The Westerlies, anti-trades, or Prevailing Westerlies, are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. They originate from the high pressure areas in the horse latitudes and tend towards the poles and steer extratropical cyclones in this general manner. Tropical cyclones which cross th...
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(from the article `climate`) ...with moist maritime tropical air (mT); it gives rise to the warm, humid, showery climate characteristic of the Caribbean region, eastern South ... [7 related articles]
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Dominant winds of the mid-latitudes. These winds move from the subtropical highs to the subpolar lows from west to east.
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the dominant west-to-east motion of the atmosphere, centered over the middle latitudes (35 to 65 degrees latitude) of both hemispheres.
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Prevailing winds from the west that occur in both hemispheres between latitudes of about 35° and 60°. Unlike the trade winds, they are very variable and produce stormy weather. The westerlies blow mainly from the southwest in the northern hemisphere and the northwest in the southern hemisphere, bringing moist weather to the west coast of ...
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