as a hurricane or tropical storm approaches your location, it's forward speed decreases from 20 kt to 10 kt. How might this affe

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svlad2 [7]

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as a hurricane or tropical storm approaches your location, it's forward speed decreases from 20 kt to 10 kt. How might this affe

ct rainfall?

Physics

2 answers:

erik [133] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-16T13:00:04+03:00

Answer:

<h2>c. More total rainfall from a slower moving storm.</h2>

Explanation:

Choices for this question are

a. Less flooding because rain will have more time to soak into the ground.

b. Less total rainfall from a weakening system.

c. More total rainfall from a slower moving storm.

d. Shorter period under the rainbands.

When hurricane's forward speed decreases, they will last more time, because their energy is gonna last more. This means that the rainfall will also last more days. Even-though, slower hurricanes tend to last more time because of this, so, the chances of happening floods is higher, because the rainfall will continue for more days.

zzz [600] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-16T11:13:32+03:00

Answer:

The correct answer is c. More total rainfall from a slower moving storm.

When the the forward speed of the hurricanes and tropical storms slows down they tend to increase the rainfall. Because of the slow movement the storm can be for few days over a given region and produce rainfall without stopping, thus create major flooding, pilling up of the coastal water, and produce persistent strong winds even though they have decreased in their forward speed.

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