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| All wind is named for the direction from which it came from |
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| the phenomenon that objects moving toward the equator from the north and south turn west due to the rotation of the earth |
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| an area of low pressure near the equator were the warm air rises straight up. |
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| an area of high-pressure located 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the equator. |
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| the winds that are created between the high pressure of the horse latitudes (at 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the equator) and the low pressure of the doldrums |
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| – Winds that exist from 30 degrees to 60 degrees both above and below the equator |
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| A wind belt that forms from the north and south poles to 60 degrees. This air moves from the east, so it is called an easterly. |
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| a narrow band of strong wind that blows from the west to the east. |
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| The windbelt that effects us here in the Ohio valley. |
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| This is where jet streams form |
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| between masses of warm and cold air. |
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