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Pressure and Winds
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The Earth's average pressure patterns and resulting winds influence climate patterns by:
  • advecting temperature and moisture
  • causing areas of surface convergence and divergence
  • influencing midlatitude storm tracks

The diagram shows the Earth's idealized annual circulation. Remember, these patterns shift with the seasons because of differential heating of continents and oceans.