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The Westerlies are cold winds that blow towards the poles.

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Westerlies - The directions of the Westerlies are opposite to trade winds and that is why they are also called antitrade winds. They are the cold winds that blow from subtropical high-pressure areas to circumpolar low-pressure areas, towards the poles. They flow from West to East in between 30 and 60 degrees latitudes.

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