When does wind typically blow from land to water?

Wind typically blows from land to water at night due to cooling. This phenomenon is known as a land breeze. During the day, the sun heats up the land more quickly than the water. As a result, the air above the land becomes warmer and rises, creating an area of lower pressure. Cooler air from over the water, which is now at a higher pressure, moves in to replace the rising warm air, resulting in a sea breeze.

At night, however, the situation reverses. The land cools down more rapidly than the water, creating a cooler area of higher pressure over the land. The warmer air over the water rises, creating a lower pressure area. Consequently, the cooler air from the land moves out towards the water, thus forming a land breeze, which is why the wind blows from land to water during the night.

In contrast, during the day, wind dynamics favor a sea breeze, while conditions like rain or stormy weather do not specifically dictate consistent land-to-water winds. Rain may shift wind patterns temporarily, and stormy weather can create more turbulent and variable wind conditions, but these are not the primary reasons for the phenomenon of wind direction.