Daily Weather in Japan

My country's capital city is Tokyo. The 3-day forecast will cover the following days, March 17th, March 18th, and March 19th. On March 17th, the high will be 63 degrees while the low will be 48 degrees. There is a 0% average chance of rain on this day. On March 18th, the high will be 65 degrees while the low will be 56 degrees. There is an average of 25% chance of rain this day. On March 19th, the high will also be 65 and the low will be 52. There is an average of 50% chance of rain this day. The average pressure over these three days is 0.05. The pressure throughout these three days increases. The average wind speed over the three days is 20mph. The wind speed increases over this 3-day period.

There are a few clouds spread throughout Japan in the capital of Tokyo. They are all low warm clouds in Omitama (south of Kasama), as well as Yokohama. There are not clouds in Narita, where it looks to be sunny. On this map, there are no cold clouds shown. Today, there is no medium-heavy precipitation. There are spots that are light green, indicating light precipitation. Mostly downtown and southern Tokyo, as well as in Kamakura. The surface characteristics that I thought were most notable was the river that runs through and somewhat around Tokyo, called Tohoku-Joetsu-Shinkansen. There is also the Tone river north of Tokyo. If you look northeast of Tokyo, there is Mount Tsukuba located under the Mito line as well. Not shown in this screenshot, up in the northwest of this picture, mountainous terrain begins to form because this is where Mr. Nyoho and Mount Nantai are located.

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This picture is zoomed in on Japan. There are only 4 isobars running through Japan, and they run horizontally. There are only H pressures directly affecting Japan, and it is centered around Japan's main isobar (1024mb) which is right through Tokyo. There are no L pressures. There are cold fronts coming towards Japan coming towards the country on the west side. In Japan, it then continually gives off a cold front that it being pushed southeast off the island.

This is the zoomed out picture of Japan. You can see that Japan is placed not on the map but would be just directly under it. I think this map is important to show because Russia has many H and L pressures but the ones that are closest to the southern part of the country are H pressures and bring the cold fronts to Japan. On the southeastern part of the map, you can see the cold front moving down, where it will eventually come into contact with Japan. The isobars observed in this specific map are centered on the tips of Russia and are centered on island locations.

Global and Local WInds in Japan

Throughout this whole blog I have compared Japan to California, and again for this assignment Japan in a few different ways is like California, because it is so elongated. The minimum latitude is 20.38N, while the maximum latitude is 45.33N. The maximum longitude is 153.59E, and the minimum longitude is 122.56E. Japan is also located in the northern hemisphere and there are also some scientists say that it is located in two hemispheres; the north and the south. The two cells in which Japan is located is the Hadley cell and the Ferrel cell. The wind belts that Japan resides in are the north westerlies and the northeast trade winds. The country is located near the high pressure belt called the subtropical pressure belt. Japan is located around a few different "special" areas. Northern Japan goes right through a horse latitude, and is close in proximity to a polar front. Doldrums happen at the southern part of Japan.

Japan has very moderate weather and I think it has a ton to do with the major cells, wind belts, and pressure. Japan is located in two separate cells, but mostly is identified with the ferrel cell. This causes more sporadic winds and brings in the rain that Japan gets so often, along with cold air moving towards the polar fronts. The wind belt that Japan is on is the westerlies and northeast trade winds. This can cause light winds and some humidity. In Japan, we are at the top of the subtropical pressure belt which causes higher pressure in Japan. This explains the colder weather we have in Japan, instead of the more extreme heats you would see on other islands or places of the size of Japan.

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Because Japan is an island, but also has a very mountainous terrain it has both mountains and a coastline. The 5 types of winds that are associated with mountains are valley breezes, mountain breezes, chinook winds, katabatic winds, and Santa Ana winds. Japan experiences many winds but not all of them. Japan winds include valley breezes, mountain breezes, and chinook winds (especially near Mt. Fuji. Japan also experiences coastline winds and breezes. The two types of breezes associated with the ocean and the coastline are land breeze and sea breeze. Japan experiences both land and sea breeze on a daily basis, just like Oahu.