Learn how thunderstorms build, hurricanes form, tornadoes destroy, and about crazy weather phenomena. Included are fascinating insights into weather patterns of the past, including Noah's Flood and the Ice Age, and wather in the future. Describe the effect an Arctic cold front has on the Great Lakes area. Answer Key The Earth's seasons are due to the tilt of its axis.
Longer days allow more sunshine to warm the ground and atmosphere.
The weather conditions during a blizzard are winds over 35 mph, and poor visibility. A monsoon is six months of rain in the tropics. Doppler weather radar can track the details of a hurricane and thus provide warning to the population of an area threatened. A foehn wind is a relatively warm and dry wind descending a mountain front. Arctic cold fronts cause high evaporation rates as they pass over the Great Lakes, triggering heavy snowstorms once they hit land.