Hurricane Rita was a major storm that struck the Gulf Coast in late September 2005, less...

  

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Hurricane Rita was a major storm that struck the Gulf Coast in late September 2005, less than a month after Hurricane Katrina. The graph below shows changes in air pressure and wind speed from the storm's beginning as an unnamed tropical disturbance north of the Dominican Republic on September 18, until its last remnants dissipated as a post-tropical low in Illinois on September 26. Read this graph to answer the following: a. Which line represents air pressure, and which line represents wind speed? Explain how you can tell. b. What was the approximate maximum wind speed for the storm shown on this graph? c. What was the approximate minimum air pressure for the storm shown on this graph? d. According to the data provided on this graph, what was the highest classification of this storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale (page 311)? e. When the storm made landfall, what was the category of the storm? 160 140 1000 Landfall 120 a 100 960 80 b 920 40 880 20 9/19/05 9/21/05 9/23/05 9/25/05 Maximum sustained wind (knots) 60 Pressure (mb) Hurricane Rita was a major storm that struck the Gulf Coast in late September 2005, less than a month after Hurricane Katrina. The graph below shows changes in air pressure and wind speed from the storm's beginning as an unnamed tropical disturbance north of the Dominican Republic on September 18, until its last remnants dissipated as a post-tropical low in Illinois on September 26. Read this graph to answer the following: a. Which line represents air pressure, and which line represents wind speed? Explain how you can tell. b. What was the approximate maximum wind speed for the storm shown on this graph? c. What was the approximate minimum air pressure for the storm shown on this graph? d. According to the data provided on this graph, what was the highest classification of this storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale (page 311)? e. When the storm made landfall, what was the category of the storm? 160 140 1000 Landfall 120 a 100 960 80 b 920 40 880 20 9/19/05 9/21/05 9/23/05 9/25/05 Maximum sustained wind (knots) 60 Pressure (mb)

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Answer 3 i Air pressure a ii Wind speed b Hurricanes quickly weaken when passing over land surfaces ... View the full answer