Winter Weather

What are 3 winter storms?

• Snow, Sleet and Blizzards

• Blowing snow, Thunderstorms and Ice storms

• Blizzards, Ice storms and Lake effect storms

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What are types of winter precipitation?

• Hail, Wind, Moisture, Lift and Cold air

• Snow flurries, Snow showers, Snow squalls and Blowing snow

• Snow showers, Floods, Lake effect storms, Freezing rain and Ice storms

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_________ ______ are very useful tools for determining cloud patterns and movement of winter storms.

• Doppler radar

• Satellite images

• Surface temperatures

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How do winter storms form?

• Cold air, Lift and Moisture

• Snow, Cold air and Snowflakes

• Moisture, Flooding and Rain

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What is a winter storm?

• A winter storm is an event that usually happens in the winter when it it really cold

• A winter storm is a storm that forms during precipitation

• A winter storm is an event in which the main types of precipitation are snow, sleet or freezing rain

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How winter weather can be dangerous:

• People can have heart attacks while breathing too much cold air

• People can die in traffic accidents on icy roads

• People can die of prolonged exposure to the cold

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Blowing snow is a type of Winter storm

• False

• True

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What does radar do?

• is critical for tracking the motion of precipitation and for determining what kind of precipitation is falling

• they are very useful tools for determining cloud patterns and movement of winter storms

• Uses the doppler effect to produce data at a fast-pace about objects at a distance

What does doppler radar do?

• are very useful tools for determining cloud patterns and movement of winter storms

• Uses the doppler effect to produce data at a fast-pace about objects at a distance

• is critical for tracking the motion of precipitation and for determining what kind of precipitation is falling

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What are 3 things Scientists use for detecting winter weather?

• Lift, Radar and precipitation

• Doppler radar, Freezing rain and Cold air

• Satellite images, Radar and Doppler radar