North, south, east and west are the four cardinal directions. These are important to know in order to read maps. In the Northern Hemisphere, the sun always appears to move through the sky in a southerly direction from east to west. ...
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The Polar jet stream is readily picked out on upper-air wind charts, as in the example below. This is a Global Forecasting System (GFS) forecast model chart for windspeeds and direction of flow at the 300hPapressure level; in other words at an altitude a little higher than the summit of...