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The rotating Earth affects winds… Falling Rising Global Surface Winds are… Falling Rising Falling Rising Falling Plus, warmed air cools long before reaching the poles Global Winds for United States are… Blowing from west to east primarily… And are called PREVAILING WESTERLIES In general, Winds are caused by… Differences in pressure… Moves from High to Low. So, any local differences in pressure… Will result in local winds Falling Rising WARM WIND COOL H Local Wind L Prevailing Westerlies Rising Air What will surface L winds be like near a high and low Falling Air pressure? Prevailing Westerlies H Winds deflected to the right of intended path Coriolis MerryGo-Round BUT… What will the Coriolis Effect do?