Lesson 11 - Unit 3 - Maritime climate

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Unit 3 - weather patterns

Today's Lesson 

To do:

-Review weather elements

-Review homework

-Notes 

- Task: maritime climate 

Goals: 

Know what climate type the Netherlands has

Know what the characteristics of a Maritime climate are.

Understand what influence the ocean has on our climate.

NOTES

Most common wind 

direction in NL:

Southwest

If you want to find out what the actual wind direction is, you ALWAYS have to check where the wind is coming from

NOTES

The North Sea has big influence on our weather.

That is why we have a 

MARITIME CLIMATE (zeeklimaat)

The ocean/sea 

needs a lot of

time to warm up/cool 

down because of its volume.

Notes

Winter in Netherlands : if wind comes from the ocean it is a warm wind. (no extreme winters)

Summer in Netherlands : if wind comes from the ocean it is a  cool wind. (no extreme summers)

Where to find maritime climates?

A climate graph:

showing average precipitation and temperature

Homework

Do: task Maritime climate