Ch 19.3 Regional Wind Systems

Vocabulary:

• prevailing wind
• anemometer
• El nino

Identify the causes of local winds pages 543-544

Sea Breezes and land Breezes

Sketch a Sea Breeze                                                                     Sketch a Land Breeze

Valley Breezes and Mountain Breezes page 544

Sketch a Valley Breeze    Sketch a Mountain Breeze

Complete the table

Describe the general movement of weather in the United States

Compare and contrast weather patterns characteristic of El Nino and La Nina events.  pages 546-547

How often do they occur?

What happens?

What is the resulting weather?