Originally Posted by
Korina
You have prevailing winds?? I'm envious. Eureka is only at 109 right now, but it's rising. The first week we were near 300.
Why, yes, yes I do. It always seems to be a headwind, too. :-)
A bit more seriously, there is an almost constant wind out of the west (on-shore). It there isn't, it is usually a Santa Ana wind from the east.
prevailing wind, noun,
The usual wind in an area or region — used to refer to the direction of the wind.
The prevailing wind in this region is from the east.