Winter and Sunny Weather Systems

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 North, we have what is called Continental polar, or cP. These cP air masses form only in the Northern hemisphere and are most developed in the winter when they dominate cold weather conditions. An area covered by cP air experienced cold, stable air and clear skies. North America also has what is called Maritime Polar, or mP air masses. mP air masses are in t...

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...and sulfate aerosols. Pollutants play a key role in the hot summer weather. Due to the hole, which has been created in the ozone layer from continuous Anthropogenic pollutants, the UV rays are extremely dangerous to humans, plants, and animals. Smog is also responsible for the hazy sky and reduced sunlight in many of our cities including LA, and Mexico City.

We will now discuss Aledo. The reflective quality of a surface is a fascinating process in which we call the Albedo effect. This involves surface color, angle of sun, and surface texture. A portion of arriving sunlight bounces right back into space without being absorbed or performing any work. This returned energy is called reflection albedo. This is the reflective quality of a surface. For instance, the snow in the high sierras has a very high reflection albedo of 80%-95%, While the forested area at big Basin has a low albedo of only 10%-25%.

As you have just read, all of these topics play a key role in weather systems. They are all so intricate, and individual, yet all seem to work together simultaneously to provide us with the daily weather patterns we experience.