Questions 2.3

1.  Hail with diameter 2cm or more, wind gust of 90km per hour, flash flooding
2. Severe storms usually affect small suburbs rather than big cities
3. Warm humid air is pushed upward into the atmosphere by wind.
4. 'Latent heat' is when warm, humid air is pushed upwards by wind. The moisture releases latent heat which makes the air more buoyant, which allows the water to rise higher and freeze, often forming ice crystals and hail.
5. The Anvil Head
6. The Outflow
7. The Bureau of Meteorology issues the warnings and these warnings are developed by the bureau of Meteorology's weather radars.
8. Severe storms remain a highly unpredictable natural hazard because we cannot really predict them or see them coming until they are happening or just about to happen.
9. A) 13 November 2006 1:14 PM  B) Kurri Kurri, Lochinvar, Nelson Bay and Anna Bay  C) 2:10 PM  D) I would make sure to evacuate everyone from the school and if that cannot be done move into a classroom or building with no windows and hold up until the storm finishes.