Climate
Rainy seasons
Dry seasons
Deserts x 4
- Deadly Desert (gassy)
- Great Sandy Waste
- Impassable Desert
- Shifting Sands
Nonestic Ocean
Mountains
The Underground and underground lands
Swamps
Storms, Cyclones, and Typhoons
Cyclones and Tornadoes
“The Cyclone” that struck Munchkin Country is the most infamous storm in Oz history. The only EF5 ever recorded in the Realm caused one death and injured several dozen.
Cyclone intensity scale is the Enhanced __________ or EF scale. The scale was created after The Cyclone.
Tropical Storms
Typhoon Categories 1 – 5
Who makes the name list? Int’l met org?
The Department of Meteorological Prognostication (OzMet)
Also, sometimes called “The Met Office.”
Watches and warnings are issued by OzMet during severe weather events. The warning announcements are broadcast by local stations, including WZMQ and Oz Public Radio, breaking into programming as necessary.
OzMet Forecast Offices & Local Radar Sites
- HQ: The Emerald City (KEMC)
- Bear Center, Winkie Country (KBER)
- Patch, Winkie Country (KPCH)
- Tin Castle, Winkie Country (KTIN)
- Kiamo Ko, Winkie Country (KIAM)
- Northern Blue Forest, Munchkin Country (KNBF)
- U, Munchkin Country (KUUU)
- Sapphire City, Munchkin Country (KSAF)
- Center Munch, Munchkin Country (KCMN)
- Tappy Town, Munchkin Country (KTAP)
- Bourne, Quadling Country (KBRN)
- SE Quadling, Quadling Country (KSEQ)
- Shiz, Gillikin Country (KSHZ)
- Gillikin East, Gillikin Country (KGLE)
- Kite Island, Gillikin Country (KITE)
- Ozwoz, Gillikin Country (KWOZ)
