| The weather experienced around the world takes | | | | means warmer temperatures for that area. |
| on many different shapes, strengths and forms. | | | | The jet stream can also influence the weather. |
| Lots of factors influence our daily weather, | | | | The jet stream can cause air masses in the lower |
| weather is always changing and it affects | | | | atmosphere to spread out which in turn then |
| everyone's day to day lives. | | | | produces areas of low pressure. Low pressure |
| Most people would tell you that their ideal weather | | | | areas are typically the center of stormy weather. |
| would be sunny and warm, but what if that were | | | | Another factor that influences the weather is |
| to happen every single day of the year? Think of | | | | moisture in the air. Moisture in the air condenses |
| the drought that would follow from the lack of | | | | and that air can then fall to the earth as rain, hail, |
| rain, grass and crops would die, the air would be | | | | snow, or sleet. |
| dusty. Weather influences everything from the | | | | Weather patterns can change if they are |
| type of clothes and shoes we wear to the plans | | | | affected by an air mass or a weather front. Air |
| we make for the weekend. | | | | masses are large bodies of air which influence |
| Weather is influenced by lots of conditions in the | | | | weather. Another factor that can change the |
| atmosphere including heat energy, moisture, | | | | weather pattern is a weather front. A weather |
| winds, and the air pressure. Even though the | | | | front is a boundary between two air masses. |
| Earth is warmed by heat rising from the surface | | | | There are four different types of weather front |
| the air temperature varies from place to place. | | | | stationary, warm, cold, and occluded. Unsettled |
| How is this possible? The warmest areas on Earth | | | | weather can regularly be found at a weather |
| are at or near the equator. The areas that are | | | | front, cloudy conditions are often found where a |
| closest to or at the equator receive the most | | | | cold front and a warm front converge. |
| direct sunlight from the sun's rays. More sunlight | | | | |