Question

Near the shore, winds tend to blow out toward the water at night. What drives this process?

Answer 1

This phenomena is called an offshore breeze. At night, land is cooling faster than water; the air above the land also cools and, therefore, its density grows. As a result, the pressure above the land is greater than above the water, and the air moves from the regions with higher pressure (land) to the ones with lower pressure (water).