What would you expect to be the prevailing winter wind directions for the following locations?

a) Auckland, New Zealand, Lat: 36 degrees 55 minutes S
b) Brasília, Brazil, Lat: 15 degrees 47 minutes S
c) Cape Town, South Africa, Lat: 33 degrees 56 minutes S
d) Des Moines, Iowa, Lat: 40 degrees 55 minutes N
e) Kabul, Afghanistan, Lat: 34 degrees 31 minutes N
f) Lagos, Nigeria, Lat: 06 degrees 27 minutes N
g) Paris, France, Lat: 48 degrees 52 minutes N


a) Westerly winds
b) Easterly winds
c) Westerly winds
d) Westerly winds
e) Westerly winds
f) Easterly winds
g) Westerly winds

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