SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Question
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southwest toward the northeast
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northwest toward the southeast
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northeast toward the southwest
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southeast toward the northwest
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Detailed explanation-1: -the prevailing south westerlies wind belt causes most low-pressure weather systems to travel across the United States. upward, due to high temp and low pressure. the warm air rises, expands, and cools.
Detailed explanation-2: -Note that the U.S. lies primarily in the Westerly Wind Belt with prevailing winds from the west. Each of these wind belts represents a “cell” that circulates air through the atmosphere from the surface to high altitudes and back again.
Detailed explanation-3: -The prevailing westerlies blow from the southwest to the northeast because of the Coriolis effect-the air mass is moving faster than the rotational speed of the land and water beneath. Prevailing westerlies are the dominant winds blowing across most of the continental United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -The trade winds (also called trades) are the prevailing pattern of easterly surface winds found in the tropics near the Earth’s equator, equatorward of the subtropical ridge. These winds blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
Detailed explanation-5: -Earth’s four primary jet streams only travel from west to east. Jet streams typically move storms and other weather systems from west to east. However, jet streams can move in different ways, creating bulges of winds to the north and south.