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No. There are always slight variations. In addition, on a local scale, winds may be deflected by ground clutter such as buildings and hills or small areas that vary in ground temperature.
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What direction do most fronts move across the US?
The fronts mainly move from the West towards the East. If you want to be more specific, it starts North West and goes South East. It is caused by the prevailing winds that move the molecules in a curved path, rather than a straight line.
Name four dangerous conditions that severe thunderstorms can produce.?
Lightning, flash floods, tornadoes, and damaging straight-line winds.
An intense concentration of downdraft winds that can reach 100 mph resulting in extensive straight line wind damage is called what?
This is called a downburst.
What is it called when the earth makes wind blow in a curve?
Its the Coriolis effect. In fact, the wind is trying to blow straight and the earth is turning under it in a circular motion. The resulting path of the wind on the earth is a curved line.
If earth didn't rotate what would happen to the global winds?
because earth rotates, the winds don't blow in a straight line. If earth did not rotate they would go from north to south and south to north in a straight line. http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber06/9th/Stand_6/html/6_2d.htm
Earths rotation and the Coriolis effect winds almost never blow what way?
in a straight line east
What are straight lined winds?
Straight line winds are, convective wind gusts, outflow and downbursts. Straight-line wind is wind that comes out of a thunderstorm.
Westerlies blow at a curve between 10 and 60 degrees north and south of the equator. What prevents these winds from blowing in a straight line?
earth spinning on Its axis..... apparently
What causes winds to deviate from straight-line path?
Thunderstorms :)
Why do most hurricanes change direction when they pass over the 30 degree North latitude line?
Around that point the general wind pattern switches from the tropical trade winds, which blow out of the east, to the prevailing westerlies of the mid latitudes.
What is a derecho?
A derecho (Spanish [to the] right or straight) is a high-speed windstorm created by thunderstorms. The winds blow "straight ahead" along the line of storm motion, and may exceed 80-100 mph (130-160 km/hr). Derechos can flatten forests and damage manmade structures with their hurricane-force winds.
How are straight line winds different than a lower level tornado?
By definition the wind in a tornado rotates, regardless of the tornado's intensity. Straight line winds travel on a relatively straight path and don not contain a circulation, though they can reach intensity similar to that of a tornado, in some cases equivalent to an EF2.
What direction do fronts move across the us?
The fronts mainly move from the West towards the East. If you want to be more specific, it starts North West and goes South East. It is caused by the prevailing winds that move the molecules in a curved path, rather than a straight line.
What direction do most fronts move across the US?
The fronts mainly move from the West towards the East. If you want to be more specific, it starts North West and goes South East. It is caused by the prevailing winds that move the molecules in a curved path, rather than a straight line.
Are tornadoes a destructive force?
Yes. They are one of the most destructive natural forces in the world equaled only by hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes.Meteorologists have recently began to credit Straight-Line Winds in a storm to cause a large amount of damage as well that was previously credited solely to the tornado itself. Straight-Line Winds come from the downward winds coming out of a severe thunderstorm.
What other severe weather can occur at the same time as a thunderstorm?
Large hail, flooding, straight line winds and tornadoes.
Why do the global winds curve like they do?
Global winds are caused by unequal heating of the Earth's surface and they curve because... If the Earth did not rotate, Global Winds would not curve. They would be straight as a line. So because of EARTH'S ROTATION, global winds curve.
