A tornado positioned over water is called what?
Waterspout
Bill Murray plays the part of a meteorologist in what movie?
Groundhog Day
How many colors are there in the rainbow?
7
Meteorology is a branch of what science?
Atmospheric
Meteorology truly started to thrive in what century?
18th
Of the rainbow's seven main colors, which is the middle color?
Green
The Atlantic hurricane season begins on what date?
June 1st
The difference between hurricanes and typhoons is what?
Location
The first daily weather forecast ever printed appeared in what newspaper?
London Times
The process of collecting weather data from remote areas so that it can be displayed as geographical information is known as what?
Remote sensing
The word "meteorology" comes from what language?
Greek
Tornadoes in the United States are most likely to travel in
what direction?
East
What ancient Greek wrote a book about forecasting the weather called "The Book of Signs"?
Theophrastus
What are Mistral, Föhn and Scirocco?
Winds
What are stratus, cumulus and cirrus examples of?
Clouds
What is a tropical hurricane that arises over the Indian Ocean called?
Cyclone
What is an almost vertical whirlwind from a severe thunderstorm called?
Tornado
What is the atmospheric layer closest to the earth called?
Troposphere
What is the hot wind from the south or south east thata blows a couple of times a year across the Canary Islands called?
Calima
What is the name of the scale that defines tropical hurricane strengths?
Saffir-Simpson scale
What is the phenomenon that occurs in the Pacific Ocean just after Christmas every four to seven years?
El Niño
What is the scale, named after and English admiral, that wind force is measured?
The Beaufort Scale
What is the world record for the highest recorded
temperature of all time?
136 degrees fahrenheit
What part of the atmosphere do meteorologist study to make
their predictions?
Troposphere
What scale is used to measure tornado strength?
Fujita
What warning is released when winds are expected to be over 40 MPH for at least an hour?
High Wind Warning
What was the field in which Ted Fujita of the University of Chicago (introducer of the Fujita Scale) conducted research?
Storms
What was the name of the hurricane that devastated large portions of New Orleans in the United States in August 2005?
Katrina
What was the name of the hurricane that ravaged the Caribbean and Central America in October 1998?
Mitch
When was the first weather satellite launched?
1959
Which layer of the atmosphere is farthest away from the Earth?
Thermosphere
Which Supreme Court Justice was once a weather observer in
the military?
William Rehnquist