Question

What is latitude? What does latitude have to do with the prevailing westerlies?

Answer 1

Prevailing westerlies" describes the winds that blow in the area of the globe between 30 and 50 degrees latitude in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The prevailing westerlies blow from the direction of the west toward the east, and they combined with the trade winds to help sailing ships make the round trip from Europe in earlier times

Answer 2

The westerlies, anti-trades, or prevailing westerlies, are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.

Step-by-step explanation:

They originate from the high-pressure areas in the horse latitudes and trend towards the poles and steer extratropical cyclones in this general manner.