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Weather Review....#FriYAY

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  • If a low pressure system moves off of the ocean and onto a mountainside, on which side will it rain?
    the side closest to the ocean
  • What is the phenomena where there is unusual cooling in the Pacific Ocean?
    La Nina
  • Name 4 global winds.
    Polar Easterlies, Prevailing Westerlies, Trade Winds, Doldrums, Jet Stream
  • Which instrument measures the amount of humidity/water vapor in the air?
    hygrometer
  • What effect does El Nino have on our winter weather in North Carolina?
    milder (warmer), less snow and more rain/floods
  • What is the area of calm directly ON the equator called?
    doldrums
  • Look.
    C
  • Look.
    B
  • If it is the month of October in North Carolina, what season is it in South Africa?
    Spring
  • Look.
    C
  • Or maybe it's a warm from, ohhhh....
    slowly moving bring water, ayyyy
  • Occluded warm air's cut off, oohhh
    Cool air squashes and cools it, ehhhhh
  • Cool air is more/less dense than warm air.
    More
  • What is responsible for Earth's seasos?
    the tilt of the earth on its axis
  • Warm air meet cold, a stand off...
    stationary fronts rain....
  • Warm is is more/less dense than cool air.
    Less
  • What part of the earth gets direct sun all year long?
    equator
  • Winds are named...
    from the direction in which they come.
  • What is the band/current of air that circulates around the top of the earth?
    Jet Stream
  • Look.
    Humberto
  • Look.
    D
  • Where do trade winds occur?
    at the equator
  • Do you know if it's a cold front ohhhh.....
    moving quickly changing weather, ayyyyy
  • Look.
    A
  • Which instrument measure air pressure?
    Barometer
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