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Aerial footage shows the calm before the storm at Myrtle Beach. Buy License Save video to folders Share video. Report this video as inappropriate Please select the category that most closely reflects your concern about the video, so that we can review it and determine whether it violates our terms and conditions or isn't appropriate for all viewers. Fortunately, the science behind storms can help us understand the calm that sometimes comes before them.

The fuel that storms run on is warm, moist air. As a storm approaches, it pulls warm, moist air from the atmosphere all around it. It can even pull air from the direction in which it's traveling. As air is drawn into a storm , it leaves a low-pressure vacuum in the area it came from. The warm, moist air travels up through storm clouds, cooling and condensing as it feeds the storm clouds. However, updrafts quickly push the air out of the tops of the storm clouds. Once it gets pushed out, it descends back down toward Earth, drawn by areas with low-pressure vacuums or, in other words, right back where it came from!

As the air descends, it gets warmer and drier. This warm, dry air that settles back down to Earth is stable. As it covers an area, things tend to get quiet and calm. This is the calm before the storm! Of course, things don't always happen this way. There are many different types of storms that can behave in many different ways. Sometimes storms aren't preceded by calm. Instead, they announce their arrival with wild winds and cracks of thunder.

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I really liked the video for this wonder!!!!! It made me want to go swimming really bad!!!! We love your enthusiasm, Happy Girl! We bet you'll enjoy this underwater adventure-- fish are excellent swimmers: Thanks very much, Wonder Friend Y! We hope you take a look at our Wonder to find out what causes that calm before the storm, Hannah! Thanks for visiting Wonderopolis today, Wonder Friend!

Great point, EPES 5th grader! Sometimes storms can be different, but you might be familiar with the calm before a tornado! If you've ever had to go into the basement of your school or home due to tornado warnings, the calm before the storm is very real. We are so glad that you mentioned the sky-- it is usually overcast before it rains or storms!

We bet you could do some research of your own to find out if every animal has their own scent. However, a lot of animals use scent as their main sense-- just like humans rely on sight and sound to find their ways around. I love science do you have any science based stuff on here because I've never been on before?????

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You've done a great job using your imaginations to guess a movin' and shakin' Wonder for tomorrow! We can't wait to find out what it will be-- we're oh-so-glad you're here today! Well, really what is the calm before the storm? Is it so that all of the animals and people get inside safe? That's a great Wonder, Gina M!

We would love to think that the science of weather which creates a calm before the storm has a purpose! How cool that you connected the dots and thought of the safety of others! I remember once there was Abigail storm here in Chicago there was almost a tornado. It ended up being a funnel cloud. Hi there, Ethan, thanks for sharing your weather comment today! We think it's interesting that there was nearly a tornado, but it didn't make it all them way to formation! We know that Illinois has a lot of tornado warnings because of all the flat land in the state!

We bet it was cool to see the Abigail storm from a safe distance! Thanks for sharing your comment today, Wonder Friend C! We sure are glad you learned something new today! We enjoyed the answer to today's question. The video was surprising to us. While it helped to relax us after recess, it lacked the excitement that some of the other videos have had.

We think tomorrow's wonder will be about: Hello Wonder Friends in Mrs. Wall's 4th grade class! We are glad you liked learning about our stormy Wonder today! This particular Wonder is a bit more calming than the others-- we agree! We LOVE your guesses for tomorrow's guess-- we can hardly sit still as we wait for tomorrow's Wonder! Hi there, Jacob, we Wonder what your favorite part of today's Wonder was? We think it's great that you're using your imagination with all of us here at Wonderopolis!

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We have calms before our storms in class, we get quiet and then we start talking all at once. Can't wait to see tomorrow's wonder! That's a great example of a calm before the storm-- way to go Mrs. We love your nature-themed guesses for tomorrow's Wonder-- we can't wait to see you again to find out! We have a lot of ideas about tomorrow's wonder We can hardly stay put to find out!


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We Wonder if you'd like to share something you learned from Mike's visit to your school!? We think a calm before a storm may be scary. We know that animals know there is a storm coming before we do. We think tomorrow's wonder will be about student not staying put, a dog not staying put, an exited child. Hello, Wonder Friends in Ms.