Meteorology » Hurricanes and Other Storms

Test your cloud identification skills by working through the following activities:

Wisconsin1. Typhoon Fengshen (2001)
The west Pacific counterpart of a Hurricane is a Typhoon. They're both tropical cyclones, just named differently relative to their location.

Click on the image to test your ability to identify features of Typhoon Fengshen.

image2. Thunderstorm anvils and Overshooting Tops
Rising air in thunderstorms spreads out when it hits the tropopause, forming what looks like an anvil from the ground. Can you pick out the anvils in this visible image? How about the overshooting tops?

Click on the image to the right to begin the activity and test your skills.