Prevailing winds
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In meteorology, prevailing wind or dominant wind in a region of the Earth's surface is a surface wind that blows predominantly from a particular direction. The dominant winds are the trends in directi
Orographic precipitation
Sand blowing off a crest in the Kelso Dunes of the Mojave Desert, California.
Wind rose
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A wind rose is a diagram used by meteorologists to give a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location. Historically, wind roses were predecessors o
Prevailing winds
…synoptic-scale and mesoscale weather like pressure systems and fronts. Local wind direction can also be influenced by microscale features like buildings. Wind roses are tools used to display the history of wind direction and intensity. Knowledge of the prevailing wind allows the development of prevention strategies…
Wind rose plot for LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York, New York, 2008
Four charts of the wind, 18th-century illustration based on medieval wind roses