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Weather Hot Air Rises Coriolis Force bends moving things to the right in the northern hemisphere Cold air holds less water Air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure

Hot Air Rises Air can hold less water at higher altitudes 1. Hot air rises over land due to heating by the sun. 2. The rising air leaves less air in one spot, low pressure forms. 3. Generally, from 3,000 to 5,000 feet, the air cools, high pressure develops. 4. Meanwhile, over the cooler water, air sinks, leaving less air aloft. 5. More air piles up at the surface of the water, high pressure forms. 6. Air moves from high pressure to low pressure. 7. The sea breeze generally forms during the afternoon. This creates a mini cold front that helps lift air upward to create thunderstorms.

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Coriolis Force Result of earth spinning In Northern Hemisphere, Coriolis Force deflects moving objects to the RIGHT Force is proportional to velocity Force is a function of latitude (zero at equator)

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Global Conveyor Belt

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El Nino Conditions

Weather Hot Air Rises Coriolis Force bends moving things to the right in the northern hemisphere Cold air holds less water Air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure Land warms and cools faster than the ocean

What d you notice?

What do you notice?

Fronts Cold front Warm front

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Santa Ana Winds Warm Form –Santa Ana Winds from east, high pressure in Great Basin, low pressure over Pacific Descending cold, dry winds from Rockies/Sierra Nevadas Warms adiabatically in Fall and Winter –10C per 1000 m descent (29C per mile) – vell/ASother/mm5/SantaAna/S A03_rhu_nowind.GIF –Fohn Alps  Germany Crazy times Image courtesy of NASA

Monsoons Indian Ocean Land cools faster than ocean in winter Land warms faster than ocean in summer Image courtesy of Saravask, WikipediaSaravask

SeaBreezes Image courtesy of Jesús Gómez Fernández, WikipediaJesús Gómez Fernández Image courtesy of Vaughan Weather, WikipediaVaughan Weather Image courtesy of Federal Aviation Administration, Wikipedia

Rain Shadow Orographic Winds Adiabatic cooling with altitude Latent heat released with rain Image courtesy of WikipediaWikipedia

Hurricanes Hurricane Katrina Image courtesy of NASA

Geostrophic Balance Coriolis Force Pressure Gradient Force Strong cyclonic winds circulate counterclockwise in the Northern hemisphere around a low pressure zone LO Image courtesy of WikipediaWikipedia Image courtesy of NASA

Spiral Winds Friction slows wind CF reduced

Convection Hot, moist air rises Colder,dry air descends More buoyancy differences make “deeper” convection- thunderstorms RainBands Image courtesy of NASA Images removed due to copyright restrictions. Image courtesy of NASA

Conservation of Mass Air spiraling in Conservation of angular momentum –Smaller radius, higher wind velocities Air must be exhausted (vented) Anticyclone at high altitude Images removed due to copyright restrictions.

Hurricane Formation Inter-Tropical Convergence Drifts off equator  Tropical depression Images removed due to copyright restrictions.

Surface Cooling Extract latent heat of evaporation leaves cool tracks Image courtesy of NASA

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Nor’Easters Heat from warm ocean Cold from land Jet Stream disturbance Image courtesy of NASA Images removed due to copyright restrictions.