What are high-altitude, high-velocity winds?

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James J.
Nov 1, 2016

Jet Streams

Explanation:

I believe you are referring to Jet Streams which are large scale meandering winds that are found in different areas of the planets and are caused by a thermal gradient (cold air next to warm air) and the Coriolis effect.

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