THE RATIO OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR TO THE MAXIMUM

AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR THE AIR CAN HOLD AT A

PARTICULAR TEMPERATURE.

SPEED OF THE WEATHER RELATED AIR MOVEMENT

FROM ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT.

THE PHILIPPINES WITH AN ANNUAL AVERAGE WIND

SPEED OF ______ TO 7 METERS PER SECOND (M/S).

SEASONAL CHANGE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE

PREVAILING, OR STRONGEST, WINDS OF A REGION.

FILIPINO TERM OF NORTHEAST MONSOON

FROM NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY.

FILIPINO TERM OF SOUTHWEST MONSOON

FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER.

PROVIDES A BROADER OVERVIEW OF SUN ON A SITE.

USED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF SHADOWS CAST

BY BUILDINGS, TREES, AND LANDFORMS ON THE SITE.

a short term description of the air in an area measured by

temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind, and other factors.

the average condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years

as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation.

Winters are entirely dark and bitterly cold.

Summer days are long, but the sun is low on the horizon so

summers are cool.

A layer of permanently frozen ground that forms

below the surface, which can extend hundreds of

meters deep.

A glacier, thick layer of ice and snow Found mostly on Greenland and Antarctica, about 9 percent of the Earth’s land area

have extremely low average annual temperatures,

about −29 oC

the temperature in this type of climate are not extreme, not

burning hot nor freezing cold the changes between summer

and winter is not drastic.

Strongly influenced by the oceans, which maintain constant

temperatures across the seasons found in areas near coasts where the sea and onshore winds provide more rain and help to keep the temperatures level

throughout the year.

Has warmer summers and colder winters as the effect of land

on heat receipt and loss increases.

Has more pronounced dry periods and, as there is less of a

moderating influence by the sea, temperatures are often hotter

in summer and colder in winter.

the word means dry, more than a third of the Earth is covered with this climate

mainly found 30 degrees north and south of the Equator due to

global wind patterns.

hot and humid more than 59 inches of precipitation each year

seasonal differences are usually determined by rainfall

patterns dry season: "summer"

wet season: "winter" , lush in vegetation and animal life.

mild wet winters and warm to hot, dry summers

irregular rainfall annual rainfall is low, with more than half falling

during the winter fires are prevalent during the summer and fall.

Two Pronounced seasons: dry from November to

April and wet during the rest of the year in the Philippines.

No dry season with a pronounced rainfall from

November to January. Regions with this climate

are along or very near the eastern coast in the Philippines.

Seasons are not very pronounced, relatively dry from November to April, and wet during the rest of the year. Areas under this type include areas

that are partly sheltered from tradewinds but are open to Habagat and are frequented by tropical cyclones in the Philippines.

Rainfall is more or less evenly distributed

throughout the year in this part of the country.

A warming of the ocean surface, or above-average

sea surface temperatures (SST), in the central and eastern

tropical Pacific Ocean.

A cooling of the ocean surface, or below-average sea

surface temperatures (SST), in the central and eastern

tropical Pacific Ocean.

the measure of water vapor (moisture) in the air, regardless of

temperature expressed as g/m3).

also measures water vapor but the temperature of the air

expressed as a percentage of the total amount that could be held at its

current temperature.

the amount of precipitation usually measured by the

depth in inches.

More tropical cyclones (TCs) are entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) than anywhere else in the world. With an average of ______ TCs in this region per year, with about 8 or 9 of them crossing the Philippines.

Mindanao and southern Palawan nearly

never get hit by strong storms.

Approximately ____% of the unwanted heat that builds up

in a house comes in via the windows.

the greater the surface area, the greater the potential

for heat gain or heat loss through it.

the main goal is to expose the least surface area

of a structure to the sun.

the sun's position as projected on a horizontal plane.

Concrete are an excellent temperature regulator

due to their thermal mass.

this indigenous material comprises 80-90% of the Bahay Kubo,

very versatile used as strips, splits or whole timber varieties.

Molecules of Cold air moves faster than the

molecules of Hot air.

Cross Ventilation is a Vertical process of Ventilation.

ANGLE FORMED BY RAYS OF SUNLIGHT HITTING THE EARTH.