Very awesome animated map of current global wind conditions

Cortney  January 15, 2014  Science & Technology + atmosphere, climate, earth science, winds
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Head on over to earth.nullschool.net to see animated global wind conditions and be prepared to spend a few minutes just staring; it's very hypnotic. How does it stack up to what you would expect wind patterns to look like? One thing that popped out to me was the clearly northward position of the ITCZ relative to the equator.

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