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What kind of breeze blows from sea to land?

A sea breeze blows from sea to land, typically during the day when the land heats up more quickly than the sea. This creates a pressure difference that causes the cool air over the sea to move towards the warmer land.


What is an onshore wind?

Summer onshore wind Air moves from high air pressure to low air pressure. Sea absorbs and loses heat more slowly than land. When it's in summer, land absorbs heat more fastly than sea and the difference of temperature between the land and the sea creates monsoon wind.Monsoon wind blows from the sea to the land and brings mositure in sea and rainfall to the coastal area.It's called summer onshore wind. Winter offshore wind When it's winter,because sea loses heat more slowly than land so the sea surface is warmer than land and so wind moves from land to sea. It brings a dry and cold climate to the coastal area.It's winter offshore wind. P.S.Those are the situations of China only,I am not sure whether other places have the same situation.


What are the directions of local winds along a shoreline?

During the day, onshore winds blow from the water towards the shore due to the temperature difference between the land and water. At night, offshore winds blow from the land out towards the water as the land cools more rapidly than the water.


What are forces equal in strength but opposite in direction?

It happens when 1 force is having larger magnituge and the other is less in magnitude ........ and then the forces does not balance each other Take the example of weight and tension of a body connected by string . weight and tension are always opposite in the direction if the weight is suppose 12 newton and tension is 10 newton , then same thing will happen , they can't balance each other ...... as the strength of weight is more than tension


What kind of wind blows cool air from land to water?

A land breeze blows cool air from land to water. This occurs at night when the land cools down faster than the water, creating a pressure difference that causes the air to flow from land to sea.