Download WEATHER AND CLIMATE DOMINOES

WEATHER AND CLIMATE DOMINOES
START
-------------------BLOW
CLOCKWISE
Away from
The Centre
WINDS
AROUND
Low Pressure
AREA
--------------------Violent
Weather
System
Found within
The Tropics
DEPRESSION
--------------------Where Warm
Air rises
Gently over
Colder air
MONSOON
--------------------Winds Blow
ANTICLOCKWISE
Towards the
Centre
CLIMATE
--------------------Where cold
Air rapidly
Undercuts
Warm Air
Weather associated
With the passage of
a Depression
------------------------------RELIEF
RAINFALL
Area where air is
Descending,
warming
And so drier
------------------------------COLD
FRONT
FRONTAL
RAINFALL
------------------------A High
Pressure
Area
CONVECTIONAL
RAINFALL
-------------------------Lines of Equal
Pressure drawn
On Weather
Maps
Rainfall caused
When air is
Forced to rise
And cool over
Upland areas
-----------------------WARM
FRONT
Weather system
Affecting
SE ASIA
-----------------------ANTICYCLONE
Weather Conditions
Averaged over
30+ years
WINDS around
HIGH PRESSURE
AREA
ISOBARS
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RAIN
SHADOW
Violent weather
System where air
Rapidly spirals
-----------------------------HURRICANE
Caused by rapid
Heating of the
Ground surface,
Often causing
Thunderstorms.
-------------------------------WEATHER
A body of air
Showing similar
Temperature and
Moisture
characteristics
TORNADO
--------------------------A LOW
PRESSURE
AREA
Day-to-Day
Changes in
Atmospheric
Elements
AIR MASS
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