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westerlies

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 the landmasses in these latitudes.
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When they come from the region they're coming from, a lot of times they are the remnants of typhoons that get wrapped up into the prevailing westerlies of this latitude after they've run their course," Brown says.
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``There are a number planted along the roadside, which is partially sheltered from the prevailing westerlies,but I think this is the earliest I have seen them,''he explains.
Memorable day, brutal landscape; The northern lights were shimmering ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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