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Section 16-3 Explain what you think causes WIND. Caused by a difference in AIR PRESSURE Horizontal movement of air from an area of High Pressure to an area of Low Pressure Measured with an Anemometer Blow over short distances Form only when no other winds are blowing from farther away. Caused by unequal heating of Earth’s surface. Winds are named by where they come FROM Seasonal Land and Sea Breezes which occur annually 250 cm = 98 in PA = 41 per year, about 3 per month Caused by the movement of air from the poles to the equator Near the Equator Warm air is rising, so there is little or no wind Winds curve because of the spinning of the earth http://www.kudzuacres.com/wwow/lessons/weather/Weather200 7notes.htm