Friday, February 17, 2012

Thunderstorms By Ruby and Emma


WALT: Identify KEY words and summarize information in a text.

Thunderstrorms can be cumulonimbus clouds or puffy clouds when warm air and cold air mix.
Thunderstorm's are very severe when hail is more then two centimeters wide it is also very severe when the wind gusts are more then 90 kilometers per hour.
Thunderstorms are tracked by radar.
Weather radar send out microwaves.
meteorologists work out when a thunderstorm is forming and they can track up to 400 kilometre's away. Weather radar are installed at many buildings and are also carried on air crafts and ships.
When thunderstorms have been detected meteorologists give information to radio stations,brood casts. Emergency services get ready for a lot of calls.
A thunderstorm can cause flooding.Hail destroys crops, cars and buildings and may injure people.Lighting may kill people.High winds damage buildings or blow down trees.

By Emma and Ruby.

5 comments:

  1. Hi Emma and Ruby,

    I can see that these storms and floods are very dangerous and it could even injure or even kill many people.I love your picture that you drew.You made the clouds smiled around the outsides.Fabulous!You talked about how Hail destroys Crops,high winds destroy buildings and can blow down trees.Also that a thunderstorm can cause flooding.
    You two rock!I look forward to reading more of your writing on this blog!
    Well done girls.
    Jennifer

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  2. Excellent use of climatic vocabulary.

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  3. Hi Emma and Ruby,

    I never new you could call puffy clouds cumulonimbus,
    I love your pic it realy stands out.
    Keep up the good work!

    Emily.

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  4. HI Emma & Ruby

    Your KidPix skills have really improved since last year, great job. Also I must agree with Mr Barker fabulous use of technical words to support your summary. Two thumbs up!

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  5. Hi Emma and Ruby

    you really showed some detail on your lovely picture I also really like all your interesting facts
    well done.

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