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Antitrade winds are the winds that blow high in the atmosphere (not at the surface) from the equator to about 30 degrees. They are a part of the Hadley Cell.
The trade winds (northeast or southeast depending on which hemisphere you're in) blow towards the Equator.
On the average, it most often blow horizontally.
Trade Winds.
Polar Westerlies.
trade winds
Antitrade winds are the winds that blow high in the atmosphere (not at the surface) from the equator to about 30 degrees. They are a part of the Hadley Cell.
Winds that blow almost always in one direction, from the northeast to the equator, are trade winds. They are surface winds that are found in the tropics that have a prevailing easterly pattern.
The trade winds (northeast or southeast depending on which hemisphere you're in) blow towards the Equator.
Trade winds blow from east to west while the westerlies blow from west to east. Trade winds blow near the equator whereas the westerlies blow in the middle latitudes.
Trade Winds
east and west
On the average, it most often blow horizontally.
Polar easterlies are prevailing winds that blow from east to west between 60 degrees and 90 degrees latitude in both hemispheres. Polar westerlies are prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres.
Trade Winds.
Polar Westerlies.
The Equator receives the most heat energy