I live in Hawaii and everybody is always talking about the trade winds. Can anybody explain to me why this wind exists and were it might originate from?
2007-02-13 06:00:49 · 8 answers · asked by Tropicalboy 3 in Environment
Bands of wind caused by earth's rotation. Pretty constant and steady, used by trade ships, thus the name. One in each hemisphere a ways from equator.
2007-02-13 06:03:56 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The winds follow a pretty constant stream in the atmosphere. The jet stream is the same thing. They called it trade winds because sailing ships would use these winds to speed their travel across the oceans.
2007-02-13 06:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by khanofali 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are winds that you can trade. Like if I have a south wind and want a north wind I can trade my south wind for it. They exist because air moves. They originate from air.
2007-02-13 06:04:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The trade winds are a pattern of wind that are found in bands around the Earth's equatorial region.
See the source for details.
2007-02-13 06:04:32 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The trade winds are so called because they always blow the same direction across the oceans and were used by merchants on sail ships to get merchandise around the world... ie: to trade
2007-02-13 06:03:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It originates from the old shipping routes from the far east. All the trade ships use to sail this route because the winds blew their sails best there.
2007-02-13 06:03:38 · answer #6 · answered by Signilda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are the winds that bring warm air with them..they get there warmth from the southern hempishere in the winter and the northern in the summer...
2007-02-13 06:03:08 · answer #7 · answered by jdesertk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They refer to the area between two fat men bending over to touch their toes.
Not really, just a funny thought.
2007-02-13 06:08:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋