Monday, August 6, 2012



El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), or El Niño/La Niña–Southern Oscillation, is a quasiperiodic climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean roughly every five years. The Southern Oscillation refers to variations in the temperature of the surface of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean (warming and cooling known as El Niño and La Niña respectively) and in air surface pressure in the tropical western Pacific. The two variations are coupled: the warm oceanic phase, El Niño, accompanies high air surface pressure in the western Pacific, while the cold phase, La Niña, accompanies low air surface pressure in the eastern Pacific Mechanisms that cause the oscillation remain under study.
The extremes of this climate pattern's oscillations, El Niño and La Niña, cause extreme weather (such as floods and droughts) in many regions of the world. Developing countries dependent upon agriculture and fishing, particularly those bordering the Pacific Ocean, are the most affected. In popular usage, the El Niño–Southern Oscillation is often called just "El Niño". El Niño is Spanish for "the little boy" and refers to the Christ child, because periodic warming in the Pacific near South America is usually noticed around Christmas.

I learned that El Niño is a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time.
I want to know more about El Niño, how it forms, how it develops, and what are the benefits and disadvantages of it.
I would like to research on different factors that affects the formation of El Niño.
I appreciate the fact that El Niño makes a fair and sunny weather. With this mater,l plants grow tall and green!
I can apply my learning and insights in understanding why there is sunny and warm weather. I can also share my knowledge to others to be able them to know what an El Niño is.




La Niña is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is the counterpart of El Niño as part of the broader El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate pattern. During a period of La Niña, the sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Oceanwill be lower than normal by 3–5 °C. In the United States, an episode of La Niña is defined as a period of at least 5 months of La Niña conditions. The name La Niña originates from Spanish, meaning "the girl," analogous to El Niño meaning "the boy."
La Niña, sometimes informally called "anti-El Niño", is the opposite of El Niño, where the latter corresponds instead to a higher sea surface temperature by a deviation of at least 0.5 °C, and its effects are often the reverse of those of El Niño. El Niño is famous due to its potentially catastrophic impact on the weather along both the Chilean, Peruvian, New Zealand, and Australian coasts, among others. It has extensive effects on the weather in North America, even affecting the Atlantic Hurricane Season. La Niña is often, though not always, preceded by an El Niño.


I learned that La Niña is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is the counterpart of El Niño as part of the broader El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate pattern.The La Niña is usually described as a cooler than average sea surface temperature in this area of the Pacific. 
I want to know more about La Niña. How, when and where it forms and develop.
I would like to research on different factors that affects the formation of   La Niña. I also want to research about different technique on how to predict La Niña.
I appreciate the fact that La Niña has some influence in the climate. Like, it brings cold weather that helps other people for better production of their work or better life.
I can apply my learning and insight in understanding the weather conditions that occur in our country. I can also share my knowledge to other ordinary people like me to know what LaNiña is and how does LaNiña affects the country.











I learned that monsoon is a period of heavy rainfall, especially during the summer over South and Southeast Asia

I want to know more about monsoon, how it forms, how it affect the country, what are the benefits and disadvantages of it.

I would like to research on different factors that affects the monsoon and its effect on the weather.

I appreciate the fact that it brings rain into our country and helps to supply our water supply needs. It also helps us to prevent  suffering from drought.

I can apply my learning and insights in understanding why there is a rain during summer over.  


Sunday, August 5, 2012

Tail End of a Cold Front
 The TAIL-END of a COLD FRONT is grouped as a LINEAR SYSTEM. This means that this 
phenomenon can be easily seen or detected. And I really agree on that because there are certain times of the year, like this, in which we experience this kind of weather.

A tail-end of a cold front is usually defined as a front 


boundary of two air masses, found in mid-latitudes.


And as I have personally experiences, cold fronts are usually 


associated with rainfall and cloudiness which 


further brings colder temperature to such regions at a certain


 period of time.
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I learned that  TAIL-END of a COLD FRONT is grouped as a LINEAR SYSTEM. This means that this phenomenon can be easily seen or detected. And I really agree on that because there are certain times of the year, like this, in which we experience this kind of weather. 


I want to know more about the tail end of a cold front, on how it is formed, how does it affect the country, and its advantage and disadvantages.


I would like to research on different factors that affect the formation of tail end of a cold front and its step by step, and also I would like to learn on how does it affects the weather.


I appreciate the fact that it brings rain into our country and it helps to maintain our water supply needs. In addition, tail end of a cold front helps us to prevent suffering from droughts.


I can apply my learning and insights in understanding about our weather.It serves as a guide and answers to some questions,like, why there is the so called drought and flood?


I've enjoyed reading some facts about tail end a cold front! Hope you had enjoyed reading it too! :)