Northern Hemisphere

Within the Northern Hemisphere, oceanic currents can change the weather patterns that affect many factors within the north coast.

The winds pull surface water with them, creating currents, which flow westward due to the Coriolis effect.

At about 30 degrees north latitude, a different set of winds, the westerlies, push the currents back to the east, producing a closed clockwise loop.

The duration of these phases varies from one day for locations right on the Arctic Circle to several months near the Pole, which is the middle of the Northern Hemisphere.

In the Northern Hemisphere, objects moving across or above the surface of the Earth tend to turn to the right because of the Coriolis effect.

[6] Within the Northern Hemisphere, oceanic currents can change the weather patterns that affect many factors within the north coast.

Thus, clockwise air circulation is characteristic of high pressure weather cells in the Northern Hemisphere.

Hurricanes and tropical storms (massive low-pressure systems) spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.

Between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator, the Sun can be seen to the north, directly overhead, or to the south at noon, depending on the time of year.