the earth turns in such a way that the sun rises from east to west(imagining that true fact--answer this), then why is it that the jet stream goes from west to east.
2007-02-27 02:18:35 · 5 answers · asked by gingerjar44 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The earth rotates from west to east. The jet stream goes from west to east. It's that simple.
You are confusing yourself by comparing the rotation to an external object which forces you to use the reverse order to explain it.
2007-02-27 02:22:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The jet stream moves west to east (generally, but not always) and the sun rises in the east and sets in the west for much the same reason...the rotation of the Earth on its own axis.
Looking down on the Earth from above the Arctic, the counterclockwise rotation of the globe makes it appear to us that the sun is rising in the east and, later, setting in the west. That same CCW rotation also speeds under the atmosphere, which, due to surface friction, is dragged along with the Earth's turning. That friction drag sets up the general direction of the wind from west to east.
2007-02-27 06:16:17 · answer #2 · answered by oldprof 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jet stream does not always goes from west to east.There is a jet stream which goes from east to west over south India between the latitudes 10 degrees and 15 degrees north.This forms towards the end of June.it is called tropical easterly jet.It forms roughly at a height of 14 Km.
2007-02-27 22:30:41 · answer #3 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is not related to the jetstream
2007-02-27 02:33:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the earth is not moving at all, believe it or not!
(No, I am NOT a flat-earther.)
2007-02-27 02:26:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋