Global and Local Winds in Japan

            The latitude and longitude of Japan is 35.6833 degrees N, 139.7667 degrees E. The Hemisphere that Japan is located in is mostly the Northern Hemisphere and some of Eastern Hemisphere. In which of the three "atmospheric cell" that Japan reside is the Ferrell Cell. The wind belt that Japan reside on this the westerlies. The direction the wind (westerlies) actually blow from horse latitudes to poles. Japan is located near a main pressure belt. It located Sanbagawa belt, its a world's classical high pressure belt. Japan is located near the horse latitudes. The horse latitudes is located in 25 degrees N to 30 degrees N and Japan is located 35.6833 degrees N so its very close to the horse latitudes.



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             Japan is located in the Ferrell Cell, which is the coordinates 30 degrees N to 60 degrees N. The Ferrell Cell has a net surface that flows toward the poles. The poles are very close to Japan and the polar fronts too. The winds that are located in this cell is called the westerlies. The westerlies are bend to the west because of the Coriolis force. There's many cyclones located in this cell. And the westerlies are the ones that directed them. The wind blows east to west, so it has windward winds and the winds are sinking. Japan gets a lot of clouds and precipitation because of the moist location they are located in. Japan has similar weather and climates to United States because it depends where you live in Japan to have cold weather or hot weather, just like United States.

             Japan does have mountains, there's Mount Fuji, Mount Kita, Mount Aino and many more. The five types of breezes that are associated with mountains are mountain breeze, valley breeze, Chinook winds, Santa Ana winds, and Katabatic winds. My country can experiences mountain breeze and valley breeze. Mountain breeze is the raditional cooling of the valley walls and it happens during night time. The valley breeze is when the sun warms the valley walls and it happens during day time.
My country does have a coastline, its pretty much surrounded by water. The two breezes that associates with the coastlines are land breeze and seas breeze. Yes, Japan can experience both of these breezes.

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Typical Weather and Tourism in Japan

The days that Winter Solstice occur in Japan (Tokyo) is December 22nd. The average maximum temperature of December is 11 Celsius. The average minimum temperature of December is 4 Celsius. The type of precipitation that is most likely to occur during the Winter Solstice is rain, snow, glaze, and sleet. Depending on your location in Japan, you would get different precipitations in that area. For example, Nagasaki would have more rain as a precipitation than snow. It just depends on the location.

The Summer Solstice occur in Japan (Tokyo) on June 21st. The average maximum temperature of June is 24 Celsius. The average minimum temperature of June is 18 Celsius. The type of precipitation that is most likely to occur during the Summer Solstice is rain. Actually Japan is known to rain a lot during the months of June and July. The average rainfalls on the months of June and July is 20 days. Which is more than half the months that the Japanese people should be carrying umbrellas.

The day that Spring Equinox in Japan (Tokyo) occur is March 21st. The average maximum temperature of March is 12 Celsius. The average minimum temperature of March is 5 Celsius. The types of precipitation that is most likely to occur during the Spring Equinox is rain. The average rainfall in March isn't as high as June and July. But, the average rainfall is still pretty high, it 17 days in the month.

The Autumnal Solstice occur in Japan (Tokyo) on September 23rd. The average maximum temperature of September is 26 Celsius. The average minimum temperature of September is 20 Celsius. The types of precipitation that is most likely to occur during the Autumnal Equinox is rain. September has the same average rainfall as the months of June and July. The months, June and July has the highest average rainfall. Which means September also has one of the highest average rainfall.

I would recommend you to traveling to Japan during the spring season which is March 21st, the start of Spring Equinox. This month doesn't rain as much as other so you can travel around without an umbrella most of the time. The types of activities you could do in Japan during the spring season. You can visit the Japanese's garden since its blooming season, so you can see the beautiful flowers like the Japanese cherry blossom trees. And recently they opened Harry Potter World in Japan, which is a huge hit and you can purchase your own wand! During spring season, there isn't any potential weather hazards. The weather is not too hot but not too cold. It's just the perfect mix of cool air and beautiful flowers surrounding you everywhere. The only bad thing, it might rain but you can't really control that if it does happen.

 

 

 

Always something different to do! 

Temperature Controls in the city of Tokyo in Japan

           

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 Japan is located on the east coast of Asia. It lies between the Sea of Japan and North Pacific Ocean. 

The neighbor countries are North Korea, South Korea, China, and Russia. Its 277,955 sq kilometer long in longitude. The capital city of my country is Tokyo. The latitude and longitude of capital city is 35.6895° N, 139.6917° E. The warmest month in my city is August with an average monthly temperature of 79 F. The coldest month in my city is January with an average monthly temperature of 41 F. Based on the information above the annual range of temperature for my city is 38 F. The website where I found this information:  http://www.holiday-weather.com/tokyo/averages/. One of the temperature controls that impacts Tokyo is the  geographic position. Tokyo is on the east coast and is located  middle of Japan. Tokyo has a subtropical weather, it does has season but some seasons are not strongly impacted then others. If the city was in the northern half of Japan, it would experience extremely cold weather but Tokyo is located the bottom half of japan so the winter aren't as strong like the ones in the city of Obihiro.
             Honestly, I believe that all of the temperature controls does impact Tokyo. The ocean currents caused by wind to reaction between the atmosphere and the ocean. For example, the ocean current that deals with Japan is Kuroshiro Current. Kuroshiro Current is the northern flowing current on the west side of the Japan.  The altitude, geographic position, and Albedo also helps with Tokyo's temperature. Before I stated the altitude and geographic position's reasons. With me telling you this, I believe there  isn't a  temperature controls we discussed in class that doesn't impact the bright city of Tokyo.
             Japan's weather and climate varies from north to south just like United States. Obihiro gets extremely harsh winter because it is located in the northern area of Japan. Not the same situation for Kagoshima, which does still get winter for not as harsh as Obihiro. It gets subtropical weather, because it located on the southern part of Japan. This shows that the altitude and the geographic positions is really important in controlling the weather. December to February is the cold months which brings lots of snow and bizarre. Then June and July is the rainy and hot months, those months gets droughts and typhoons. Japan is just a country which has similar weather and climate as any state in United States. Some states of United States has a hotter summer than others states, just like Japan.
               Since Tokyo's geographic position and altitude position shows us that Tokyo has subtropical weather, which I mention before. With this information, I can predict what type of weather it should have over the years. Springs and summers are very hot compare to other places in Japan but their falls and winters are cold but not compare to the other places (especially the northern half ), which gets extremely cold. June is the raining month for Japan which includes the capital city Tokyo. The city is quite humid, so it gets pretty hot when the sunny months come along, which is around August.