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By Monday morning Oct 29, 2012, at least 7,500 flights have been cancelled. All major eastern coast airports will not be conducting flights and airlines have been flying their aircraft out of harm's way.
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How did Hurricane Sandy's wind form?
Hurricane Sandy's winds formed by the Sun heating air and that air convecting.
How did hurricane sandy arrive at our homes and neighborhoods?
Hurricane Sandy was created in the Caribbean, like many hurricanes, and then was carried northward by prevailing winds. Weather systems are embedded in larger air masses, and all the air in the world is moving in some way or another. Hurricane Sandy was then pushed westward into the U.S. east coast by a high pressure system to northeast.
How many flights were cancelled by Tuesday Oct 30 2012 because of Hurricane Sandy?
Over 18,000 air passenger flights into and out of eastern States were cancelled by Tuesday Oct 30 2012 because of Hurricane Sandy.
Why has hurricane sandy not hit Hinesville Ga?
Hurricane Sandy moved parallel to the U.S. east coast. The clockwise flow of air around a semi-permanent weather system called the Azores High prevent sandy from turning westward into the East Coast until it interacted with another system further north. ( Hurricane Sandy has already ended around 10/30/2012)
How did the tropical storm turn into hurricane sandy?
Tropical Storm Sandy became a hurricane in the same way as any other. The storm drew in moist air that was present due to warm ocean water. This moist air provided energy that strengthened the convection within the storm, causing the pressure to drop and pull air in with even grater force, which increased wind speeds. When those speeds reached 74 mph Sandy became a hurricane.
Can a sneeze travel as fast as a hurricane?
Yes, the air traveling out of your nose during a sneeze can travel up to 100 mph, which would be equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane.
How does air pressure and air temperature change as you travel towards the center of a hurricane?
Air pressure decreases while temperature increases.
How can a hurricane strengthen over cold water such as Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012?
As Hurricane Sandy was moving up the U.S. east coast it was undergoing something called extratropical transition, meaning it was losing the characteristics that defined it as a tropical cyclone (a hurricane or tropical storm) and was becoming an extratropical cyclone. Extratropical cyclones gain their energy from contrasting air temperatures rather than from warm ocean water. This temperature contrast was provided by a cold front connected to another extratropical cyclone that collided with Sandy. Sandy had completed extratropical transition by the time of landfall in New Jersey and so technically was no longer a hurricane.
How does a mountain affect air masses?
A big and strong mountain can deviate the direction of a hurricane and can sometimes break them.
How did hurricane sandy produce all its snow?
Hurricane Sandy was loosing tropical characteristics as it approached shore and was completely post tropical by the time of its landfall in New Jersey, so it technically wasn't a hurricane any more. By that time Sandy was a very large storm system and was merging with an extratropical low. The two systems, both rotating counterclockwise, pulled cold air down from Canada on their western sides, making it cold enough for snow in some of the more mountainous areas.
Do people really die from lack of air from a hurricane?
No, there is plenty of air (and air pressure) in a hurricane, and plenty of other ways to die in a hurricane.
Is the air rising or falling at the eye of the hurricane?
Air is falling in the eye of a hurricane.
