Regional Climate Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a change in the water temperature in the Pacific Ocean that produces a warm current
  2. 4. expressed as the direction from which the wind is blowing (ex. Westerly winds blow from west to east)
  3. 5. the amount of light that reflects off of a surface
  4. 8. the long-term average of weather in a particular region.
  5. 9. height above a given level (ex. sea level)
  6. 11. the measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface
  7. 13. the direction towards which the wind is going, or downwind (or down a mountain or island)
  8. 17. forms when cold, dry air passes over the warmer waters of the lake, picking up the moisture and the heat. This results in heavy snowfall in the area.
  9. 20. surface current that carries cold water from the northern Pacific Ocean south to Mexico.
  10. 21. (local wind) During the day, the sun warms the air along the mountain slopes. This warm air rises up the mountain slopes, creating a valley breeze.
  11. 22. (local wind) At night the air along the mountain slopes cools. This cool air moves down the slopes into the valley, producing a mountain breeze.
Down
  1. 1. occurs when an air passes over a mountain range, it moves down the other side, warms and dries out.
  2. 3. surface current that carries warm water from the Tropics to the North Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the longest surface currents.
  3. 6. occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain.
  4. 7. (local wind) Air over the land heats faster than over the water. Warm air over the land is rises, the cooler air over the ocean flows onshore over the land surface to replace the rising warm air
  5. 10. winds that are forced through narrow valleys caused by a broken barrier. The air is forced through the break with considerable speed.
  6. 12. the direction from which the wind is blowing, or upwind (up a mountain or island)
  7. 14. how fast air is moving from one place to the next (from high to low pressure), typically measured by an anemometer
  8. 15. the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
  9. 16. a change in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which the surface water temperature becomes unusually cool
  10. 18. (local wind) Air over the land cools faster than over the water. Denser cool air over the land flows offshore to replenish the rising warm air over water
  11. 19. a narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere