BY: LILY RAPPAPORT AND JOEY ZELKOWITZ

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MONSOONS

• BY LILY RAPPAPORT AND JOEY ZELKOWITZ

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WHAT IS A MONSOON?

• A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind that
  lasts for a long time.
• there are two kinds of monsoons SUMMER and
  WINTER

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SUMMER MONSOON

• Winds carry moisture from the ocean and bring
  heavy rains
• Summer monsoons occur during the months of June
  through September
• The thunderstorms produced by the monsoons cause
  violent land slides that can take out an entire
  village

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WINTER MONSOON

• In the winter the temperature drops fast over a
  land mass and the pressure is becoming higher
  which causes the storm to develop.
• In India winter monsoons bring little rain
  because low moisture is being carried by the wind

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HOW ARE MONSOONS MADE?

• Monsoons are made by a reversal in direction of
  prevailing winds
• Triggered by the earths tilt in relation to the
  sun
• Land and sea temperatures differences caused by
  suns radiation

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WHERE/ WHEN DO MONSOONS OCCUR?

• Occurs twice a year
• Occurs in southern Asia, northern Africa, the
  Philippines , china, and northern Australia.
• Often associated during rainy season
• Almost impossible to predict when monsoons are
  coming

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WHAT MAKES MONSOONS CLASSIFIED AS SEVER WEATHER?

• During the summer monsoons india gets 67 inches
  of rain
• Monsoons can cause land slides from the rain
• During winter monsoons the temperature can get up
  to 110F

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MARBLE QUESTION...

• WHY ARE SUMMER MONSOONS MORE DANGEROUS THEN
  WINTER MONSOONS??

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THE END!!!!!