Tropical Wet And Dry Climate

Question 1

What is the tropical wet and dry climate also known as

Answer 1

The tropical continental climate

Question 2

Where is the tropical continental climate found

Answer 2

Polewards of the equatorial climate, generally between latitudes 5 and 15 degrees north and south of the equator, within the central parts of large continents

Question 3

How is latitude linked to the weather

Answer 3

As latitude increases so does the length of the dry season. Therefore, in reality there is a gradual transition from the equatorial climate to the tropical wet and dry climate

Question 4

What is the hot wet season

Answer 4

Temperatures above 26 degrees and heavy conventional rain

Question 5

When does the hot wet season occur

Answer 5

When the ITCZ moves polewards with the overhead sun, causing low pressure to develop and producing strong convection and heavy rainfall

Question 6

Where is rainfall heaviest within the hot wet season

Answer 6

Nearer to the equator (around 1,200 mm) but can be as little as 500 mm on the borders of this climate regime

Question 7

For the rest of the year when is there a hot dry season

Answer 7

When high pressure dominates

Question 8

When there is high pressure dominating..

Answer 8

There is a double peak in temperatures coinciding with the sun being directly overhead.

Question 9

Trade winds during a dominating high pressure

Answer 9

Offshore trade winds blow across the area from a dry interior source.

Question 10

What are the trade winds like

Answer 10

Steady and strong

Question 11

What creates trade winds

Answer 11

Air is pulled towards the low pressure around the ITCZ

Question 12

Temperatures

Answer 12

Dry season- 40 degrees c or more

Night temperatures can drop below 10 degrees c