🔍 Key Concepts

• Veering vs backing wind definitions in basic meteorology • How wind direction is described (where it is coming FROM) • General pattern of wind shifts around moving weather systems in the Northern Hemisphere

💭 Think About

• First, recall what the term veering specifically means in contrast to backing. Is veering associated with a clockwise or counterclockwise shift? • Look at the answers that talk about circulating around pressure systems. Are those defining veering itself, or a separate concept (like cyclones/anticyclones)? • Focus on the option that describes a change in direction with time, not one that only describes a fixed circulation pattern around a high or low.

✅ Before You Answer

• Be sure you know that wind direction is named for the direction it comes from, not where it is going to. • Confirm whether veering refers to a change in speed, a change in direction, or both. • Eliminate any choices that describe long-term circulation around pressure centers rather than a progressive change in wind direction over time.