Question of the Week for

February 6th, 2012

All questions must be answered using the Earth Science Reference Tables (if necessary)

Only answers based on the reference tables are valid.

Point Value This Week: 3

 QUESTION: Based on the water budget (left) for a city, and the 'Climate
                      Classification chart (right).....................
                      A) State the approximate location of the city and
                      B) the kind of climate found there.

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Question from last week: [See graphic on left] City A is at the center of a high pressure center. City C is directly
south and is at the center of a low pressure system. What is the wind direction at city B which is located directly
between them?.

Answer: Winds will circulate clockwise out of the H (high) located at city A and will blow towards city C where
there is a L (low) pressure center. Winds always blow from high to low pressure. They will circulate counterclockwise
towards the center of city C. The rotation is due to the Coriolis effect. As indicated in the graphic (right), to an
observer at location B the winds would be from the northeast.

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