In a hurricane, the eye wall represents
a. the exact center of the storm.
b. the area of broken cloudiness at the center.
c. a region of light winds and low pressure.
d. a zone of intense thunderstorms around the center.
e. a layer of cirrus cloud in the center of the storm.
Q. 2Which would you least expect to observe as the eye of a hurricane passes directly over your area?
a. an increase in surface temperature
b. a very low surface pressure reading
c. high winds
d. little or no precipitation
e. an area relatively free of clouds
Q. 3In the Northern Hemisphere, hurricanes and middle latitude cyclones are similar in that both
a. have surface weather fronts.
b. intensify with increasing height above the ground.
c. have winds that blow counterclockwise around their centers.
d. will generally move from west to east.
e. have winds that blow clockwise around their centers.
Q. 4The vertical structure of the hurricane shows an upper-level ____ of air, and a surface ____ of air.
a. outflow; inflow
b. stagnation; outflow
c. inflow; outflow
d. inflow; inflow
e. stagnation; inflow
Q. 5Pressure at the center of a hurricane is ____ the surroundings at the surface and ____ than the surroundings aloft.
a. higher than; lower
b. lower than; higher
c. the same as; lower
d. higher than; higher
e. the same as; lower
Q. 6Suppose the eye of a hurricane passed directly over you, and you survived the experience. If winds were from the northeast as the eyewall first approached you, from what direction did the winds blow when the eyewall reached you the second time?
a. NW
b. NE
c. SE
d. SW
e. N
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