The prevailing winds in the middle latitudes are often very strong. These parts of the world also see a wide variety of fast-changing weather as cold air masses from the poles and warm air masses from the tropics constantly push up and down over them against each other, sometimes alternating within hours of each other, especially in the roaring forties (latitudes between 40° and 50° in both hemispheres)[citation needed], even though the winds on the northern hemisphere aren't as strong as in the southern hemisphere, due to the large landmasses of North America, Europe and Asia.[4]
^US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "What are the Roaring Forties?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
middle, latitudes, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Middle latitudes news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The middle latitudes also called the mid latitudes sometimes midlatitudes or moderate latitudes are a spatial region on Earth located between the Tropic of Cancer latitudes 23 26 22 to the Arctic Circle 66 33 39 and Tropic of Capricorn 23 26 22 to the Antarctic Circle 66 33 39 1 2 They include Earth s subtropical and temperate zones which lie between the two tropics and the polar circles Weather fronts and extratropical cyclones are usually found in this area as well as occasional tropical cyclones or subtropical cyclones which have traveled from their areas of formation closer to the Equator 3 World map with the middle latitudes highlighted in red Extratropical cyclone formation areas The prevailing winds in the middle latitudes are often very strong These parts of the world also see a wide variety of fast changing weather as cold air masses from the poles and warm air masses from the tropics constantly push up and down over them against each other sometimes alternating within hours of each other especially in the roaring forties latitudes between 40 and 50 in both hemispheres citation needed even though the winds on the northern hemisphere aren t as strong as in the southern hemisphere due to the large landmasses of North America Europe and Asia 4 There are five types of mid latitude climates mediterranean humid subtropical marine west coast humid continental and subarctic 5 See also EditTemperate climate Geographical zone Polar circle Subarctic climate Subtropics TropicsReferences Edit Weather amp Climate Change Climates around the world Education Scotland Archived from the original on 14 April 2016 Service NOAA s National Weather Glossary NOAA s National Weather Service w1 weather gov Retrieved 2023 01 19 Mid latitudes climateprediction net www climateprediction net Retrieved 2019 10 22 US Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration What are the Roaring Forties oceanservice noaa gov Retrieved 2023 01 19 Midlatitude Climates Group II geography name Retrieved 2019 10 22 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Middle latitudes amp oldid 1134586742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
