Wild Wind
By: Margot St.Remy
General information on wind
Wind is air in movement caused by uneven heating.
What is wind caused by?
Wind is caused by uneven heating.
Local Winds
Generally move short
distances and can blow
in any direction.
How are they created?
Caused by geographic
features and uneven heating.
How does a sea breeze blow?
High pressure is created over
the ocean during the day and
low pressure over land due to
uneven heating
How does a land breeze blow?
Low pressure is created over
the ocean during the night and
high pressure over ocean due to
uneven heating
Global winds
Global winds are winds that are in a large area of land or ocean
How are they created?
They are created by the combination of pressure
belts and the Coriolis Effect
cause global winds
What are the Horse Latitudes?
They are above and bellow the equator where
the winds are very weak.
What are the Trade Winds?
Winds that blow from
30° almost at the
equator.
What are the Prevailing Westerlies?
Wind strips found between
30° and 60° latitude.
What are jet streams?
The jet streams are
narrow strip of high
speed winds that blow
in the upper troposphere
and lower stratosphere.