Prevailing Wind
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A wind that blows from one direction more frequently than any other during a given period, such as a day, month, season, or year.
A region's prevailing and dominant winds are often affected by global patterns of movement in the Earth's atmosphere.[1] In general, easterly flow exists at low and high latitudes globally.
In the mid-latitudes, westerly winds are the rule and their strength is at the mercy of the polar cyclone. In areas where winds tend to be light, the sea breeze/land breeze cycle is the most important to the prevailing wind; in areas which have variable terrain, mountain and valley breezes dominate the wind pattern.
Highly elevated surfaces can induce a thermal low, which then augments the environmental wind flow.
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- Wikipedia Prevailing Wind [1]
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