VIDEO TO ANSWER QUESTIONS:
After watching this video you should be able to explain the geographic and atmospheric factors that cause the Santa Ana Winds. Make sure to address adiabatic heating and cooling. Draw sketches to support your answer.Santa Ana Winds Video Podcast
Here are the questions that you must answer for this assignment:
1. What are the Santa Ana Winds and what causes them?
2. From which geographic direction do the Santa Ana Winds come from? In which geographic direction do they flow?
3. In which region of California and Mexico do they form?
4. In which months of the year are they most common? Is this generally the dry or wet season of the year?
5. In which direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) does the air flow around the high-pressure area over the Great Basin (to the east of California)?
6. Which three specific changes occur to the air mass as it moves from the Great Basin towards Southern California? (address temperature, humidity, and wind speed).
7. How does topography intensify the Santa Ana wind strength and speeds?
8. Why does the air heat up by the time it reaches the L.A. Basin? Which geographic process is responsible for this heating of the air?
9. Why are the humidity levels of the air mass extremely low? Here are the que