Atmosphere & Climate - Worksheet
Directions: see if you can recall by memory some causes of California's climate, without using your notes. Quiz or work with your partner on these questions.
1. What is the climate of
San Francisco according to Köppen’s Climatic System? Explain each
letter.
2. Why is San Francisco
so dry, where very few trees grew historically? Explain the causes.
3. Why is Bakersfield a
desert? Explain all the causes.
4. How does the Pacific
(Hawaiian) high pressure cell work?
5. List three (3) types
of precipitation that affect California?
6. How does frontal lifting
work when extratropical storm sweep across California?
7. When do convective thunderstorms
mostly occur in California and why?