1. Winds

5. Coriolis Effect (Southern Hemisphere) (Southern Hemisphere) A plane flying from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina directly toward Rio de Janeiro, Argentina would miss its target due to the Coriolis effect. The target location where the plane was headed when it took off has moved with Earth's rotation, so the plane would end up to the left of its original target. In reality, pilots take the Coriolis effect into account so they do not miss their targets coriolis (s. hemisphere) coriolis demo

7. Wind Belts

8. view wind belts animation global IR imagery

11. land and sea breezes

20. cold front

21. warm front

22. view cold/warm front animation

23. Stationary front

24. occluded front

25. front symbols

26. surface maps

28. last Sunday’s forecast