Hurricane Web QuestNames: ______
Directions: Go to each web site about hurricanes and complete the questions. After you have finished the web quest you will create a Most Wanted poster for hurricanes. Be sure to read all the information on the website not just what is needed for the question! You are becoming an expert hurricane scientist.

  1. Hurricane winds range from ______to ______miles per hour.
  2. The wind creates high waves and pushes the water on shore. The water surge can be ______feet high. ______cause most of the fatalities (death) and damage.
  3. Describe the rain that can come with hurricanes.
  4. What are three ways people can stay safe during a hurricane?
  5. Define/describe the following parts of a hurricane:
  6. Eye
  7. Eyewall
  8. Rain bands

Go to the following website to explore how a hurricane forms and maintains strength.

  1. What is the relationship between sea temperatures and hurricane strength?
  2. What happened to your hurricane when you moved the high (H) pressure system around?
  3. How big did your hurricane get? ______What did you have to do to get the hurricane to be that big?
  4. In the space below…create a chart or list of the hurricane categories. Include the wind speed and extent of damage for each category.

Look at the pictures at the bottom of the page. Describe Florida’s experiences with hurricane’s based on this information.

Go to the National Hurricane Center website:

  1. List the types of information you find on this website.
    (Example: Public Advisory #55 Rainfall Potential)
  2. Click on the red hurricane symbol for Jose on the map. Use the key at the bottom of the new map to answer the questions:
  3. What is Jose’s current category?
  4. Where and what is Jose expected to be each day this week until Sunday?
  5. Go back to the National Hurricane Center homepage and click on Irma. Describe it’s condition.

Go to the Weather Underground website:

  1. Add today’s points for hurricane Jose to your hurricane tracking map.
  2. Explain why Jose has such a different path than Irma had. Why doesn’t it make a straight path to Florida or the east coast of the United States? Why do you think it is just going in a circle and loosing strength? Think about your previous activities.

Use the data packets we had for the hurricane tracking map.

  1. Analyzing the information on one of the maps, what can you infer about the relationship between air pressure and the category of a hurricane?
  2. When analyzing the data, How can you correlate wind speed with air pressure?
  3. What happens to the air pressure as the storm category increased (got more deadly)
  4. What type of weather can be found in a hurricane?

Use the following website to research the internal structure of a storm.

  1. Use the diagram to describe the differences in the winds inside a hurricane. Note…you MUST read above and below the picture!
  2. Tell the name, date and diameter of the largest and smallest cyclone (hurricane).
  3. Read about Hurricane Andrew and Katrina. What made them more intense and dangerous storms before hitting land?

Click on the following website and follow the directions to create your own hurricane.