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Weather and climate revision product - Coggle Diagram
Weather and climate revision product
3 types of rainfall
Convectional
Relief
Frontal
Uk 4 way climate split
North-west: mild winters, cool summers
North-east: cold winters, cool summers
South-west: mild winters, warm summers
South-east: cold winters, warm summers
Air mass affecting the uk
High pressure weather systems
High-pressure systems normally associate with dry weather and mostly clear skies with larger diurnal temperature changes due to greater radiation at night and greater sunshine during the day.
Low pressure weather systems
Low-pressure systems are associated with clouds and precipitation that minimise temperature changes throughout the day.
What is weather
Weather is a mix of events that happen in our atmosphere
What is climate
Climate is the average weather in a place over many years. While the weather can change in just a few hours, climate takes hundreds, thousands, even millions of years to change.
What is a climate graph
A climate graph displays yearly temperature and precipitation statistics for a particular location.
World climates
Mediterranean
Desert
Equatorial
What factors influence climate
Relief
Latitude
Locations that are further north receive less concentrated energy from the Sun.
Altitude
Temperatures decrease with altitude
Distance from the sea
Coastal areas are most affected by the sea. The sea takes longer to heat up and cool down than land.
Ocean current
Britain's mild climate is partly due to the Gulf Stream, a large Atlantic Ocean current of warm water from the Gulf of Mexico.
Prevailing winds
Prevailing winds are the dominant wind direction in an area. The temperature of the wind and the amount of rainfall partly depend on where the air has come from.