Explain why large bodies of water cause local winds to shift direction from day to night?

Answer 1

1. During the day the land gets is heated fast, but the water takes a while to heat up. At night, water cools down right away, as does land, land absorbs heat faster than water and can also gets cooler faster.

Answer 2

During the day, land heats up faster than water, causing air to rise over land and draw cooler air in from the water, creating a sea breeze. At night, the land cools down faster than water, causing the air to cool and sink over land, with the air then flowing from land to water, creating a land breeze. This cycle of temperature differences between land and water causes the local wind direction to shift from day to night.