What are pressure belts and what are prevailing winds?
Subtropical high-pressure belt: One of the two belts of high atmospheric pressure that are centered, in the mean, near 30°N and 30°S latitudes; these belts are formed by the subtropical highs Prevailing Winds: The prevailing winds are the trends in direction of wind with the highest frequency over a particular point on the earth’s surface. The dominant winds are the trends in direction of wind with the highest speed over a particular point on the earth’s surface. A region’s prevailing and dominant winds often show global patterns of movement in the earth’s atmosphere Trade winds The trade winds (also called trades) are the prevailing pattern of easterly surface winds found in the tropics near the Earth’s equator. The trade winds blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere. The trade winds act as the steering flow for tropical storms that form over the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans that make landfall in North
