Miami-Dade County Hurricane Emergency and Evacuation Plan
Gearing Up for the Hurricane or Sever Storm Residents spend hundreds of dollars every year purchasing hurricane supplies such as bottled water, gasoline and nonperishable
Gearing Up for the Hurricane or Sever Storm Residents spend hundreds of dollars every year purchasing hurricane supplies such as bottled water, gasoline and nonperishable
Isobar The line drawn on a weather map connecting points of equal barometric pressure. Barometric Pressure The pressure exerted by the atmosphere at a given
Isotherm The line of equal or constant air temperature. If something is isothermal, it is of equal or constant temperature with respect to either time
Jet Stream An area of strong winds that are concentrated in a relatively narrow band in the upper troposphere of the middle latitudes and subtropical
Kelvin Temperature Scale A temperature scale with the freezing point of +273°K (Kelvin) and the boiling point of +373° K. It is used primarily for
Few events on Earth rival the sheer power of a hurricane. Hurricanes produce enough rain to fill over 22 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, and results
Knot A nautical unit of speed equal to the velocity at which one nautical mile is traveled in one hour. Used primarily by marine interests
Land Breeze A diurnal coastal breeze that blows offshore, from the land to the sea. It is caused by the temperature difference when the sea
The use of short, distinctive names is quicker and less subject to error than latitude-longitude identification or other naming conventions. This is especially important in
Landfall The point at which a tropical cyclone’s eye first crosses a land mass. Tropical Cyclone A warm core low pressure system which develops over
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