prevailing wind

Noun
  1. The predominant wind direction (synset 111517986)
    "the prevailing wind is from the southwest"
    is a type of: air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
    subtypes:
    • antitrades - wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds
    • trade, trade wind - steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
    • antitrade, antitrade wind - winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics

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