I understand the Coriolis Effect makes wind (and everything else) spin clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere, but what makes it so different in smaller areas, and what causes wind in the first place?
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Hot air expands, cold air contracts, and a spinning globe sloshes it all around. When denser air is next to less dense air, there is a pressure differential and the result is wind.
Also, the day and night cycle ensures the air is always changing temperature.
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