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Vlad1618 [11]
3 years ago
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What causes the jet stream?

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1 answer:
Tanya [424]3 years ago
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Even though the wind tries to flow from high pressure to low pressure, the turning of the Earth causes the air flow to turn to the right so the jet stream flows around the air masses, rather than directly from one to the other.hope this helped I just learned this two weeks ago
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