1. LAND BREEZE***
OCCURS AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER WATER AT NIGHT DUE TO SPECIFIC HEAT DIFFERENCES. GOES FROM THE LAND OUT TO THE WATER

3. SEA BREEZE*
OCCURS AS LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPS OVER LAND DURING HEAT OF DAY. AIR FLOWS FROM OCEAN TO LAND BRINGING IN COOLING WINDS.

5. KATABATIC WIND COLD DRY MOUNTAIN WIND ALSO KNOWN AS MISTRAL & BORA
CAN CAUSE EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

7. CHINOOK WINDS
WARM AND DRY MOUNTAIN WIND BRINGING RAPID TEMPERATURE INCREASES
ALSO KNOWN AS ZONDA, FOEHN, & SANTA ANA

9. MONSOON* SEASONAL REVERSAL OF WIND
DRY MONSOON OCCURS IN WINTER WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER WATER
WET MONSOON OCCURS IN SUMMER WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER LAND

12. AIR MASSES & FRONTS
Chapter 19

13. AIR MASS
A LARGE BODY OF AIR THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE SAMENESS OF TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY

14. SOURCE REGION******
THE AREA WHERE AN AIR MASS ACQUIRES ITS PROPERTIES OF TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE
CONTINENTAL – LAND [DRY]
MARITIME OR MARINE – WATER [MOIST]

15. AIR MASSES*********

16. FRONTS********
BOUNDARIES THAT SEPARATE AIR MASSES OF DIFFERENT DENSITIES
WARM – OVER RUNNING
COLD
OCCLUDED - PINCHING
STATIONARY

17. WARM FRONT

18. COLD FRONT

19. OCCLUDED

22. STATIONARY FRONT

23. MID-LATITUDE CYCLONES***
PRIMARY WEATHER PRODUCERS IN MID- LATITUDES [30 –60 DEGREES]
LARGE CENTERS OF LOW PRESSURE THAT GENERALLY TRAVEL FROM WEST TO EAST LASTING FROM A FEW DAYS TO MORE THAN A WEEK
COUNTERCLOCKWISE MOTION