What is the direction of trade winds in the Northern Hemisphere?

Asked by: Rose Godinez

In the northern hemisphere the Trade Winds generally blow from the north east while in the southern hemisphere they blow from the south east. The direction of the winds is influenced by land masses so the Trade Winds tend to be more uniform over the oceans.

What are trade winds westerlies and polar easterlies?

So what you see here is these polar easterlies are what dry. They are cold and prevailing winds blowing from north east to south west it's the same direction roughly what you see of the trade winds.