Global Wind Patterns Answers PDF

Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 Let's make some observations of the wind today... Jan 31­7:52 AM 1 Globa...

Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 Let's make some observations of the wind today... Jan 31­7:52 AM 1 Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 Jan 31­7:52 AM Why does all of this happen? Let's imagine that Earth didn’t rotate… Jan 6­3:49 PM 2 Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 But it does rotate! ­ Coriolis Effect causes the winds to be deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. ­ This causes the two convection cells to break into six convection cells. Jan 6­3:50 PM This causes rotation! Cyclones rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, both inward Anticyclones rotate clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, both outward Jan 6­4:02 PM 3 Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 Jan 31­7:53 AM 4 Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 Dec 12­8:17 AM Temperate Rainforest: About 59 N Chilkoot Trail, AK (DiLallo) Largest desert in the world: Antarctica (90 S) 5 Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 Jan 31­7:53 AM fast moving upper­level separating stronger 6 Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 Jan 20­7:24 PM You may remember these hurricanes from the Hurricane Tracking Lab that you completed back in September! Dec 30­10:54 PM 7 Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 Dec 30­9:58 PM Why did Sandy move this way? Dec 11­10:30 PM 8 Global Wind Patterns.notebook January 31, 2024 Toward the northeast Below 30 N, global winds push hurricanes toward the west. Above 30 N, global winds push hurricanes toward the northeast. The jet stream "sucked" Sandy back towards the west instead of allowing it to continue to the NE. The winter jet stream is faster, farther south, and more curvy. Since going from LA to NYC is towards the west (with the global winds), the flight would be shorter. 9