11. WIND SYSTEMS A&B: Ch 8 (p )

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1 1 11. WIND SYSTEMS A&B: Ch 8 (p ) Concepts: I. Scale II. Differential heating III. Wind direction 1. Scales: Three major divisions Space Time Micro meters seconds - minutes Meso kilometers seconds - hours Macro Synoptic km days Planetary km - Global days - weeks 2. Differential Heating Spatially - get differences in surface heating e.g. Micro: grass - concrete - Lab 5 Meso: land - lake Macro: equator - poles T difference 3. Wind direction Based on where the wind is coming from

2 2 e.g. sea breeze - air coming from the sea valley breeze - air coming from the valley Micro-scale Example: Turbulent eddies - small whirls of air - dust devils - gusts Meso-scale a. Land-sea breeze (land - lake breeze) Dail y T difference between land and sea Daytime: land heated more intensively compared to water (remember temperature section of course)

3 3 Pressure gradient force: H L Nighttime: Reverse Land cools more rapidly than water Warmer over the water Land breeze

4 4 Sea breeze - can have a significant modifying effect on the T in coastal areas e.g. Lake breeze - Chicago Size of breeze varies. b. Mountain - Valley Breeze Day: Sunset/Night slopes of mountains get more intense heating than air at the same elevation over the valley floor Valley breeze Most common in summer Rapid cooling of slopes Mountain breeze Most common in winter

5 5 seasonal preference for winds c. Foehn, Chinook, (Santa Ana) winds Chinook Rockies (Montana and Wyoming) Foehn - Alps, N.Z. Santa Ana California special case (high pressure) Migration of surface and upper level weather systems Low pressure system on the lee side of a mountain barrier Pulls the air across Adiabatically warms as it comes down mountain Usually occur winter /spring When T cold, melts snow T can rise by 20 C

6 6 Special cases of d. Katabatic Winds --- from local cooling over highelevation plateau downslope wind winter time Bora - Adriatic sea Mistral - France

7 7 Bora--Adriatic Sea: Cold, north to northeast katabatic wind flowing through mountain passages into the Adriatic Sea east of Italy. Bora--Adriatic Sea may be associated with stormy weather, with winds reaching 100 kts or more. Bora-Adriatic Sea develops in the winter when cold polar air builds over the Balkans and flows katabatically through the valleys of the Dinaric Alps and into the Adriatic Sea.

8 8 Mistral -- France Mistral: Cold, northerly katabatic wind flowing into the Gulf of Lion from the southern coast of France. Mistrals are most common during winter and spring. In the winter, wind speeds can reach over 100 knots off the southern coast of France. Gale-force Mistrals often develop when cyclogenesis occurs over the Gulf of Genoa with the passage of the 500 mb trough (see forces and pressure notes) through eastern France.

9 9 Synoptic and Planetary Scale Wind systems Larger scale circulations influence the smaller scale winds i.e. it is important what the synoptic situation is Global Circulation Differential heating between equator and poles pressure differences Three cell circulation model Realistic model base on earth rotation and energy gradient between the equator and the poles

10 10 Hadley Cell : Equator and Subtropics --thermally driven circulation intense heating upward expansion o ITCZ Very strong zone of low pressure at the equator --Convergence--( small deflection -- Tradewinds) Ferrel Cell : Midlatitudes (NH-deflection to right SH deflection to left--westerlies) Polar Cell : Poles thermally driven circulation Very cold condition--high surface pressure--sinking air strong deflection

11 11 Close approximation to real world patterns Reality ITCZ Trade winds Hadley Circulation Cell Break down of Ferrel and Polar cells Surface winds Westerlies esp. SH Real world --- alternating semi-permanent high and low pressure cells January

12 12 July

13 13 Jet stream An area of increased wind speeds o Narrow band: km wide o 9 12 km above sea level o Speeds: km h -1 40F 45F 75F 80F Most powerful jetstream: polar jet stream o Moves north and south with the seasons

14 14 World Jet stream positions 11/14/05

15 15 US Jet Stream Position 11/21/05

16 16 US Jet Stream Position 11/05/ gov/outloo k_tab.php