Inside a Monster Storm
Kaitlyn Sork, Claire Holmes
Vaocabulary
1. Eye- the calm area in the center of the hurricane or any other tropical cyclone
2. Eye wall- the ring of thunderstorms surrounding the eye or center of a hurricane
3. Rainbands- a band of dense clouds that swirls around the wall of the hurricane
• Tropical storms have a weaker wind speed than cyclones
• Hurricanes and tropical cyclones form over warm water
• The eye (calm center of the hurricane) can get up to 20-40 miles across in diameter
• Hurricanes can reach up to 1,000 miles in size
• This is a picture of hurricane Fran in August 23, 1996 off the coast of Florida with a wind speed of 120 mph
• The dark center of the hurricane is the eye• The swirling, dense clouds around the eye of the hurricane are the rainbands.
• Next to the eye of the hurricane is the eye wall, and it is formed over a warm body of water. The eye wall is what makes up most of the precipitation of a tropical cyclone
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