African jet

From Glossary of Meteorology
A low-level easterly jet in the summer months over the Sahara Desert of North Africa.

The wave disturbances drawing energy from this jet propagate westward to the Atlantic Ocean. They are also known as African waves. Some of them under favorable conditions become hurricanes that reach North America.
Compare easterly wave.

  1. The intercommunicating body of saltwater occupying the depressions of the earth's surface.
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