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What is climate?

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The overall pattern of the weather

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What is weather?

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The day to day variation in temperature,precipitation,wind speed, wind direction, humidity and air pressure

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High pressure

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Dry weather

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Low pressure

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Wet weather

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What is a hurricane ?

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A hurricane is a huge storm, lasting over a week.It has powerful winds spiralling upwards and inwards.They rotate in an anti clockwise direction around an eye.

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What directions does a hurricanes travel in?

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It spirals upwards and inwards because of it’s powerful winds.depending on the side of the equator it either travels clockwise or anti clockwise around the eye.

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Where is the calmest part of the hurricane?

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They eye .

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What part of the hurricane is the ?

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The eye WALL.

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What is storm surge?

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A storm surge is water above the normal tide line that has been pushed in by winds from a tropical storm.
(Up to 20 ft)

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What is the safer Simpson scale?

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The Saffir Simpson scale is a scale invented by Herbert Saffir and Robert Simpson in 1981.It categorises hurricanes from 1-5 based on sustained wind speed.

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Category one the wind speed is BLANK

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74 to 95 mph

Minimal damage

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96-110 mph

Moderate damage

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111 to 129 mph

Devastating damage

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130-156 mph

Extreme damage

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Category five wind speed is BLANK

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157< mph
Catastrophic damage
UNINHABITABLE

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Look in

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After test yourself from 1-7

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When are hurricanes more likely to form throughout the year and why?

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Hurricanes are more likely to form in the summer months because hurricanes need warm water to have energy .Waters are more like to be warm in the summer months because of the sun, because of this,the water fuels is the hurricanes.

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Where do hurricanes FORM on the globe?

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Hurricanes form between 5 and 15 degrees north or south of the equator .

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What degrees does the water have to be for hurricanes to form?

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The water needs to be over 26 degrees for a hurricane to form.

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Look in

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It has extra information on how tropical storms form on BBC.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z37wrdm/revision/1

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