Five sisters live and work in different US cities. Each of them recently changed her place of residency. Identify the type of weather each sister should expect in her new location.

She’ll notice hotter temperatures
year-round due to more absorbed
radiation from the Sun.
She should anticipate less frequent
and lighter rain and snow showers.
She should prepare for hotter
overall temperatures, both day
and night.
She’ll experience cooler overall
temperatures, both day and night.
She’ll see more snowfall due to
elevated levels of moisture in the
air during winter.
A:Hallie lives in downtown Los Angeles, California. She used to live on a farm just outside of Bakersfield, California.
B:Kendra lives and works in a community in the Appalachian Mountains. She moved there from Richmond, Virginia, a city closer to sea level.

C:Millicent runs a day care center about 10 miles from Lake Erie, a Great Lake in the United States. She used to operate a day care center near Keystone Lake, a much smaller body of water.

D:Lisa attends a public university in Florida. She transferred there from a state college in northern Wisconsin.

E:Tatum works as a ski instructor on Mount Hood. She recently moved from the windward side of the mountain to the leeward side to save on rent.

1 answer

A: Hallie should expect hotter temperatures year-round and less frequent and lighter rain and snow showers in downtown Los Angeles compared to her previous location just outside of Bakersfield, California.
B: Kendra should prepare for cooler overall temperatures, both day and night, in the community in the Appalachian Mountains compared to Richmond, Virginia.
C: Millicent should anticipate more snowfall due to elevated levels of moisture in the air during winter near Lake Erie compared to near Keystone Lake.
D: Lisa should notice hotter overall temperatures, both day and night, in Florida compared to her previous location in northern Wisconsin.
E: Tatum should expect more snowfall on the leeward side of Mount Hood compared to the windward side.