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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Wind is typically driven by differences in temperature. This results in air having different densities, and as we all have heard, *warm air rises*. Sometimes the difference in temperature forms sort of randomly, sometimes from clouds’ shadows or ocean evaporation. It all comes down to heat, which usually comes from the sun or water.
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