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Weather. Hydrologic Cycle – The driving engine Evaporation Transportation Condensation Precipitation. Three Cloud Types. Cumulus Stratus Cirrus. Weather: Clouds. C irrus Clouds. Weather: Clouds. Weather: Clouds. Weath er: Clouds. Weath er: Clouds. Cumulus Clouds. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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WeatherHydrologic Cycle The driving engineEvaporationTransportationCondensationPrecipitation

Three Cloud TypesCumulusStratusCirrusWeather: CloudsCirrus Clouds

Weather: Clouds

Weather: Clouds

Weather: Clouds

Weather: CloudsCumulus Clouds

Weather: Clouds

Weather: Clouds

Weather: CloudsStratus Clouds

Weather: Clouds

Weather: Clouds

Weather: Clouds

WeatherCloud formationConvectionGeographic barriers (mountains)Meeting of air masses (fronts)Cold & warmFigure 23.10 & 23.11Condensation nucleiWeatherPrecipitationLiquid or solid formMust fall !!!!!FormationCoalescenceIce crystalsWeatherAir MassesConsist of the same temperature and moisture contentTakes on the characteristics of its point or originWeatherFrontsThe boundary formed between two air massesColdWarmFronts do not mixWeatherStormsThunderstormsConvectiveFrontalIndicates severe instability in the upper atmosphereHailTornadoesDirectly associated with thunderstormsSignificant instabilityFujita ScalePalm SundayApril 11, 1965Fujita Scale for Tornado Strength

Palm Sunday - April 11, 196547 Tornadoes in 11 hrs.3rd deadliest outbreak12:56 pm first touchdown256 deathsIN 137 deaths, 1,200 injuries62 Elkhart Co.17 Howard Co.

Palm Sunday - April 11, 1965

Palm Sunday - April 11, 1965

Palm Sunday - April 11, 1965Twin funnel clouds: Elkhart, INApril 11, 1965

10 fatalities

Palm Sunday - April 11, 1965Greentown, IN

Palm Sunday - April 11, 1965Kokomo, INDowntown Area

Palm Sunday - April 11, 1965Goshen, IN

Palm Sunday - April 11, 1965Lake Pleasant, IN

Palm Sunday - April 11, 1965Toledo, OH

Palm Sunday - April 11, 1965Toledo, OH

WeatherHurricanes & TyphoonsSignificant low pressure cellTropical depressionTropical stormDevelop off the coast of AfricaFeed of the warm ocean water

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