Weather Cyber Hunt

The following Cyber Hunt is primarily using the Weather Channel Website. There is a lot of information on this website.  These questions are used to guide you through this website.

1. Using the weather map of the United States, describe some of the current weather patterns you see around the U.S.? The key to the maps colors are along the top of the weather map.


2. Look at the map of current temperatures found on the United States at this moment?


a. Which state has the highest temperature?

b. Which state has the lowest temperature?

c. What is the temperature reported for the Ashland area?

d. Name any area of the U.S. that interests you and report its current temperature.

3. What is the current weather report for Ashland, Kentucky?


a. What is the current temperature?

b. What does the temperature feel like?

c. What is the Dew point?

d. What is the relative Humidity?

e.What is the wind report?

f. Where is this weather report coming from?

g. What time was it last reported?

**Scroll down and look at the weather map of our area. Also look at the 10 day forecast.

4. Tornados are happening all across the U.S. Do you know a lot about tornados? Look around this website to answer the following questions.


a. Do you know what a Tornado Watch or Warning Is? What does each mean?

b. What month is Kentucky's Month of Peak Tornado Occurrence?

5. True or False? What's your Twister IQ? http://www.weather.com/safeside/tornado/myths.html

a. Tornadoes are always visible from a great distance. True or False?
Why?

b. Tornadoes cause houses to explode from changes in air pressure. True or False? Why?
c. By opening the windows, you can balance the pressure inside and outside your home so a tornado will not do damage. True or False? Why?


d. The best place to be during a tornado is generally in the southwest corner of the basement. True or False? Why?

e. Tornadoes cannot cross water. True or False? Why?


f. A tornado is always accompanied or preceded by a funnel cloud. True or False? Why?



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