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If they're called Westerlies, they blow from the west. These winds blow in the mid-latitudes in both hemispheres. They blow in the same direction because air tends to flow towards the poles at those latitudes, getting deflected by the coriolis force at the same time.

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A cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere will move clockwise.

A cyclone in the northern hemisphere will move anti-clockwise.

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counterclockwise and outward from the center

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cyclones spin clockwise in the southern hemisphere

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Cyclones in the southern hemisphere move in a clockwisedirection.

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In the southern hemisphere, cyclone winds spin clockwise.

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counterclockwise

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Counter-clockwise

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clockwise

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