Sea breeze
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A sea breeze occurs in a costal area that is being heated by the sun. The land area heats up faster than the ocean air; the hot air over land becomes lighter and rises, lowering the pressure over the land. The cooler air over the ocean then flows towards this lower pressure, lowering the temperature of the land area. Sea breezes occur most often in the summer season when there is a large temperature differential between the air temperature over land and the air temperature over the ocean. The air temperature over the ocean is mostly correlated with the temperature of the ocean water which is very slow to respond to heating of the sun because of the thermal mass of the ocean water.
