I live in NW IL. Is it true that most weather fronts come from the West or NW and travel clockwise?
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For the most part, yes. Low pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere spin counterclockwise and Highs spin clockwise. The reverse is true in the Southern Hemisphere.
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The jet stream causes most weather generally to move from west to east.
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On first glance, answer seems to be west.\nHowever, the data given in the question is insufficient to conclusively say so !!
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They say in New England that if you don't like the weather, wait a minute!  You are right.\n\n  Being along the coast there is often a marked temperature difference between the land and sea and that can fuel weather changes.  Low pressure systems often follow the coast with anti-clockwise rotating storms that bring in stormy weather from the sea to the land, often well inland.  Because the wind comes from the northeast, it can produce the famous (infamous?) northeaster storms bringing much snow in winter and rain at other times.
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south by southeast and west by northwest. They're directions.
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You can thank the upper-air weather pattern for all the rain. I'm a storm chaser from Texas and these blocked patterns (upper ridge over the Rockies and upper trough over the Atlantic states) spell disaster for us looking for tornadoes across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. We constantly stay dry, and you guys constantly stay wet. Until the pattern changes to a more traditional West to East flow and can kick these blocked troughs / ridges out of here, we're in for more of the same.
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Most of the time, yes.  For instance, almost all tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere are counterclockwise.  However, because of their small size, there is a small fudge factor that can allow the rare anticyclonic tornado, and these have been recorded.
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If you can't afford a compass, wake up early in the morning and look for the sun.  It will rise in the East.  If you turn 90° to the right, that will be South.  West is the opposite direction from East and North is the opposite direction from South.
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From USA Today:\n\n"Q: Why does most of our weather come from the west if the Earth is rotating the opposite way?\n\nA: When looking down at the North Pole, the Earth spins counterclockwise around its axis. A point on the equator travels at about 1,100 mph, while a point directly at the poles does not move at all. An apparent force called the Coriolis force results from this difference in speeds, deflecting objects to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. The Coriolis force, combined with solar heating patterns across the Earth, create distinctive wind patterns that drive weather systems.\n\nOne prevailing surface wind pattern that results is located in the mid-latitudes, between 30 and 60° North. Solar heating alone, without the Earth's rotation, would produce prevailing southerly winds. The Coriolis force, however, deflects these winds to the right, creating prevailing winds out of the west and southwest (the westerlies). \n\nSolar heating patterns in the tropics, from the equator to about 30° North, combined with the Coriolis force, produce weak prevailing winds out of the east (the easterlies). Southern regions of the USA, including Florida, are affected by the westerlies at times and the easterlies at others."\n\nHope this helps explain it. Check the first link for other weather questions and second link to see a full explanation of the consequences of rotation on weather.
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Which ever way it is facing. Unless there is a strong head wind.
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Only here in the temperate zone. The wind blows the right way near the poles and the equator.
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They come from the east. Meteorologists refer to the wind by the direction in which the winds are coming.
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I would say on the eastern side.  You're still going to be experiencing the most Positive Vorticity on that side.  Though the clouds should be mostly mid and high level clouds.  \n\nAs for formation:\n\nFrom the American Meterological Society glossary:\nA sequence of events by which a warm high or cold low, originally within the westerlies, becomes displaced either poleward (cut-off high) or equatorward (cut-off low) out of the westerly current. \nThis process is evident at very high levels in the atmosphere; it frequently produces, or is part of the production of, a blocking situation.
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to answer your second question..yes northern hemisphere tornadoes can, although rare, rotate clockwise. Here is a link or two that address both questions.
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Due to the effect, cyclones rotate counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. However, contrary to popular opinion, it has no noticeable effect on the rotation of water in sinks and toilets - see the toilets/bathtubs section below.
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The Earth spins in an easterly direction.\n\nThe prevailing winds blow Easterly only in the Northern Hemisphere, in the Southern Hemisphere the prevailing wins blow West.
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clockwise in the northern hemisphere, anticlockwise in the southern. this according to the coriolis force, but of course there otehr factors that might influence the direction of the water (geometry of the sink, external vibrations, you turning your finger in water....)