WEATHER AND CLIMATE

WEATHER AND CLIMATE

1. FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE

   • Latitude
   • Distance from coast
   • Prevailing wind direction
   • Ocean currents
   • Height above sea level (altitude)
   • Shelter
   • How built up a place is

2. TYPES OF RAINFALL

   • Convectional Rainfall
   • Relief Rainfall
   • Frontal Rainfall

3. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEATHER AND CLIMATE

   • Weather is the state of atmosphere around us at any given time. Climate is the 'average' weather in a place - what the weather is usually like there.

4. WEATHER TERMS

   • Temperature
   • Wind direction
   • Visibility
   • Air pressure
   • Precipitation
   • Wind speed
   • Cloud cover

5. TYPES OF CLOUDS

   • Cumulus clouds
   • Stratus clouds
   • Cirrus clouds

6. FRONTS

   • Warm front = warm air mass arriving
   • Cold front = cold air mass arriving
   • A depression = cold front chasing a warm front

7. AIR PRESSURE

   • Low pressure weather = unsettled weather (the lower the pressure, the stormier the weather).
   • High pressure weather = clear skies (ie. hot in summer, cold in winter)

8. SATELLITE IMAGES

9. PROMPTS

10. AIR MASSES

11. DIAGRAMS

12. WEATHER SYMBOLS