Knowing they had arrived at the exact latitude of the island chain, they sailed due west on the trade winds to landfall.

The British Virgin Islands enjoy a tropical climate, moderated by trade winds.

It has a tropical, humid climate, with temperatures moderated by trade winds.

The British Virgin Islands enjoy a tropical climate, moderated by trade winds.

The other rainy season is between December and June, when the northeast trade winds are common during this season, only altitudes above 600m tend to receive regular rain.

Appear mostly occupying favorable areas named geographically Umbrias, this is north hillsides or slopes of the mountainous areas that are oriented behind the sun, be cause the islands are in the northern hemisphere, between 600 and 1500 meters, thus benefiting from the humidity provided by the trade winds to form such a sea of clouds.

The climate is pleasant, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year and with moderate rainfall.

Mild climate and trade winds make neither heating nor cooling necessary, particularly in the highland cities and towns where some 90 % of the population lives.

: Tropical ; moderated by trade winds

Due to the abundance of sunshine, year-round tropical temperatures moderated by the almost constant trade winds, and the great variety of scenic destinations to visit, during the second half of the 20th century on into the 21st, the Caribbean Sea became a popular place for tourism.

The island's climate is tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds and heavy rainfall.

Excessive heat and humidity are tempered somewhat by a steady flow of the northeast trade winds, which periodically develop into hurricanes.

Most of the island's ample supply of water is brought by the trade winds.

Conditions are ameliorated in many areas by elevation and by the northeast trade winds, which blow steadily from the Atlantic all year long.

From November through April, the northeast trade winds control weather patterns.

Although its causes are still being investigated, El Niño events begin when trade winds, part of the Walker circulation, falter for many months.

Jacob Bjerknes in 1969 contributed to an understanding of ENSO by suggesting that an anomalously warm spot in the eastern Pacific can weaken the east-west temperature difference, disrupting trade winds that push warm water to the west.

This results in a decrease in the strength of the Pacific trade winds, and a reduction in rainfall over eastern and northern Australia.

During non-El Niño conditions, the Walker circulation is seen at the surface as easterly trade winds that move water and air warmed by the sun toward the west.

La Niña is the name for the cold phase of ENSO, during which the cold pool in the eastern Pacific intensifies and the trade winds strengthen.

Occasionally, El Niño's effect on the Atlantic Walker circulation over South America strengthens the easterly trade winds in the western equatorial Atlantic region.

The Grenadan climate is tropical, tempered by northeast trade winds.

Yearly precipitation, largely generated by the warm and moisture-laden northeasterly trade winds, varies from more than on the windward mountainsides to less than in the lowlands.

: Tropical marine ; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds ; dry season from January to June, wet season from July to December ; little seasonal temperature variation.

: Tropical tempered by trade winds ; moderately high humidity

The climate of Saint Helena island can be described as tropical, marine and mild, tempered by the Benguela Current and trade winds which blow almost continuously.

From April to October ( the Dry Season ), the Southeast trade winds blow, gusting at times up to 30 knots ( 55 km / h ) or more.

The trade winds blow westward in the tropics, and the westerlies blow eastward at mid-latitudes.

The 19th-century decline of the lucrative slave trade was another blow to the country's economy.

The southeast trade winds blow regularly from May to November, and this is the most pleasant time of the year.

A United Nations trade embargo during Aristide's exile, intended to force the coup leaders to step down, was a strong blow to Haiti's already weak economy.

A fatal blow to the Horde was dealt by Tamerlane, who annihilated Tokhtamysh's army, destroyed his capital, looted the Crimean trade centers, and deported the most skillful craftsmen to his own capital in Samarkand in 1395 – 6.

The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds blow east to west.

The monsoon wind that blow to northwest during dry season ( March to October ) conveniently brought trade vessels sailing from Southern Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Mollucas and eastern parts of the archipelago to Malacca ; in wet season ( October to March ) the wind blow from mainland Asia to southeast, conveniently brought trade vessels sailing from ports in Northern Sumatra, India, Siam, Cambodia, Vietnam and China to converge in Malacca.

In the West Indies, the prevailing winds, known as the trade winds, blow from the southeast to the northwest.

The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds in the West Indies blow east to west.

The Britons in Dumnonia were cut off from their allies in Wales by Ceawlin of Wessex's victory at Dyrham in 577, but as sea travel was easier than travel by land, the blow may not have been severe ; principal trade routes were apparently maintained via the sea ports of neighbouring Brittany, a small semi-autonomous duchy until 1532.

The trade winds blow from the northeast and often temper the climate.

Genoa's trade, however, remained closely dependent on control of Mediterranean sealanes, and the loss of Chios to the Turks ( 1566 ), struck a severe blow.

In 1989, when the International Cricket Conference ( ICC ) passed a resolution formalising sanctions against players, coaches and administrators who worked in South Africa, Norris McWhirter described the decision as " a crushing blow against cricketers ' freedom to trade ".

The narrowness of the isthmus, and the gap in the Sierra Madre, allow the trade winds from the Gulf of Mexico to blow through to the Pacific.

NATO membership also gave a blow to the economy because of a trade embargo imposed on Yugoslavia.

In the winter, trade winds blow from 11 to.

Like trade winds and unlike the westerlies, these prevailing winds blow from the east to the west, and are often weak and irregular.