Tail-end of a cold front

I learned that tail-end of a cold front is a front boundary of two  air masses, found in mid-latitudes. It brings rainfall and cloudiness over affected areas. It occurs in  northern portion of the country during the northern hemisphere winter season.It is also defined as the later portion of an advancing or leading edge of a steep cold wedge of air characterized by cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds with frequent precipitation in the form of heavy shower. This was the explanation of the continuous heavy rain that have occured in Mindanao, Eastern Visayas and Bicol Region. The continuous rainshowers, strong winds and thick clouds that enveloped the land of the Bicolanos since the start of the year causes huge landslides and over flowing rivers, causing to an unexpected massive flooding,  have resulted to damages not only to properties but most importantly lives. I want to know more about the effects it may brought  to us. I would like to research on how we can lessen or prevent the extent damage in may cause and the signs of its occurrence. I appreciate the fact that we are now knowledgeable about this, and we can easily get prepared about its occurrence by means of the different media that broadcast the weather forecast and the precautionary measures to be followed when experiencing this kind of phenomenon. I can apply my learning and insights in my daily living like giving extra effort on helping find ways to prevent too much damage that can be caused by this like heavy flooding.

La Niña

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. During a period of La Niña, the sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Ocean will 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 want to know more about the factors that causes La Niña to occur in a certain place. I would like to research on how we can prevent/ lessen the extent damage La Niña can brought to us. I appreciate the fact that the government implements law and order that concerns about the cleanliness in the environment, that could help reduce the effect La Niña can cause. I can apply my learning and insights in my everyday life like for example cooperate in maintaining the cleanliness in our environment for us to prevent flooding when La Niña came.

Monsoon

I learned that monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation,but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea.Usually, the term monsoon is used to refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally-changing pattern, although technically there is also a dry phase. Monsoons may be considered as large-scale sea breezes, due to seasonal heating and the resulting development of a thermal low over a continental landmass. They are caused by the larger amplitude of the seasonal cycle of land temperature compared to that of nearby oceans. This differential warming happens because heat in the ocean is mixed vertically through a "mixed layer" that may be fifty metres deep, through the action of wind and buoyancy-generated turbulence, whereas the land surface conducts heat slowly, with the seasonal signal penetrating perhaps a metre or so. There are two monsoons that we experience here in the Philippines; the northeast monsoon and southwest monsoon. The Northeast monsoon locally known as "Amihan". It affects the eastern portions of the country from October up to late March, starts over Siberia as a cold, dry air mass but gathers moisture as it travels across the Pacific Ocean before reaching the eastern sections of the Philippines is characterized by widespread cloudiness with rains and showers. The North Pacific Trades gradually replaces the NE Monsoon in March, appears in all seasons and blows dominantly from March to April, giving strong convective activity. The southwest monsoon locally known as "Habagat", it affects the country from July to September, is very warm and humid, occurs when warm  moist air. I want to know more about how they were formed and how they affect one place as they occur. I would like to research on how we can lessen the effect it may brought. I can apply my learning and insights in my daily living for example decide about our outings, I can avoid the time when they are usually experienced to prevent unnecessary things to happen.

El Niño

I learned that El Niño is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, during which unusually warm ocean conditions appear along the western coast of Ecuador and Peru, causing climatic disturbances of varying severity. The term originally was used to describe the warm southward current that appears in the region every December, but it is now reserved for occurrences that are exceptionally intense and persistent. The accepted definition is a warming or cooling of at least 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) averaged over the east-central tropical Pacific Ocean. Typically, this anomaly happens at irregular intervals of 3–7 years and lasts nine months to two years.^[5] The average period length is 5 years. When this warming occurs for only seven to nine months, it is classified as El Niño conditions; when it occurs for more than that period, it is classified as El Niño episodes. The first signs of an El Niño are: 1.) Rise in surface pressure over the Indian Ocean, Indonesia, and Australia. 2.) Fall in air pressure over Tahiti and the rest of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean.3.) Trade winds in the south Pacific weaken or head east.4.) Warm air rises near Peru, causing rain in the northern Peruvian deserts.5.) Warm water spreads from the west Pacific and the Indian Ocean to the east Pacific. It takes the rain with it, causing extensive drought in the western Pacific and rainfall in the normally dry eastern Pacific. I want to know more about the reason why this phenomenon occurs and how it affects one place. I would like to research on how we can lessen the bad effects brought about by this phenomenon. I appreciate the fact that government finds ways on how to prevent El Niño’s effects especially in the field of agriculture, there are some plants that can survive without water over a period of time. I can apply my learning and insights in my daily existence like for example help to find a solution about this certain phenomenon.