WESTERLIES meaning: Prevailing winds from the west

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Westerlies)

▸ noun: 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.

Opposite:

easterlies, trade winds, tropical easterlies

Types:

polar, subtropical, tropical, monsoon, jet stream, polar jet stream, polar front, more...

Phrases:

prevailing westerlies, equatorial westerlies, zonal westerlies, polar westerlies, circumpolar westerlies, more...

Adjectives:

upper, stronger, equatorial, latitude, south, zonal, stormy, midlatitude, north, level, southern

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