Geography
Weather is a fascinating subject. It is such an intricate and amazing process, which our mother earth goes through on a daily basis. All over the world, weather seems to be a very important aspect for our everyday lives. For instance; sunny weather can bring on a very harmonious and beautiful atmosphere, while cloudy and rainy weather can bring about tragedy. In 1998; the earth experienced an El Nino which brought on fierce weather, flooding, and hurricanes. Weather systems are very broad and detailed, so please; sit back and enjoy as I attempt to tackle the subject of weather systems.
Throughout my essay, I will be using the scientific methodology in my research methods to determine what I know, what I want to know, and the many unanswered questions that exist. Before I dig any deeper into the complicated weather systems, I will first describe a very important detail to our "weather drama." There is a very distinctive body of air called an air mass. This distinctive body of air is the effect of the surface on the air, which created regional, homogeneous masses of air having specific conditions of temperature, humidity, and stability. These masses of air interact to produce weather patterns.
I will explain the differences between winter and summer weather patterns. By using inductive reasoning, we know that winter generally brings cold, and wet weather, while summer generally brings hot, dry weather. By using deductive reasoning, I will now discuss the logistics behind winter weather and summer weather.
Cyclonic storms shift across the continent along storm tracks. These storm tracks shift lattitudinally with the sun and seasons, therefore creating what we know to be the summer months, autumn months, winter months and spring months. The typical storm tracks that cross North America are farther southward in winter.
I will be discussing a weather system for North America, and specifically for California. Here in the...
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