9+Weather+(Elements+and+patterns)

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//**I. Elements of Weather**// A. humidity-- amount of water vapor in the air. B. temperature-- how hot or cold it is. and also affects the air pressure C. air pressure-- the "weight" of the air pushing on the surface of the earth. differences in pressure cause wind to form D. wind speed-- how fast the wind is blowing.High speed wind can make ordinary objects into deadly projectiles E. wind direction-- where the wind is blowing from. F. rainfall or precipitation-- amount of water coming from the sky (e.g. rain, snow, etc.) G. sunshine-- the hours of sunshine that an area receives.-- the more sunshine the more heat H. cloud cover-- amount of clouds in the sky. cloud cover affects the amount of sunlight reaching the ground and therefore it's temperature

Make sure to explain how each elements affect the weather

Each element of weather affects another element of weather in a one way or another which in turn affects other elements of weather thereby making weather forecasting very difficult since one small change can bring about a massive change.

//**II. Weather Patterns**// Overall trend of the weather ex. rainy, clody, rainy the conditions of the general area. is it cold hot humid and such


 * Weather conditions in the philippines**

the phillippines is country with tropical weather due to the fact that it situated near the equator.

it has a dry season (September to May) and a wet season (June to September)

it is cooler in November to February. but warmer in April and May it has 4 types of climates: a dry and a rainy season; no dry season; not very pronounced seasons; annd an even distribution of rain throughout the year.


 * __// √ //__ 1. typhoons ** are caused by low pressure zones in the atmosphere, warm water. they generally bring heavy wind and rain which can be destructive ( remember Ondoy)


 * 2. tornadoes**, when warm and cool air meet and causes a swirling motion where in the warmer air is displaced by the colder air and in turn draws more cool air continuing the process.


 * __//√//__ 3. drought**, a period of time when there is a lack of, or unusually low amount of rainfall; caused by high pressure, winds carrying little water, and bodies that restrict the formation of storms


 * 4. blizzards**, storms of snow caused by the meeting of 2 fronts and low pressure just like storms


 * (very rarely √) 5. hailstorms**, storms of ice where the rain gets brought back up to the top of the cloud gets refrozen and is sent down again as hail


 * √ 6. heat waves**, prolonged periods of very hot weather, with high humidity.

Global warming affects weather because whenever the temperature of the earth increases, it in turn affects other elements of weather like pressure humidity and others which all in all would be enough to modify the weather

NOTES : EL NIÑO (rise in temperature in the southern pacific caused by the disruption of the wind currents that normally take the heat away from the south western portion of the globe causing temperatures to rise, causing the death of sea creatures, famine and other unexpected phenomena) It was discovered by fishermen off the coast of Peru. "El Niño" means Little Boy and is named after the Christ child, because it usually starts around Christmas. It is officially called ENSO - El Niño Southern Oscillation

LA NIÑA (drop in temperatures) is almost the same as el nino except the area affected is more to the northwest because the wind currents get reversed. "La Niña" means Little Girl. It occurs half as often as El Niño.

Both El Niño and La Niña are considered the most powerful phenomena on earth.

Weather disturbances that we can experience here?

Why do low pressure areas cause storms? air from the high pressure area moves to the low pressure area thus creating very strong winds when they meet.

temperature differences on earth are caused by the unequal heating of the earth's surface caused by the the fact that the earth is tilted on it's axis

wind turns in a counter clockwise manner in the north hemisphere and vice-versa due to the coriollis effect

Mini Quiz 1. Name 3 possible weather occurrences that may happen in the Philippines. 2. Differentiate El Niño and La Niña. 3. What causes typhoons? How? 4. Name 3 of the Elements of Weather and briefly describe it. 5. How does Global Warming affect the weather? 6. What are blizzards? Differentiate it with hail storms. 7. What does ENSO mean? 8. What are the 2 seasons of the Philippines?

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