Question
Complete all parts of the prompt to earn full points.
Consider what the weather is like right now, where you are. Now, think about what the weather might be like in a similar city that is south of the equator. To answer the prompt below, you simply need to know what the weather is like where you are right now. You do NOT need to look up weather forecasts for places in the Southern Hemisphere. Use your science knowledge to make a general prediction of what the weather might be like in a place south of the equator.
Compare and contrast the weather you are currently experiencing with a similar city located in the Southern Hemisphere.
1 pt - Specific description using unit vocabulary describing your current weather.
1 pt - Correctly comparing/contrasting your weather to what it would be if you were south of the equator.
Consider what the weather is like right now, where you are. Now, think about what the weather might be like in a similar city that is south of the equator. To answer the prompt below, you simply need to know what the weather is like where you are right now. You do NOT need to look up weather forecasts for places in the Southern Hemisphere. Use your science knowledge to make a general prediction of what the weather might be like in a place south of the equator.
Compare and contrast the weather you are currently experiencing with a similar city located in the Southern Hemisphere.
1 pt - Specific description using unit vocabulary describing your current weather.
1 pt - Correctly comparing/contrasting your weather to what it would be if you were south of the equator.
Answers
GPT-5 mini
Part 1 — Current weather (specific, with units):
Right now it is 20 °C, partly cloudy, relative humidity ~60%, light northerly breeze about 15 km/h, barometric pressure ~1015 hPa, and no precipitation.
Part 2 — Compare/contrast with a similar city south of the equator:
A city at the same latitude but south of the equator would experience similar short-term weather processes (similar cloud types, possible fronts, comparable wind speeds), but the seasons are opposite across the equator. That means if it is currently a mild 20 °C here because it’s spring/early summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the southern-city counterpart would be in autumn/early winter and likely cooler with shorter daylight (and vice versa). Also, on large scales storm rotation is reversed by the Coriolis effect (cyclones spin opposite directions), and prevailing wind directions would be mirrored.
Right now it is 20 °C, partly cloudy, relative humidity ~60%, light northerly breeze about 15 km/h, barometric pressure ~1015 hPa, and no precipitation.
Part 2 — Compare/contrast with a similar city south of the equator:
A city at the same latitude but south of the equator would experience similar short-term weather processes (similar cloud types, possible fronts, comparable wind speeds), but the seasons are opposite across the equator. That means if it is currently a mild 20 °C here because it’s spring/early summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the southern-city counterpart would be in autumn/early winter and likely cooler with shorter daylight (and vice versa). Also, on large scales storm rotation is reversed by the Coriolis effect (cyclones spin opposite directions), and prevailing wind directions would be mirrored.