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“^Where Do 
Blow?’ Asks 
■Andy sends a Hammond’s In- 
ternational World Globe to 
Dennis Gondek, age 13, of 
Sioux , City, Iowa, for his 
question; 
W'here do the trade winds blow? 
The trade winds blow in two 
belts around the wide waist of 
the world. They blow from the 
night Because the curved surface 
win^^ these 
winds from the east are twisted. 
The trada winds north of the 
^ator blow from the northeast. 
The trade winds south of the 
etwator blow from the southeast. 
wind belts begin 
30 30 degrees north 
30 degrees south of the equate 
^PPositeZinds 
iineet and we have a region nf 
gS ?o?l Latitude 30 de- 
pees north cuts through the 
F orwL Jacksonville, 
Florida, the prevailing winds are 
the westerlies. South of Jackson 
Trade Winds 
Dennis, 13 
vine, near latitude 30 degrees 
north, the jirevailing winds are 
the northeast trade winds. 
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