Name_______Spencer Fayles_______________________

Date___11/26/16______________________

Answer sheet

Hurricane Mitch

In the eye of the storm

Task 2: Record the capital cities of the Central
American countries

Q1) Record the capitals of Central American countries in the table

below.
Central America Prior to Hurricane Mitch
Populated places
Country

Transportation
Precipitation

Agricultural
use

Capital

Distribution

Roads

Railroad
s

Airport
s

Belize

Belmopa
n

Throughout the
country, but
concentrated
around the
capital

Sparse
network

None

One
near the
coast

Primarily
1,4012,800
mm

Primarily
forest, with
some irrigated
land and little
cropland

Guatemala

Guatema
la

Throughout the
country, but
concentrated
around the
capital

Good
network
, more
roads
around
Capital.

Only in
lower
half,
goes
through
the
Capital

9
spread
through
out
country

1,000-5,600
mm

Mostly forest,
also has
irrigated land,
cop land, little
non-irrigated
land.

Honduras

Tegucig
alpa

West half of
Honduras is
more populated
than the East half

Few
large
roads.

Only a
few on
the North
Coast

11,
mostly
in the
populat
ed
areas

600-2,800 mm

Lots of forest
& non-irrigated
land, some
crop land &
grazing land.

El Salvador

San
Salvador

Heavily
populated around
its capital

Only a
few
major
roads,
all lead
to
Capital

Railroad
goes
North to
South of
whole
Country

4
airports,
2 are
close to
the
Capital

1,400-2800
mm

Mostly crop
land with
some grazing
lands and
forested
wetlands

Nicaragua

Managua

Most populated
on its West coast
and around its
Capital.

Almost
all
major
roads
are on
West
coast

One
railroad
around
the
Capital

8 in the
populat
ed
places.
Most
are by
Capital

Wide variety
between 6005600 mm

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Mix of forest,
grazing land,
crop land,
forested
wetlands

Costa Rica

San Jose

Distributed pretty
evenly but the
majority is on its
West Coast

A few
major
roads
running
through
pop.
places

Railroad
going
from
west to
east, and
one at
bottom

Many in
Costa
Rica

1000-5600
mm

Mix of crop
land, forest,
grazing land,
& forested
wetlands

Panama

Panama

West coast is
concentrated,
very few on
eastern half

One
major
road
going
through
country

Very few
and
small

Lots of
Airports,
by
populat
ed
areas

1400-4000
mm

Mix of crop
land, forest,
grazing land,
& forested
wetlands

Task 3: Identify the population centers, transportation

routes, and land use of the countries in Central
America
Q2) Fill in the Populated places: Distribution column and the two
Transportation columns (Railroads and Airports) in the table in Q1.
Q3) Analyze the annual precipitation for each country and fill in the
Precipitation column in the table in Q1.
Q4) Fill in the last column (Agricultural use) in the table in Q1.
Q5) Which country has the largest proportion of its area devoted to
crops?__El Salvador__________
Q6) Which country is the most mountainous?
______Honduras_____________________________
Q7) Fill in the Transportation: Roads column in the table in Q1. Which
country has the largest proportion of its territory covered by roads?
___El Salvador_________________

Task 4: Track Hurricane Mitch

Q8) When was Tropical Storm Mitch at this location? __

10/22/15Z

__________________________
Q9) What was Mitchs wind speed at this location?
_30.00_____________________________
Q10) When was Hurricane Mitch at this location? ____
10/24/09Z

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Q11) What was Mitchs wind speed at this location?

__80.00____________________________
Q12) When was Hurricane Mitch at this location?
___10/27/21Z_____________________________
Q13) What was Mitchs wind speed at this location?
___135.00___________________________
Q14) How long did it take for Tropical Storm Mitch to become a category 5
hurricane? Write down the time for each event and determine the
difference.
Hurricane5 time point:
____10/26/12z_____________________________________________
Tropical_Storm time point:
__10/24/03z____________________________________________
Time difference: ____2 days 9
hours___________________________________________________
Q15) What was Hurricane Mitchs maximum wind speed during this
period? _155__________
Task 5: Measure the size of the storm

Q16) What was the very largest diameter of the eye of Hurricane Mitch?
_____18.5 miles_____________________
Q17) What was the very largest diameter of Hurricane Mitch?
780 miles
Q18) What changes in size, location, and cloud cover did you see in the
storm as it made landfall?
It got smaller the longer it was on land. It moved south
rapidly once it got to land. In the ocean there was almost no
space in between any clouds but as time went on the clouds
appeared to disperse.

Task 6: Analyze rainfall from Hurricane Mitch

Q19) What pattern do you notice in the amount of rainfall?

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__Its concentrated around the eye of the storm, but also lots of rain
outside the storm by Nicaragua and El Salvadors
coast_______________________________________________________________
_
Q20) Is this a pattern you expected to find? Why or why not?
_____I was surprised at the large amount of rain outside of the eye
because that is where things are most violent
typically.____________________________________________________________
____
Q21) What is the highest range of rainfall in the Rain4 layer?
______2429_______________________________________________________________
Q22) Which country received the majority of this heavy rain?
_____Nicaragua_____________________________________________________
___________
Q23) Describe the difference between the rainfall patterns on October 30
(Rain4 layer) and October 31 (Rain5 layer).
_Rain was a lot more spread out in the rain 4 layer. In the Rain5
layer it was much more bunched in a couple areas rather than
spread out. The storm also moved Southwest.
Q24) Estimated Damage Assessment: Look over the data you have
collected and assess where you think most of the damage occurred
in Central America during Hurricane Mitch. What kind of damage do
you expect to find with this type of storm? What regions will be
most affected? What aspects of the region (industrialization, land
use, transportation, etc.) will be most affected? Use the table in Q1
as a resource.
I think most of the damage took place in Honduras and Nicaragua.
The Hurricane passed more through Honduras than anywhere else
but there was also very heavy rain in Nicaragua. I believe in
Honduras the storm surge would have flooded many buildings and
could have drowned people close by. Nicaragua has many roads so I
believe the roads were very flooded. So, transportation in Nicaragua
would have been most affected. In Honduras, they have lots of
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