Easterlies
What are the Polar easterlies?
Dry, cold winds that blow from the east.
What are the Westerlies?
The permanent winds that blow in the middle latitudes.
What is the Jet stream?
A fast and narrow current of air
What is the Gulf Stream?
A warm ocean current
What is the El Nino
It is a change in the ocean that unusually warms the surface ocean water
What are Trade Winds?
Powerful winds that blow from the east and across the tropics.
Where do the Westerlies blow from?
They blow from subtropical, high pressure belts.
What direction does the Jet stream flow?
West to East
Where is the Gulf Stream located
In the Atlantic Ocean
What is the La Nina
It is a change in the surface ocean water that unusually warms the water
Where do the Polar easterlies blow from and to?
They come from areas of high pressure around the north and south poles. They blow to low pressure areas in subpolar regions.
Where do the Westerlies blow to
they blow to subpolar, low pressure belts.
What does it impact on earth
Earth's surface weather patterns
What does the Gulf stream do
It moves warm water out and across the Atlantic Ocean
Which ocean does the El Nino affect
What is the Pacific Ocean
What are Trade Winds also known as?
What are tropical easterlies?
Which season are the Westerlies strongest?
What is winter?
It can control which regions get storms, are dry, ect;
What does the Gulf Stream help do?
it helps keep weather along the east coast mild in the winter
How often does the El Nino or La Nina occur?
Every few years
What are the two types of Easterlies?
Polar easterlies and Trade Winds/Tropical Easterlies
How do the Westerlies affect our climate?
They bring warm air in the summer and cool air in the winter.
What does the Jet Stream act as?
A boundary between two different air masses
What does the Gulf Stream do to the air
It warms the air during the cooler months of they year
It can cause rain in the Pacific and Northwest Canada.