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prevailing westerlies

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  1. The west-to-east winds that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth.

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This strengthens the prevailing westerlies and drags them poleward.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2023

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

Weather Bureau's Jerome Namias, the "prevailing westerlies" failed; cold east winds from Russia invaded western Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

So far, the smoke clouds are hugging the ground, drifting in the prevailing westerlies only as far as Pakistan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Towards the poles there is no obvious limit to the temperate zones, for the prevailing westerlies extend beyond the polar circles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

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