The Oceans and the Weather
A:
The author of this article is informing us on the way the atmosphere and the oceans affect the weather around the world. If the conditions in the ocean and atmosphere are right, it can cause a full-fledged hurricane. The warmer the ocean, the more intensity the hurricane is in. Hurricanes form in places where ocean surface temp exceeds 27 degrees Celcius.The warming of the eastern Pacific called El Nino caused droughts over Australia and Indonesia. It weakens summer monsoons and causes heavy rainfall and flooding. El Nino can cause a lot of damage to society, economy, etc. The basis of this article was to educate others on this topic so they are aware. The ocean contributes to the weather so if there were a time you wanted to predict the weather you'd need to know both.
C:
My thoughts on this article were that is was very interesting to find out the real facts on predicting the weather. I was not aware that you need to know about the ocean and that it is what contributes to the weather as well. People now have been predicting that hurricanes and these severe weather storms. With these warnings that come from the predictions, it can save many lives. Weather men have a lot on their hands when they predict the weather because it can be the difference between life and death for many areas where they have horrible weather. Notifying the public can help the economy, by predicting the costs of the storms and how much money will be lost to rebuild buildings if they are damaged.
SO WHAT?
Oceans and the Atmosphere contribute to weather and severe storms
SAYS WHO?
Peter J. Webster and Judith A. Curry
WHAT IF?
What if we didn't know that the ocean contributed to the weather?
WHAT DOES THIS REMIND ME OF?
This reminds me of the little things add up when contributing to make one big thing
- Effects range from storms and hurricanes generated over hours and days to ice ages that develop over millennia.
- Ocean drives seasonal shifts in weather and sporadic events like El Nino
- Most familiar weather systems occur at middle latitudes, but driving forces behind this activity are oceans far away
- The sea is especially warm, because solar heating is intense there.
- The ocean and atmosphere work together like a planetary thermostat,, sharing equally the task of exporting heat from equatorial regions towards poles.
- Some heat is carried in warm currents such as the Gulf Stream
- The warm air created rises because it is less dense
- Rotation of earth deflects air masses into ribbons of air that spiral around the globe, westward in polar and equatorial regions and eastward in the midlatitudes.
- The pattern inhibits a clean transfer of heat between north and south. Cold and warm air masses collide in midlatitudes causing powerful storms
- In the storms, warm air rises up and over the incursion of cold, denser air
- The warm air cools and the water vapor condenses into clouds and rain
- Ocean generates intense storms at lower latitudes around certain tropical regions
- In western Atlantic and eastern Pacific off Mexico and California, these storms are called hurricanes.
- Hurricanes form in places where ocean surface temp exceeds 27 degrees Celcius.
- Hurricane develops from original eddy in wind that causes low-pressure center to form.
- Disturbances may initially by small but if conditions in the ocean and upper atmosphere are right, 10% intensify into full-fledged hurricanes.
- Air moves inward from all directions toward the low-pressure center of the developing hurricane, picking up moisture evaporating from the warm ocean.
- As more air converges toward the eye, it has no place to go but upward.
- Temperature at the surface of the sea becomes critical factor. The exceptional warmth of the tropical ocean boosts amount of evaporation, allowing converging winds to pick up more moisture and release more latent heat. This intensifies the tempest of the storm
- When ocean provides more stable source of moisture in the atmosphere, it creates weather pattern that causes a monsoon.
- During summer, Asia and North Africa lands heat up considerably. Warm air rises over the Himalayas and mountains of Central Africa.
- The northward-moving winds pick up considerable moisture as the rotation of earth deflects them to the east.
- Air masses rise over the heated land areas and release their moisture in the form of monsoon rains in Asia and central Africa.
- El Nino can cause dire consequences for society and global economy.
- With a better understanding of the ocean, scientists may yet be able to forecast climate changes from year to year or even from one decade to the next.
The author of this article is informing us on the way the atmosphere and the oceans affect the weather around the world. If the conditions in the ocean and atmosphere are right, it can cause a full-fledged hurricane. The warmer the ocean, the more intensity the hurricane is in. Hurricanes form in places where ocean surface temp exceeds 27 degrees Celcius.The warming of the eastern Pacific called El Nino caused droughts over Australia and Indonesia. It weakens summer monsoons and causes heavy rainfall and flooding. El Nino can cause a lot of damage to society, economy, etc. The basis of this article was to educate others on this topic so they are aware. The ocean contributes to the weather so if there were a time you wanted to predict the weather you'd need to know both.
C:
My thoughts on this article were that is was very interesting to find out the real facts on predicting the weather. I was not aware that you need to know about the ocean and that it is what contributes to the weather as well. People now have been predicting that hurricanes and these severe weather storms. With these warnings that come from the predictions, it can save many lives. Weather men have a lot on their hands when they predict the weather because it can be the difference between life and death for many areas where they have horrible weather. Notifying the public can help the economy, by predicting the costs of the storms and how much money will be lost to rebuild buildings if they are damaged.
SO WHAT?
Oceans and the Atmosphere contribute to weather and severe storms
SAYS WHO?
Peter J. Webster and Judith A. Curry
WHAT IF?
What if we didn't know that the ocean contributed to the weather?
WHAT DOES THIS REMIND ME OF?
This reminds me of the little things add up when contributing to make one big thing