What are the trade winds?

Meteorologist Grant Gilmore explains how the Coriolis effect causes wind to slant.

[salar]

how did this legend explain to me in 100 seconds what it means when I have been researching for 1 hour with no success?

[esthie]

i've watched like a thousand videos to understand this but this one clarifies everything.. thank you

[李宜蒙]

There is a mistake in the video, below the Equator is not 30°N, it is 30°S.

[everThoughtful]

Very helpful and to the point. Thank you.

[jaekamei]

My question is, how did those same ships (Medieval) make it the other way. West to East?

[amisha_]

Thank you so much...it was really helpful 🌸

[abcdef]

at 0:59 he said coriolis effect slants the wind to curve to the right, as he says it, the direction of the wind is NOT from east to west. the wind direction looks blowing from the north east, so someone explain it to me why saying like prefect easterly band everywhere like at 1:06

[rzgrimes]

Wait, they still use winds to get ships, easterly, across the Atlantic? Even after the days of sail??

[garyandrews]

Hi guys awesome video but you are technically incorrect in your animation the southern location of 30 degrees north in the Southern Hemisphere is actually 30 degrees south.

[scottanderson]

Who googled trade winds and ended up here? 👀

[HalifaxHercules]

It was Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Explorers whom were the first to use trade winds to go from East to West.

If it wasn't for Columbus' knowledge about trade winds at different latitudes, he would have suffered the same fate as Fernao Dulmo.

[msrlou]

tell the people what it was traded, don;t be shy

[htc]

what if I want to go from the US to Europe instead?

[rJ-qg]

Why that way only ? Why not ANY other direction ??

[boldcounsel]

If Earth is an enclosed system, why isn't it uniformed in temperature or air flow? Sunlight comes to mind, but at a distance of 93, 000, 000 miles even a 72, 0000 miles difference (3x the Earth's circumference) is negligible.