Global and Local Winds in Bolivia

     The latitude and longitude of Bolivia is 16.7120 degrees south, and 64.660 degrees west.  The hemisphere it is located in is the southern western hemisphere.  Bolivia resides in the Hadley cell of the three "atmospheric cell."   The wind belt that Bolivia resides on is the tropical easterlies.  The wind direction for Bolivia is southeast.  My country is not located on a main pressure belt.  The reason for this is because it is located between ITCZ and the subtropical high.  My country does not have any special areas such as doldrums, etc. because it's located between both high and low pressure belts.

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          Bolivia has a subtropical highland climate.  It is located in the Hadley's cell atmospheric cell.  The winds blow in southwest direction, and they have southeasterly trades.  Bolivia has a warm climate due to the location which is not by any of the major poles.  The wind blows leeward, and the air rises because my country is located closer to the equator.
          Bolivia does have many mountains.  The highest mountain is Illimani and it is located in western Bolivia.  Five types of winds that are associated with mountains are foehn, chinook, mountain, valley, and ketabatic.  My country experiences mountain and valley winds.  Bolivia does not have a coastline.  There is land and sea breezes associated with coastlines.  Bolivia does not experience these because it is surrounded by other South American countries.  

Typical Tourism and Weather in Bolivia

My country is located in the southern hemisphere, I based my maximum and minimum temperatures, and weather patterns based on my countries capital which is Sucre, Bolivia.  Their winter solstice occurs on June 21.  The average max temperature during this month is 66 degrees Fahrenheit.  The minimum average temperature is 47 degrees Fahrenheit.  During this month it is mostly sunny, but you can get some rain.  The average monthly amount of precipitation is .4 inches.  This marks the beginning of a new agriculture year, and is accompanied by festivals.

Bolivia’s summer solstice happens on December 21.  The average maximum temperature for this month is 68 degrees Fahrenheit.  The average minimum temperature is 55 degrees Fahrenheit.  During the summer solstice month, you can expect lots of rain.  There is an average of 3.5 inches of rain, and there are often hazardous floods during this month. 

The spring solstice in Bolivia takes place on March 20^th.  The average maximum temperature is 67 degrees Fahrenheit.  The average lowest temperature during this month is 54.  During this month you can expect rain.  The average amount of rain in March is 3.1 inches. 

Lastly, the Autumnal solstice happens on September 22.  The average maximum temperature is 68 degrees Fahrenheit.  The average lowest temperature is 51 degrees Fahrenheit.  During this month you can expect showers of rain.  The average monthly precipitation during this month is .8 inches. 

The best month to visit Bolivia would be in the winter solstice.  One activity that you would be able to do is go to the winter solstice festival.  Another activity that you would be able to take part in is seeing the Uyuni Salt Flats.  There aren’t many potential weather hazards at this time of the year.  The weather is dry and warm, but you still have a chance of little rain showers.  “If you told me there was a better place in South America to visit, I wouldn’t Bolivia.”

Uyuni Salt Flats

Temperature Controls in the City of Sucre

     In this essay i will talk about the capital city of my country, and things that do effect and do not effect the regional temperatures of my city.  The capital city of my country is Sucre.  The latitude and longitude of my capital city is 19.0500 degrees South and 65.2500 degrees West.  The warmest month in my city is November with an average monthly temperature of 63 degrees Fahrenheit.  The coldest month in my city is July and it has an average monthly temperature of 56 degrees Fahrenheit(www.weatherbase.com).  One temperature control that has an effect on my city is altitude.  My city has an altitude of 2,790 meters above sea level.  This altitude causes cooler temperatures, because there is a cooler temperature at greater heights.  Also the atmospheric pressure decreases which means that the atmosphere absorbs and reflects less radiation.  One temperature control that does not have an impact on my city is the differential heating of land and water.  Different surfaces absorb, emit, and reflect different amounts of energy.  Land heats up faster and at higher temperatures than water does and also cools faster and to lower temperatures.  Sucre is located toward the middle of Bolivia with no bodies of water around it.  There is actually no water surrounding all of Bolivia itself because it is in the middle of South America.  In the future, I think the temperature of my city will slowly start to rise.  If you look at past years temperatures of Sucre, you can see that the temperatures have been going up slowly.  One reason for this could be because of the greenhouse effect.  The absorbed energy from the sun that heats the air, could be more and more each year making temperatures in my city rise.  By doing this assignment, I learned that my country has a high altitude, and is also in the middle of the country so it is not surrounded by a body of water.  This makes certain temperature controls have a bigger impact than other ones do.