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    This document discusses weather and climate. It defines weather as the day-to-day atmospheric conditions in a place, while climate refers to the long-term patterns of temperature and precipitation over many years. The main factors that influence weather are described as temperature, air pressure, air masses, relative humidity, and wind movement. Different types of fronts are also outlined, including warm fronts, cold fronts, occluded fronts, and stationary fronts.

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    This document discusses weather and climate. It defines weather as the day-to-day atmospheric conditions in a place, while climate refers to the long-term patterns of temperature and precipitation over many years. The main factors that influence weather are described as temperature, air pressure, air masses, relative humidity, and wind movement. Different types of fronts are also outlined, including warm fronts, cold fronts, occluded fronts, and stationary fronts.

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    CHAPTER 9

    WEATHER AND
    CLIMATE

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    What Is Weather? Climate?
    Weather is the day-to-day condition of Earth's
    atmosphere at a particular time and place.
    Climate refers to the average year-after-year
    conditions of temperature and precipitation in a
    particular region.
    Both climate and weather are dynamic – they
    change with time
    weather are dynamic – they change w

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    Weather & Climate
    Definitions
    • Weather- “the state of the atmosphere with
    respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness,
    calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness”.
    • Climate – “the average course or condition
    of the weather at a place usually over a
    period of years as exhibited by temperature,
    wind velocity, and precipitation”

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    3 of 26
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    Main points to remember as we
    learn about weather:
    • The sun warms the earth’s surface and
    therefore all the air above the surface
    • The earth is warmed most at the equator
    and least at the poles---why?
    • The air above land is warmed more quickly
    than air above water.
    • Warm air expands and rises, creating an
    area of low pressure; cold air is dense and
    sinks, creating an area of high pressure
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    Elements that Influence Weather

    • Temperature
    • Air Pressure
    • Air Masses
    • Relative Humidity
    • Wind Movement
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    Elements that Influence Weather
    TEMPERATURE
    the average motion of molecules

    ↑ TEMP = ↑movement of molecules =


    feels hot
    ↓ TEMP = ↓movement of molecules =
    feels cold
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    Elements that Influence Weather

    Air Pressure
    • Warm air = expanding or rising
    air = leaves behind L pressure

    • Cold Air =sinking air = leaves


    an area of H pressure

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    Elements that Influence Weather

    Air Masses
    • Air masses are masses of air that have
    the same characteristics of the surface
    over which it develops
    • Pressure Systems
    descending (going down)=H pressure
    ascending (going up)=L pressure

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    Weather Foldable
    • Warm front
    • Cold front
    • Occluded front
    • Stationary Front

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    Fronts: the boundary between 2
    air masses
    • Warm Front: warm air slides over departing
    cold air- large bands of precipitation form

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    Cold Fronts
    • Cold air pushes under a warm air mass. Warm
    air rises quickly=narrow bands of violent
    storms form

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    Occluded Front
    • 2 air masses merge and force warm air
    between them to rise quickly. Strong winds
    and heavy precipitation will occur

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    Stationary Front
    • Warm or cold front stops moving. Light wind
    and precipitation may occur across the front
    boundary

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    Water in the Atmosphere: Humidity
    • Humidity: measure of the amount of water
    vapor stuck between molecules in the air.
    The air’s ability to hold water depends on
    the air temperature
    • The hotter the air, the more water the air can
    hold
    • Cold air: molecules move slower so
    droplets of water can start to stick together
    = condensation
    • Relative humidity: the amount of water
    vapor(%) compared to the amount the air
    can hold- tool used is a psychrometer.
    • 100%=air is saturated
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    Wind Movement
    • Uneven heating of
    the earth’s surface
    causes some areas to
    be warmer than
    others.
    • As we know, warm
    always follows cold
    to share it’s warmth-
    when this happens in
    the atmosphere, wind
    happens!
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    End Show

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