The National Weather Service has many tools to watch hurricanes. Satellites, ships and buoys, airplanes radiosondes, and radar are to name a few. They also have a computer model to help forecast a storms strength.
Satellites collect information about the land, biosphere, atmosphere and the oceans. Human activity are speed up changes by increasing the carbon dioxide levels.
Scientists are still trying to decide the cause and effect of the changes to the climate conditions.
Volcano
Hurricane
Earthquake
Tornado
Forecasters can estimate
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Location
- Size
- Movement
- Intensity of the storm
- tell about it's surrounding environment
Two types of warnings
- Hurricane Watch-will hit in the next 36 hours
- Hurricane Warning- will hit into he next 24 hours
A warning is more important than a watch.
The aftermath of Hurricane Camille. Large ships were no match for Camille.
Gulfport, Mississippi (1969)
Satellites can measure:
- Reflected radiation
- Cloud pictures
- Land surface temperature
- Sea surface temperature
- Winds from cloud motions
- Size of clouds
- Rainfall