is that? storm surges are associated more with thunderstorms than with hurricanes or hurricane winds are not as strong as thunderstorm winds or thunderstorms contain more evaporated precipitation than hurricanes or hurricane winds spiral and thunderstorm winds blow in a straight line?
2006-06-09 07:23:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
please keep simple;choices are listed, which one of the choices here?
2006-06-09 11:12:19 · update #1
hurricane winds spiral and thunderstorm winds blow in a straight line
2006-06-09 07:27:13 · answer #1 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hurricanes... are made up of a spiral of many many thunderstorms. A thunderstorm can be as small as a localized low pressure... called pop-up thunderstorms or they can encompass a cold front that is as long as the distance from Canada to Mexico. Or you can have thunderstorms develop as an organized weather system in the tropics over very warm water that begins to develop something called a tropical depression. Once that becomes organized and swirling, as long as there is warm water to fuel the moisture it will grow steadily till winds reach 75mph... which it then becomes classified as a hurricane... much bigger system than a small thunderstorm. Storm surge is produced by the sustained winds "piling" water from the ocean and then pushing it inland to make landfall on the incoming winds side of the storm.
Hoping for sunnier skies for you! ;)
2006-06-09 14:37:03 · answer #2 · answered by ciscokidofhearts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, because hurricanes come in from the ocean, storm surge is asociated more with hurricanes. Generally, hurricane winds are much stronger than thunderstorm winds. Hurricane winds have winds in excess of 75 mph. Where, generally, thunderstorm winds are 40 mph. There is more of a chance of rotation in hurricanes, especially in the right front quadrant of the storm. However, in thunderstorms, especially those that are classified by the NWS (national weather service) as severe, meaning they have winds in excess of 40 mph, and/or hail, there is the chance for tornadoes- however, generally they will form over the midwest, in the region known as 'tornado alley.' So, I would say that thunderstorms contain more evaporated precipitation than hurricanes.
2006-06-09 14:32:24 · answer #3 · answered by cnuswte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hurricane winds spiral and thunderstorm winds blow in a straight line
2006-06-10 03:13:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of the above.
Hurricanes often contain thunderstorms. Even without significant electrical activity, they deep convective motion in their rainbands and eyewall.
Thunderstorms generate surface winds in three ways: (1) Evaporatively cooled air sinks and spreads out - thats the cool gusty outflow you feel. (2) convection can transport momentum (air moving at higher speeds) to the surface. (3)air rushes in to replace air rising in the updraft.
Hurricane winds arise from a larger scale pressure gradient field caused by the storms warm core. Winds in a hurricane reach an equilibrium speed with the pressure gradient force providing an acceleration sufficient to keep things moving in approximate circular motion. (cyclostrophic flow)...
Different beasts but both powered by latent heat release
2006-06-09 21:12:40 · answer #5 · answered by Ethan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none of them
2006-06-09 21:23:45 · answer #6 · answered by Bean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋