prevailing westerlies

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• prevailing westerlies — noun plural : the average or normal westerly winds of the middle latitudes * * * prevailing westerlies, the usual westerly winds that blow between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude, both north and south of the equator …   Useful english dictionary

• Westerlies — The Westerlies or the Prevailing Westerlies are the prevailing winds in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude, blowing from the high pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the poles. These prevailing winds blow from the… …   Wikipedia

• Prevailing winds — The prevailing winds are the trends in speed and direction of wind over a particular point on the earth s surface. A region s prevailing winds often showglobal patterns of movement in the earth s atmosphere. Prevailing winds are the causes of… …   Wikipedia

• westerlies — prevailing winds in certain latitudes, 1876, from westerly (see WEST (Cf. west)) …   Etymology dictionary

• prevailing winds — The winds produced by the global patterns of barometric pressure, both at the surface and aloft. The prevailing winds are influenced by the earth’s rotation (Coriolis effect). The prevailing winds are the polar high, polar easterlies, subpolar… …   Aviation dictionary

• westerlies — the belt of prevailing westerly winds in medium latitudes in the southern hemisphere. → westerly …   English new terms dictionary

• Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the …   Wikipedia

• climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …   Universalium

• Atlantic Ocean — an ocean bounded by North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere. ab. 31,530,000 sq. mi. (81,663,000 sq. km); with connecting seas ab. 41,000,000 sq. mi. (106,100,000 sq. km);… …   Universalium

• Climate of Europe — Biomes of Europe and surrounding regions:      tundra      alpine tundra      taiga …   Wikipedia

• Rain shadow — For the Australian television series see Rain Shadow (TV series). A rain shadow or rainshadow, or more accurately, precipitation shadow, is a dry region of land that is leeward of a mountain range or other geographic feature, with respect to… …   Wikipedia