0
How does warm water at the surface of a lake mix with deeper water?
Wiki User
∙ 7y agoWant this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Process of warm surface water mixing with deep cooler water in a lake?
Turnover
How deep does water have to be to form a hurricane?
Hurricanes don't necessarily need the water to be a certain depth as long as the water in a shallow area is warm all the way to the bottom. What you're probably referring to is the necessity that, when in deeper waters, there is a significant (150 feet is a common estimate) layer of warm (80F+) water at the surface. The reason for this is that as a hurricane passes over the water, it will generate waves intense enough to mix a shallow layer of warm water with cooler waters beneath it. In this way, the hurricane will rob itself of the warm water it needs.
What is a thermocline?
A line where temperature changes.
What is the relationship between the depth of warm water at the surface of the ocean and the intesity of a hurricane?
Generally speaking the greater the depth of the warm water, the stronger the hurricane can get. Is is because a greater depth means a greater volume of warm water to supply energy for a hurricane.
What is most likely the result of an organism having lipids in its body?
A walrus stays warm in the cold ocean.or Penguins can stay warm in cold arctic waters.
Process of warm surface water mixing with deep cooler water in a lake?
Turnover
What causes cold spots Swimming in warm lake?
The cold spots is water from the deep end of the lake or pond that got mixed up to the surface by wind or a boat or something. The deeper the water naturally the colder its gonna be and the windier the day most likely the water will be cooler due to a lot of mixing going on.
What causes cold spots when swimming in a warm lake?
Deeper colder water can be churned up by currents in a lake. The currents can be caused by wind or upwelling (water introduced from below) the stratification of water in a lake is a very complex mater.
A layer in a body of water in which water temperature drops with increased depth faster than it does in other layers?
This is known as a thermocline. It is a layer where the temperature decreases rapidly with depth. The thermocline often separates the warm surface waters from the colder deeper waters in a lake or ocean.
How deep does water have to be to form a hurricane?
Hurricanes don't necessarily need the water to be a certain depth as long as the water in a shallow area is warm all the way to the bottom. What you're probably referring to is the necessity that, when in deeper waters, there is a significant (150 feet is a common estimate) layer of warm (80F+) water at the surface. The reason for this is that as a hurricane passes over the water, it will generate waves intense enough to mix a shallow layer of warm water with cooler waters beneath it. In this way, the hurricane will rob itself of the warm water it needs.
What is the surface water temperature of newfound Lake in July?
Water temperatures in Newfound Lake in New Hampshire are generally in the low to mid 70's in July. After a warm spell they can spike to the upper 70's
What will warm water molecule do in a lake?
High temperature.
What would happen if water in a lake gains heat from the sun?
it would gradually warm up, the speed at which it heats up and then looses that heat at night all depends on location, depth and surface area of that lake.
How does warm water mix with cool water in the surface?
thermocline
What causes a lake breeze?
Water is not easy to warm up, so during the day the water is cooler than the land. This causes the lake to cool the air above it. The cooler, denser air the sinks, and must spread out onto land when it reaches the surface.
Do warm water surface currents create warm climates in coastal areas?
no
How does warm water mix with cool water in the surface zone?
thermocline
