Steps to Land Breeze Formation

Here's a step-by-step explanation of how land breezes are created.

Air temperatures decrease at night.

Rising air creates a thermal low at the ocean surface.

Cool air collects forming a high-pressure zone above the surface of the ocean.

A low-pressure zone forms above the land surface from the rapid loss of heat.

A high-pressure zone forms as the cooler land cools the air immediately above the surface.

Winds aloft flow from the ocean to the land.

Winds at the surface flow from high to low pressure creating a land breeze.