Land and Sea Breezes
Mary Margaret, Emmy, and Hannah
Caribbean
How A Sea Breeze Forms
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Step 1- The land heats up during the day, and it heats up the atmosphere.
The air becomes less dense and expands. Then the air rises which creates
a low pressure area.
Step 2- The water heats up slower than the land.
Step 3- The cold air above the water starts to create a breeze because of
the uneven temperatures, and the cold air moves toward land.
Step 4- Now the process starts again.
The land heats up. The
warm air rises.
The water heats up
slower. A breeze starts
because there is uneven
temperatures.
The cold air moves
toward land and
becomes warm.
Canary Island
How A Land Breeze Forms
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Step 1- At night the land cools quicker than the water. The air above the
land becomes less dense and contracts.
Step 2- The air above the land becomes more dense.
Step 3- That forms a high pressure.
Step 4- This causes a breeze to start and go toward the ocean.
Step 5- Now the process starts again.
The land cools quicker than
the water.
The cold air from land
moves toward the water.
Now the cold air
becomes warm.
The water is
warmer than the
land because it
holds its heat.
Canary Island
When Do Land and Sea Breezes Form?
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Sea breezes often occur on warm
spring and summer days. They
occur when the temperature of the
land is higher than the
temperature of the water .
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Land breezes often occur at night,
when the temperature of the water
is warmer than the temperature of
the land. he water holds it heat
better than land.
Ocean and Sand
Sunny
Rosemary Beach
Mediterranean Sea
When Are Land and Sea Breezes the
Strongest?
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Land breezes are strongest when
the land is cool and the water is
warm.
Mediterranean Sea
You can see that the wind
is very low because no
one’s hair is being blown.
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Sea breezes are the strongest
when the land is warm and the
water is cooler.
Mediterranean Sea
You can see the
flags that are on
the coast flapping
back and forth.
Conclusion
• Land breezes occur when the wind blows toward the
sea.
• Sea breezes occur when the wind blows toward the land.
Bibliography
• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/sea/htg.rxml
• http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wseabrze.htm
• http://science.jrank.org/pages/3800/Land-Sea-Breezes.html