NAMEWIND SPEEDLANDFALLDATE

Arlene60 Pensacola, FL06/11/05

Cindy75 Grand Isle, LA07/05/05

Dennis130 Pensacola, FL07/10/05

Katrina150 Hollywood, FL08/25/05

KatrinaBuras,LA & Ansely,MS08/29/05

Rita150 Sabine Pass, TX & Johnson's Bayou, LA09/24/05

Tammy45 Jacksonville, FL10/05/05

Wilma150Everglades City, FL10/24/05

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2005 Atlantic Hurricanes and U.S. StreamflowData Visualizations

WilmaImage credit: NCDC/NOAA

2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season Records

27 named storms formed during the 2005 season. This is the most named storms in a single season, breaking the old record of 21 named storms set in 1933.

14 hurricanes formed during the 2005 season. This is the most hurricanes in a single season, breaking the old record of 12 hurricanes set in 1969.

7 major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher) formed during the 2005 season.

4 Category 5 hurricanes formed during the 2005 season (Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma). This is the most Category 5 hurricanes recorded in a single season.

7 named storms made United States landfall during 2005 (Arlene, Cindy, Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Tammy and Wilma). An eighth storm, Ophelia, brushed the coast of North Carolina in 2005, but did not make an official landfall.

National Climate Data Center, NOAA August 21, 2006

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2005/hurricanes05.html

Tropical Storm ArlenePath Track

Detroit, Michigan

Pensacola, Florida

Hurricane Cindy

Hurricane Dennis

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Rita

Tropical Storm Tammy

National Climate Data Center, NOAA August 21, 2006http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2005/hurricanes05.html

PAUSE THE PRESENTATION IF NECESSARY

Picture the previous seven visualizations as you copy the data in the table below:

Continue the presentation when ready ...

You will compare this data to that appearing in the following series of visualizations:

Monthly Streamflow Data Visualization for June October 2005

U.S. Department of the Interior || U.S. Geological SurveyURL: http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/Maintainer: Office of Surface Water.

Each of the following map visualizations depicts streamflow conditions as computed at U.S. Geologic Survey gaging stations on rivers and streams.

BLACKEXTREME HIGH (Flood)

BLUEMUCH ABOVE NORMAL

AQUAABOVE NORMAL

GREENNORMAL

ORANGE BELOW NORMAL

MAROON MUCH BELOW NORMAL

REDEXTREME LOW (Drought)

Data is represented on the maps using the color code above

Compare your seven named storms' data to each month's visualization

Note the changing patterns, time frames, and locations as the visualizations loop through each month once

Pause or rewind the presentation if necessary

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

FINAL THOUGHTS: 2005 Atlantic Hurricanes andU.S. Streamflow Data Visualizations

SHARE YOUR OBSERVATIONS!

Could you recognize when the seven named storms made landfall? How?

Could you follow the path of the storm as it moved over time? How?

What was the timeline for the effects of some of these storms, from before to well after landfall?

Did any patterns emerge?

Was the eighth named storm recognizable?(Ophelia, the one that never made landfall but brushed the coast of North Carolina) When did it occur?

Rewind the presentation and share, point out your observations.

CREDITS:

All animations, data, images and visualizations are courtesy of the U.S. Government

(as previously noted): NCDC/NOAA/USGS

The presentation was created by Scott Ashwell.

This data is granted free access by NOAA and USGS for K-13 educational purposes.