Temperature and Rainfall
Daily temperature ranges are greater during this season.
Dry season
Where the northeast and southeast trade winds meet.
What is the ITCZ?
Which system affects Trinidad and the southern part of the Caribbean?
ITCZ
Two masses of air meet, a warm mass and a cold mass.
Frontal rainfall
Which season extends from June - December?
Wet Season
Some tropical waves grow into a ..........
What is a hurricane?
What is another name for tropical waves?
Easterly
Another name for relief rainfall.
Orographic rainfall
The instrument used to measure temperature
Six's Thermometer
Tropical waves are carried by?
What is trade winds?
Guyana experiences ITCZ twice a year. True or False
True
Experienced in the Caribbean, usually after lunch.
Convectional rainfall
Two reasons the Caribbean Climate is recognised as Tropical Marine?
sun and sea
The centre of a hurricane is called?
Eye
Rainfall and temperature data can be presented on a
Rainfall and Temperature Graph
Which side of the mountain does rainfall occur on?
Windward side
Which ocean brings warm temperatures and rainfall to the Caribbean?
Atlantic Ocean
Another name for cold fronts is?
Northers
Which two systems affect the Lesser Antilles?
What is Tropical waves and Hurricanes
The dry air that drops down over the side of a mountain. There is little to no rain.
rain shadow