Patterns of Prevaling Wind

Patterns of Prevaling Wind

The direction of wind is measured in terms of where the air is coming from. A northerly wind blows air from north to south. A southwesterly wind blows air from the southwest to the northeast.

The prevailing wind is the wind that blows most frequently across a particularly region. Different regions on Earth have different prevailing wind directions which are dependent upon the nature of the general circulation of the atmosphere and the latitudinal wind zones(Andrew, 2007).

In general, the following prevailing winds across the Earth may be identified, although variations arise due to the positions and ...