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1 Chapter 7TABLE 7-1 Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

2 Chapter 9TABLE 9-1 Interpreting the Enhanced Fujita Scale

1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: This Heat Index was devised by the National Weather Service to show...FIGURE 2-2: A typical weather map showing features and symbols that are common ...

2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Imaginary lines called latitudes divide the world into the Tropics,...FIGURE 3-2: The map shows the different air masses that affect weather in the c...FIGURE 3-3: These diagrams illustrate what usually happens when cold fronts and...FIGURE 3-4: Here’s what happens to the radiation from the Sun once it reaches t...FIGURE 3-5: The Big Three behind the weather on Earth: its yearlong orbit aroun...FIGURE 3-6: In the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, the Sun’s rays are more intens...FIGURE 3-7: Here is a close-up view of Earth’s 23.5-degree slant and how it aff...FIGURE 3-8: The gases that make up the atmosphere.FIGURE 3-9: Here is a map of the atmosphere’s different layers.

3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: The basic elements of the water cycle.FIGURE 4-2: The different faces of Earth.FIGURE 4-3: This is a typical pattern that develops as winds force air up a mou...FIGURE 4-4: The California Current and Gulf Stream affect U.S. weather.

4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: The general circulation of the atmosphere.FIGURE 5-2: Summer winds circulating around the Bermuda High.FIGURE 5-3: Summer winds circulating around the Pacific High.FIGURE 5-4: Air pressure changes quickly with height.FIGURE 5-5: The flow of air in the friction layer and aloft.FIGURE 5-6: The effect of Earth’s rotation on a fast-traveling object.FIGURE 5-7: Typical patterns of wind and pressure at the surface and aloft.FIGURE 5-8: Typical westerly winds and jet-stream patterns in winter and summer...FIGURE 5-9: The effect of warming and cooling on coastal and mountain breezes.

5 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Cloud formations caused by the advance of a cold front.FIGURE 6-2: Cloud formations caused by the advance of a warm front.FIGURE 6-3: Mountain ranges lift air and make storms on their windward side.FIGURE 6-4: Main cloud types and their heights in the sky.FIGURE 6-5: Cirrus clouds. FIGURE 6-6: Cirrocumulus clouds. FIGURE 6-7: Cirrostratus clouds. FIGURE 6-8: Altocumulus clouds. FIGURE 6-9: Altostratus clouds. FIGURE 6-10: Stratocumulus clouds. FIGURE 6-11: Stratus clouds. FIGURE 6-12: Nimbostratus clouds. FIGURE 6-13: Cumulus clouds. FIGURE 6-14: Cumulonimbus clouds. FIGURE 6-15: Lenticular clouds. FIGURE 6-16: Mammatus clouds. FIGURE 6-17: Noctilucent clouds.

6 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: Hurricane-prone regions of the world.FIGURE 7-2: What a hurricane looks like from the inside.FIGURE 7-3: How storm surge takes shape along a coastline.FIGURE 7-4: Some individual hurricane tracks.

7 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Earth’s tilt gives the Northern Hemisphere minimum exposure to sunl...FIGURE 8-2: Dates when freezing temperatures usually arrive.FIGURE 8-3: Annual amounts of precipitation throughout the United States.FIGURE 8-4: A satellite image of a mid-latitude storm’s big “comma cloud” patte...FIGURE 8-5: An overhead view of the main features of a typical winter storm.FIGURE 8-6: The conveyor belt model of a winter storm over the middle latitudes...FIGURE 8-7: Major winter storm tracks across the United States.FIGURE 8-8: Satellite photo of a Nor’easter storm. FIGURE 8-9: A strong jet stream keeps frigid Arctic air close to the poles whil...FIGURE 8-10: A microphotograph of a snowflake by Wilson A. Bentley. FIGURE 8-11: Common types of snowflakes.

8 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: The number of days thunderstorms are reported, on average, each yea...FIGURE 9-2: Life cycle of a single-cell thunderstorm.FIGURE 9-3: A single-cell thunderstorm. FIGURE 9-4: Inside a multicell cluster thunderstorm.FIGURE 9-5: A multicell cluster thunderstorm. FIGURE 9-6: A thunderstorm complex. FIGURE 9-7: Inside a squall line thunderstorm.FIGURE 9-8: Satellite photo of a squall line of thunderstorms. FIGURE 9-9: Inside a supercell thunderstorm.FIGURE 9-10: A supercell thunderstorm. FIGURE 9-11: The average number of days hail is observed.FIGURE 9-12: The electrical charges and lightning inside a thunderstorm.FIGURE 9-13: When tornadoes are likely to occur.FIGURE 9-14: Tornado Alley.FIGURE 9-15: A satellite image of a mesoscale convective complex.

9 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: The Sun is at highest point in the sky over Northern Hemisphere.FIGURE 10-2: Summer temperatures arrive at different times across the United St...FIGURE 10-3: Different coasts, very different air flows.FIGURE 10-4: Rainy seasons for two cities at same latitude on opposite sides of...FIGURE 10-5: Summer moisture is part of a giant air flow over the Atlantic Ocea...FIGURE 10-6: Flash flood in the Midwest.

10 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: Features of El Niño across the Tropical Pacific.FIGURE 12-2: Common winter weather impacts of El Niño.FIGURE 12-3: Features of La Niña across the Tropical Pacific.FIGURE 12-4: Winter weather impacts linked to La Niña.

11 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: Average departure from normal temperatures since 1880.FIGURE 13-2: Rising ocean temperatures since 1880.

12 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: The pattern of acid rainfall across the U.S. and Canada.FIGURE 14-2: Mt. Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines. FIGURE 14-3: Average temperatures dipped after Mt. Pinatubo erupted.FIGURE 14-4: The trend in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since 1750.

13 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: Silver lining around a growing cumulus cloud. FIGURE 15-2: Rainbows are simply falling rain.

14 Chapter 16FIGURE 16-1: A National Weather Service forecaster releases a weather balloon. FIGURE 16-2: Researchers service the instruments on a moored ocean buoy.

15 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: An instrument shelter at a cooperative weather station in Granger,...

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