Friday, March 14, 2014

Global and Local Winds in Brazil

The latitude and longitude of Brazil are: 10.6500° S, 52.9500° W. It's located in the Southern Hemisphere in the Hadley Cell. It's located in the trade wind belt with the prevailing wind direction being SE trades. It's located near the equatorial low pressure belt. It's also located near the doldrums. I speculate that because it's located in the Hadley cell near the doldrums, the climate is humid and the trades aren't as strong in the northern end of the country that's closer to the equator. The southern end of the country probably has a less humid climate because of the prevailing SE trades. The trades also make day to day weather change more, similar to Hawaii. Brazil has some small mountains in the center, but nothing major like neighboring country Chile. 5 breezes or winds associated with mountains are: mountain breeze, chinook winds, santa ana winds, katabatic winds, and valley breezes. Brazil can experience mountain and valley breezes, as well as katabatic winds. Brazil does have coastline. Two winds associated with coasts are land breezes and sea breezes. Yes, Brazil can experience both land and sea breezes.

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