Wonderful Wind!!
By: Kelsey Tinker-Palaia
What Causes Wind
Definition Of Local Winds
Description Of How Local Winds Are Created
Description Of How Sea Breezes Blow
Description Of How Land Breezes Blow
At night, the roles reverse. The air over the ocean is now warmer than the air over the land. The land loses heat quickly after the sun goes down and the air above it cools too. This can be compared to a blacktop road. During the day, the blacktop road heats up and becomes very hot to walk on. At night, however, the blacktop has given up the added heat and is cool to the touch. The ocean, however, is able to hold onto this heat after the sun sets and not lose it as easily. This causes the low surface pressure to shift to over the ocean during the night and the high surface pressure to move over the land. This causes a small temperature gradient between the ocean surface and the nearby land at night and the wind will blow from the land to the ocean creating the land breeze. Down below you'll find a two pictures, one of a sea breeze and one of a land breeze.