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Page 1: Polar Easterlies Westerlies Trade Winds Doldrums (no wind) Horse Latitudes (no wind)

Global Winds

Page 2: Polar Easterlies Westerlies Trade Winds Doldrums (no wind) Horse Latitudes (no wind)

Polar Easterlies

Polar Easterlies

Westerlies

Westerlies

Trade Winds

Trade Winds

Doldrums (no wind)

Horse Latitudes (no wind)

Horse Latitudes (no wind)

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Coriolis Effect

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Coriolis Effect on Wind

Wind curves to the right (in Northern Hemisphere)

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Jet StreamLike a river in the atmosphere

Helps move weather acrossNorth America!

Shows the “boundary” between different typesof air!

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More Jet StreamMoves South in the Winter

Moves North in the Summer

Cold air north of jet stream

Warm air south of jet stream