As the east paled with the first light of dawn we got under way again, and hauled close on the land breeze as we slanted across the bay toward Point Pedro.
But the land breeze had begun to die away with the rising sun, and now came only in failing puffs.
A light
land breeze was blowing, and the ship had been worked through the harbor's mouth under scant sail, but now that they had cleared the point every available shred of canvas was being spread that she might stand out to sea as handily as possible.
As they hung wavering in the opening, the broad strait before them, and their quarry fast diminishing to small specks upon the distant horizon, a vagrant
land breeze suddenly bellied the flapping sail.
A strange name wakes up memories; the printed words scent the smoky atmosphere of to-day faintly, with the subtle and penetrating perfume as of
land breezes breathing through the starlight of bygone nights; a signal fire gleams like a jewel on the high brow of a sombre cliff; great trees, the advanced sentries of immense forests, stand watchful and still over sleeping stretches of open water; a line of white surf thunders on an empty beach, the shallow water foams on the reefs; and green islets scattered through the calm of noonday lie upon the level of a polished sea, like a handful of emeralds on a buckler of steel.
"Well--if there are any regular
land breezes at all on this coast one must get close inshore to find them, mustn't one?"
It is located in
Land Breeze Housing Society on Main Raiwind Road, and is being built on 10 kanals (5,000 square yards) of land, featuring a total of 175 residential apartments.
However, there is an increased frequency of eastern and southeastern winds before the sunrise that could be interpreted as evidence of
land breeze.
Retrogression back toward the sea would be expected during the nocturnal
land breeze phase instead of during the middle of the day as documented here; however, similar motion has been noted under opposing flow by Alpert et al.
At night, the land cools more quickly than the water, resulting in a reversal of the circulation (
land breeze).
Situated in the equatorial doldrums area, it is extremely rare to have a full day with a completely clear sky even during periods of severe drought [1].Malaysia is surrounded by the sea, the effect of the sea breeze and
land breeze on the wind patterns is great especially during days with clear skies.
Approaching nightfall, we had to make our first big tactical decision; inshore for
land breeze or offshore for gradient wind.