles is known as the “great storm” of 1987. The great storm devastated much of Southern England; perhaps the impacts were worsened as the storm evaded normal weather prediction services. The extreme low pressure system was the result of Arctic and Tropic Continental air masses colliding over the Atlantic Ocean. North Westerly Winds

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