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What causes winds to be deflected to the right or the left as they flow from high pressure to low pressure?
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Winds are deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere because of the earths rotation.
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What causes the strong winds in a tornado?
Change in air pressure causes the strong winds. In fact, most winds that we experience on Earth are caused by change in air pressure. Usually significant changes in air pressure occur over a large area and therefore it's only a slow change in pressure over distance making light winds. In a tornado, you get a significant drop in air pressure over just a few feet of land. This causes the winds to get excessivly high.
What causes the global winds to separate into three bands?
pressure gradient For A+ The earth's rotation
What causes the strong winds associated with tornadoes and thunderstorms?
The strong winds in a tornado are causes by the steep pressure gradient surrounding it, with intense low pressure at the tornado's center. Strong winds in thunderstorms are usually caused by rain cooled air falling rapidly to ground level in an even called a downburst.
How do differences in atmosphere pressure create winds?
As dense, cool air moves into a low-pressure region , the less dense, warmer air is pushed upward. These pressure differences, which are the result of the unequal heating that causes convection, create winds.
Do fronts occur in areas of high pressure?
No, not really. Winds tend to blow out of the High pressure areas to low pressure areas. This causes the clouds to follow the winds and that is the reason why you would expect a nice sunny weather when a high pressure area moves over you.
What cause wind to be deflected to the right or the left as they from high pressure to low pressure?
Winds are deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere because of the earths rotation.
The rotation of Earth causes all Southern Hemisphere winds to be deflected to the?
Left in a clockwise direction due to the Coriolis effect.
Westerly Winds in the Southern Hemisphere blow from?
The rotation of Earth causes all Southern Hemisphere winds to be deflected to the
How is that a cyclone has a low pressure centre with high speed winds revolving around it?
The low pressure (usually extremely low) causes aur surrounding the storm to rush in to try and equalise this low pressure. As the pressure gradient is very large, the winds are very strong. The winds rotate in a clockwise direction due to them being deflected by the coriolis effect.
What makes global winds curve?
Coriolis force causes global winds to curve. As winds move north or south, they are deflected due to the rotation of the Earth. They curve to the west.
Why do permanent winds get deflected towards the right or left in the northern and southern hemispheres while blowing?
The coriolis effect caused by Earth's rotation results in winds getting deflected to the right (clockwise) in the northern hemisphere and the left (anticlockwise) in the southern hemisphere.
In the northern hemisphere planetary winds are deflected to the right due to what?
Cause by Earth's rotation
What is the name given to the cause of winds being deflected to the right?
The Coriolis Effect. It's caused by the rotation of the earth.
What causes some winds to be strong and some winds to be weak?
pressure gradient forces high in low pressure areas?
What causes Coriolis effect when winds tend to flow from high pressure to low pressure?
The Coriolis effect is not the tendencey for wind to go from high to low pressure. The Coriolis effect is the tendency for wind to be deflected relative to Earth as this flow occurs. It is a consequence of earth's rotation and the tendency of matter to resist changes in speed and direction.
Why are earths atmospheric winds deflected in a predictable manner?
rotation
what are planetary winds deflected by in the northern and southern hemisphere?
westerlies
