prevailing wind

English Thesaurus

1. the predominant wind direction (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	air current, current of air, wind,
definition	:	air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	antitrades,
definition	:	wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	trade, trade wind,
definition	:	steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	antitrade, antitrade wind,
definition	:	winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics (noun.phenomenon)