Meaning Westerlies
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Dominant winds of the mid-latitudes. These winds move from the subtropical highs to the subpolar lows from west to east.
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The prevailing winds that blow from the west in the mid-latitudes.
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prevailing winds in certain latitudes, 1876, from westerly (see west).
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winds blowing from the west across the mid-latitudes.
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(Also called circumpolar westerlies, circumpolar whirl, countertrades, middle-latitude westerlies, polar westerlies, subpolar westerlies, subtropical westerlies, temperate westerlies, zonal westerlies [..]
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variable mid-latitude winds that often bring moisture.
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The prevailing winds that blow from the west in the mid-latitudes.
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The winds that blow from west to east at middle latitudes. wetlands
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  West-to-east winds occurring in the mid-latitudes in both hemispheres.
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The west to east winds that prevail over the mid-latitudes in the northern and southern hemispheres.
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Persistent eastward-equatorial winds in mid-latitudes in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
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Westerlies are winds coming from the west that are typically found at mid latitudes. See section 1.2.2.
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Usually applied to the broad patterns of persistent winds with a westerly component. It is the dominant persistent atmospheric motion, centered over the midlatitudes of each hemisphere.
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The global winds at middle latitudes, from west to east. The westerlies are the reason why weather patterns in the US often migrate from west to east. See jet stream.
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Prevailing winds between 40° and 60° latitudes North and South.
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The Westerlies, anti-trades, or 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 t [..]
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the dominant west-to-east motion of the atmosphere centered over the middle latitudes (35°-65°) of both hemispheres.
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The prevailing winds that blow from the west in the mid-latitudes.
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Usually applied to the broad patterns of persistent winds with a westerly component. It is the dominant persistent atmospheric motion, centered over the midlatitudes of each hemisphere. Near the earth's surface, the westerlies extend from approximately 35 to 65 degrees latitude, while in the upper levels they extend further polarward and equat [..]
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Usually applied to the broad patterns of persistent winds with a westerly component. It is the dominant persistent atmospheric motion, centered over the midlatitudes of each hemisphere. Near the earth [..]
Source: communityweather.org.nz

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Usually applied to the broad patterns of persistent winds
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The prevailing winds that blow from the west in the mid-latitudes.
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Usually applied to the broad patterns of persistent winds with a westerly component. It is the dominant persistent atmospheric motion, centered over the midlatitudes of each hemisphere. Near the earth’s surface, the westerlies extend from approximately 35 to 65 degrees latitude, while in the upper levels they extend further polarward and equatorwar [..]
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are the prevailing west-to-east winds of the middle latitudes of both hemispheres on Earth.
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