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Global and local winds
Today Hurricanes Beginning of a video –the video will be at the library (“Hurricane Katrina: the storm that drowned a city”) on reserve in media services.
Sun = Energy driving weatherSun = Energy driving weather Equator = warm; Poles = cold why?Equator = warm; Poles = cold why? Daytime: air over land.
CLOUDS
Winds. Wind is the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. All winds are caused by differences in air pressure.
Tornadoes....The recent Oklahoma experience.
Climate – a region’s weather conditions average over thousands of years Includes temperature and moisture averages.
Global Winds. Air Movement Wind is the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure Wind is the movement of air caused by differences in air.
Thunderstorms Tornadoes Huricanes. Ordinary Thunderstorms Three stages have been identified in ordinary thunderstorms: a)an unstable atmosphere and vertical.
CLOUDS. What are clouds? .
Global and Local Winds. Air Movement Wind is the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure Wind is the movement of air caused by differences.
