MONSOONS

Kathleen B. De Guzman
Eucel Francesca Louise B. Pacayra
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What is this type of breeze?
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What is this type of breeze?

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Are you familiar with
monsoon?

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Do you know what
monsoons are?

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Let’s read
this!
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The term ‘monsoon’ is almost synonymous with tropical
meteorology in part because countries which lay within
the tropics/subtropics can be highly impacted by rainfall
during a monsoon season. There is often a misconception
of what monsoon rainfall is with thoughts of very intense
and abrupt rainfall often associated. In fact in its purest
form a monsoon is simply where the majority or annual
rainfall occurs during one (sometimes two) seasons and
should no longer be associated with a seasonal reversal of
wind which is an artifact of previous research but no
longer accurate for reasons we shall touch on later. So in
other words outside of the monsoon season very little
rainfall occurs and the climate is generally dry. 7
Monsoon
• Many people think that
monsoons are rains. They are not.
• Monsoons are wind systems. But

these winds usually bring

abundant rainfall to the country
and this is probably the reason
why they have been mistaken for
rains.
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Monsoon
•It is a seasonal prevailing wind in
the region of South and
Southeast Asia, blowing from the
southwest between July and
September and bringing rain
(the wet monsoon), or from the
northeast between October and
March (the dry monsoon ).
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Monsoon
•Southwest Monsoon is
also called “Habagat”
and Northeast
Monsoon is also called
“Amihan” in the
Philipilines.

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 Activity 9:

In what direction
do winds blow–
from high to low
pressure area or
vice versa?
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Part I
Study Figure 16. It shows the air pressure and
direction of winds in different parts of the world in
January. Low-pressure areas are marked by L and
high-pressure areas are marked by H. Broken lines
with arrowheads show the direction of the wind.

Q1. Choose a low-pressure area and study the

direction of the winds around it. Do the winds
move toward the low-pressure area or away from
it?
Q2. Choose a high-pressure area and study the
direction of the winds around it. Do the winds
move toward the high-pressure area or away from
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Q3. In what direction do winds blow? Do
winds blow from high-pressure areas to
low-pressure areas? Or, from low-pressure
areas to high-pressure areas?
Q4. Where is North in the map? South?
West? East? Write the directions on the
map.
Q5. Where is the Philippines on the map?
Encircle it.
Q6. Study the wind direction near the
Philippine area. From what direction does
the wind blow near the Philippines in
January? 13
Part II

Study Figure 17. It shows the air pressure

and direction of winds in different parts of
the world in July.

Q7. Study the wind direction near the

Philippine area. From what direction does
the wind blow in the vicinity of the
Philippines in July?

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Part I
Q1. Choose a low-pressure area and study the
direction of the winds around it. Do the winds
move toward the low-pressure area or away from
it?
-From the arrows on the map, one can see that the
winds move toward low-pressure areas.

Q2. Choose a high-pressure area and study the

direction of the winds around it. Do the winds
move toward the high-pressure area or away from
it?
-Winds move away from high-pressure areas.

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Q3. In what direction do winds blow? Do
winds blow from high-pressure areas to low-
pressure areas? Or, from low-pressure areas
to high-pressure areas?
-Winds blow from high-pressure areas to
low-pressure areas.

Q4. Where is North in the map? South?

West? East? Write the directions on the
map.
-North is toward the top portion of the map.
South is toward the bottom. West is toward
the left while east is toward the right. 16
Q5. Where is the Philippines on the map?
Encircle it.
-(Alam niyo na ‘yan)

Q6. Study the wind direction near the

Philippine area. From what direction does
the wind blow near the Philippines in
January?
-Near the Philippines, the wind blows from
the northeast in January.

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Part II

Q7. Study the wind direction near the

Philippine area. From what direction does
the wind blow in the vicinity of the
Philippines in July?
-Near the Philippines, the wind blows from
the southwest in July.

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What do you
observe about the
low-pressure area
and high-pressure
area near the
Philippines?
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- They have changed
places. As a result, the
direction of the wind
also changes.

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AMIHAN
From October to March, the
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northeast monsoon (amihan)

comes from the northeast and
moves toward the south.

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Why does the wind
move from north to
south in amihan?

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-Because there is a
low-pressure area in
the south (near
Australia) at that time.

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Figure 16. Pressure and Winds in January 24
Why does it is so cold
during amihan?

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The northeast
monsoon or amihan is
cold because it comes
from cold areas, such
as Siberia and
Mongolia, in the Asian
continent. 26
HABAGAT
From July to September, the
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southwest monsoon or habagat

comes from southwest and
moves toward the north.

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Why does the wind move
from south to north in
habagat?

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-Because the low-
pressure area is no
longer in the south.
This time it is located
to the north of the
Philippines (in the
Asian continent). 29
Can you explain why the
habagat brings so much
rain?

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- The habagat
passes over the
Indian Ocean and
South China Sea
(West Philippine Sea)
before it arrives in
our country. 31
-Both the amihan and habagat
bring rain to the Philippines.
-This is because the winds pass
over bodies of water which supply
a lot of moisture.
-The amihan passes over the
Pacific Ocean before it reaches
the Philippines, bringing rain to the
eastern part of the Philippines.
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Which part of the
Philippines does the
habagat affect the
most?

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-It brings rain to the
western portion of
the country.

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Let’s watch
a video!
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Thanks!
Any questions?

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