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  2. Westerlies - Wikipedia

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    The westerlies can be particularly strong, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, where there is less land in the middle to cause the progression of west to east winds to slow down. In the Southern hemisphere, because of the stormy and cloudy conditions, it is usual to refer to the westerlies as the roaring forties, furious fifties, or ...

  3. Trade winds - Wikipedia

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    The westerlies (blue arrows) and trade winds (yellow and brown arrows) The trade winds or easterlies are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region. The trade winds blow mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere , strengthening during the winter ...

  4. Prevailing winds - Wikipedia

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    The westerlies can be particularly strong, especially in the southern hemisphere, where there is less land in the middle latitudes to cause the flow pattern to amplify, which slows the winds down. The strongest westerly winds in the middle latitudes are called the Roaring Forties , between 40 and 50 degrees south latitude, within the Southern ...

  5. Talk:Westerlies - Wikipedia

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    Even the fact that westerlies and oceanic currents run along a similar pattern, they have different causes, being w. winds caused by spatial differences in solar heating of continents and ocean surfaces, while ocean currents depend much more on the general effects of the Earth's movements, especially the rotation movement.

  6. Roaring Forties - Wikipedia

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    Roaring Forties as they contract towards southern Australia (observed in September 1895). [1]The Roaring Forties are strong westerly winds that occur in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40° and 50° south. [2]

  7. Book discussion club - Wikipedia

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    It is often simply called a book club, a term that may cause confusion with a book sales club. Other terms include reading group , book group , and book discussion group . Book discussion clubs may meet in private homes, libraries , bookstores , online forums, pubs, and cafés, or restaurants, sometimes over meals or drinks.

  8. Western disturbance - Wikipedia

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    A Western Disturbance over Northern India and Pakistan in November 2012. A western disturbance is an extratropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region that brings sudden winter rain to the northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, [1] [2] which extends as east as up to northern parts of Bangladesh and South eastern Nepal. [3]

  9. The Kite Runner - Wikipedia

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    Though the book sold well in hardback, "Kite Runner's popularity didn't really begin to soar until [2004] when the paperback edition came out, which is when book clubs began picking it up." [ 9 ] It started appearing on best seller lists in September 2004 and became a New York Times bestseller in March 2005, [ 3 ] maintaining its place on the ...