prevailing westerlies
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This strengthens the prevailing westerlies and drags them poleward.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
Weather Bureau's Jerome Namias, the "prevailing westerlies" failed; cold east winds from Russia invaded western Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not even a shipment of California smog had arrived on the prevailing westerlies, and Baltimore Mayor Theodore McKeldin, 66, might have been tempted to think that Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, 57, was a welsher.
From Time Magazine Archive
The clouds indicated that Mars, like the earth, has "prevailing westerlies" as well as winds circulating around areas of high or low pressure.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cyclones and Weather.—The prevailing westerlies continue up into the margins of the polar zones.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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