HURRICANE TRACKING & PLOTTING
TRACKING & PLOTTING
1) Read about how scientist TRACK
HURRICANES.
2) To obtain a NOAA TRACKING CHART visit this site or ask your teacher for a copy. Try the USA TODAY copy.
3) Practice your plotting skills by completing all of the Hurricane TRACKING ACTIVITIES. A finished copy of the activities must be included in your portfolio.
4) Complete the BIRTHDAY ACTIVITY . Click on Archive 1886-1998. Click on the hot text number next to the icon for the year you were born. Scroll down the page and look for the worst hurricane that year and click "Details" for the hurricane. Using latitude and longitude numbers, plot the path of the storm when it was classified as a hurricane on your hurricane tracking chart. Connect the plotted points to show the path of the hurricane.
A) List all of the hurricanes that occurred during the year you were born.
1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
B) List the maximum wind speed and category for the worst hurricane during the year that you were born.
5) Look for tropical storms WORLDWIDE. Record your observations.
6) Plot all ATLANTIC HURRICANES that occur from September through October of this season on NOAA tracking charts. Attach recorded observations and the daily Saffir-Simpsom Damage Potential to the tracking charts. Visit the Storm Data Archives/Data Directory for plotting information.
JOANNE
SIMPSON-2000-WITH A PHOTO OF HURRICANE BETSY
JOANNE SIMPSON - 1950 -
IN A WOOD'S HOLE RESEARCH AIRCRAFT
