Activity #2 - Atmospheric Moisture Advection and Precipitation

In class we did an activity on how the earth's moisture effects the weather patterns and year round weather. We learned that the wind patterns of the world determine where and how much of the precipitation in the clouds above will be distributed/dumped on the U.S. In places where it is warmer, more bodies of water are evaporated and held in the clouds to distribute to other places when it condenses. If the wind current are strong enough, the precipitation gathered from from the gulf of Mexico can be pulled up and later deposited in Michigan in the form of intense showers or snow storms.