Name: _______________________
View Steve Pool’s entries on the Olympic Rain Shadow and the Puget Sound
Convergence Zone and answer the following questions. You will be required to follow
some of the links in order to complete the questions.
1. Storms generally come from the __________________ which makes the
_______________ act just like a __________.
2. What two things happen as the air lifts?
a.
b.
3. As it sinks, what two things happen?
a.
b.
4. On a separate piece of paper, sketch a rough map of the rainfall totals for Western
Washington from the south end of Puget Sound to the Canadian border.
5. While Sequim averages _____ inches of rain per year, _________ averages
118.83 inches, ___________ averages 137.21 inches and _____________
averages a staggering 220 inches per year!
6. Compare and contrast the Olympic Rain Shadow and the Cascade Rain Shadow.
How are they similar? How do they differ?
7. Does the convergence zone usually set up before, during or after a storm?
_______________
a. Why?
8. Where does the Puget Sound Convergence Zone usually set up? Why?
9.
Can the zone move? Explain!
10. On a separate sheet of paper, sketch the Puget Sound Convergence Zone.
EC-What can act as the “fuel” for the convergence zone?
EC- What are the BEST conditions for a convergence zone? Be specific!