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Old 27th Mar 2001, 01:12
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ATPL Met exam coming up soon and I just can't get my head around anything to do with direction in the southern hemisphere. Can anyone help with these two questions?

1. Flying away from a low pressure area in the southern hemisphere, near the surface, where is the wind coming from?

The answer is given as "left and slightly on the nose", but I just can't see the "left" bit, no matter how many diagrams I draw.

2. Area of highest turbulence in a polar front jetstream in the southern hemisphere?

Answer - looking downstream, on your right. Why the right?? Do jetstreams blow the opposite way in the southern hemisphere?

I'm totally confused and obviously missing something somewhere.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer any kind of explanation.