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Weather patterns usually move from west to east. Winds from the west, known as the prevailing westerlies, dominate at mid-latitudes, so a wind blowing all the way from Ireland to the U.S. East Coast is highly unlikely. That said, the global wind pattern is from the east at tropical latitudes from the equator to about 30 degrees north and south of the equator. Therefore, winds do blow to the west and can sometimes carry dust from Africa's Sahara Desert across the Atlantic to the Caribbean or even to the southeastern USA.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoNot always, that is just how most weather moves due to the jet stream and wind patterns and such.
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∙ 11y agoWind in the middle latitudes are usually westerlies, which are winds from the west. Therefore they blow from west to east.
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∙ 8y agoNo, the wind patterns usually move from west to east. In the eastern half of the US, you might also have some weather coming up from the Gulf of Mexico, which is to the south and west.
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What two terms are used to describes storms that move from west to east in the middle -latitudes pushed by the jet stream flow?
Westerlies
When hurricanes first form in the northern hemisphere they usually travel from and later as they move to higher latitudes?
east to west and west to east.
Why do weather systems move to the 'right'?
The weather systems move to the right because of the west to east rules. The rules happen because of the wind.
Do weather fronts move east to west in souThern hemisphere?
Yes
What direction do air masses move in the us?
Various directions at various times.Referring to weather patterns, U.S. weather generallymoves from West to East.
Weather in the middle latitudes tends to move in what general direction?
west to east
What makes weather systems move?
Weather systems are moved by the large scale wind currents of the Earth. These generall move west in the tropics, east in the middle latitudes, and west near the poles.
What two terms are used to describe storms that move from west to east in the middle latitudes pushed by the jet stream flow?
Westerlies
What two terms are used to describes storms that move from west to east in the middle -latitudes pushed by the jet stream flow?
Westerlies
How do middle-latitude cyclones affect weather across the united states?
They bring stormy weather as they move from west to east
Does rain always move west to east?
No. In the mid latitudes it usually travels from west to east.
When hurricanes first form in the northern hemisphere they usually travel from and later as they move to higher latitudes?
east to west and west to east.
Why do most storms move from the west coast of America to the east?
The prevailing winds blow from west to east at these latitudes
Can weather patterns move east to west?
no
Weather patterns in the Northern Hemisphere move?
Weather patters in the northern hemisphere, far from the equator, move from west to east. When you get closer to the equator, they'll move east to west.
When scientists observe weather patterns in the US in which direction do they find these patterns generally move?
In general weather patterns move west to east, with the exception that weather patterns originating over the Caribbean move south to north up the east coast states.
Why do tornadoes travel faster than hurricanes?
Hurricanes are tropical weather systems while significant tornadoes generally occur in the temperate latitudes. The wind currents that move storms in the tropics are generally weaker than those that move storms in the temperate latitudes.
