Geography, 28.11.2019 06:31 khloenm309
1. consider a line of thunderstorms 30 miles wide and suppose (for simplicity) that the rainfall rate everywhere within this band of thunderstorms is 1.5 inches per hour. assume that the line of thunderstorms is oriented in a north-south direction and that it moves due east. how much rain will fall at a location over which the storms pass if the storms move at 30 mph (3 points)? 30miles wide going 30mph 60 miles covered by storm each hour 1.5 inches of rainfall in one spot over which this storm passes. 2. by what factor would the total rainfall at a location increase if the storms only moved eastward at 10 mph (2 points)? 3. what conclusion can you draw between the speed of thunderstorms and the risk of flooding (2 points)?
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