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Q: Why do weather patterns usually move from west to east?
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Can weather patterns move east to west?

no


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.


In which direction does the weather travel in the United states?

In the United States cold weather can travel in several directions. It can travel southward from the north. It can travel eastward from the Pacific. Those are the most likely. However, in unusual cases it can come from other directions. Sometimes you will hear of a southeaster when cold weather comes from the south east.


What directions do weather patterns generally move across the US?

Weather patterns in the contiguous 48 states almost invariably move west to east overall.


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.


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.


What causes large weather patterns to move from the west to east?

it the air moving and the air moves the clouds


Does weather in the middle latitudes move from east to west?

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.


What direction in the weather system US usually move?

For everyone in the US, our weather comes from the west and moves east. For the weather system closer to the equator moves comes from the east and moves west.


How does the weather in Korea move?

Summer Typhoons are usually loop around and then pass from south west to north east on the peninsula. Winter storms are usually Nor'WESTerners.


Is it true that most weathermoves fron west to east over north America?

The general direction of weather over North America is west to east. That does not mean that any particular storm will move in that direction. Two meandering jet streams going from the west to the east drive weather patterns over North America.


Does weather move from west to east in the southern hemisphere?

Weather generally in southern hemisphere moves from the west to the east. eg. Weather in Perth AU arrives in Adelaide AU 2 days later and in Sydney AU 5 days later.There are different circumstances if there is an offshore low or Cyclone off the East coast where sometimes it will move East to West but only until landfall where it dissipates after hitting the Great Dividing Range.