| A | B |
|---|
| monsoon | a wind that changes direction with the change of the seasons |
| dust storm | this may happen in the desert or areas that have been hit by long droughts |
| blizzard | winter storm with winds at 35 mph or more and visibility at less than .25 miles for at least 3 hours |
| lightning | this occurs in all thunderstorms |
| hurricane | these from above the ocean's surface from June to November and can cause wind speeds of 75 to 200 mph |
| tornado | a violent, funnel-shpaed column of air that rotates and extends from a thunderstorm to the ground |
| thunderstorm | these form when warm, moist air from the ground rises and meets cooler air making a cumulonimbus cloud grow large and heavy |
| drought | this is a time when there is not enough water to support crops or provide drinking water |
| hail | these freezing water droplets develop during thunderstorms when it is humid with strong winds |
| thunder is created when | lightning makes the air around it so hot that it explodes |
| lightning injures and kills | 75-100 people each year |
| a thunderstorm watch means | a thunderstorm is possible in your area |
| Southern Asia | monsoons mainly occu in the Indian Ocean near |
| debris cloud | the part of the tornado that touches the ground |
| Montana | not part of Tornado Alley |
| a tornado warning means | a tornado has been detected by Doppler radar or has been seen on the ground |
| Fujita scale | tornadoes are measured on this |
| blizzards usually occur | between November and April in any place that gets snow |
| flash floods | can carry away trees, rocks, and cars and are the #1 weather-related weather killer in the U.S. |
| basement, bathroom, closet, place with no windows | best place to go during a tornado |
| wildfires, desertification, loss of crops, disease, thirst, famine, war | dangers of droughts |
| fog is dangerous because | you can't see roads or other cars driving, causes accidents, danger to sailors or boaters |
