The Ferrel cell occurs at higher latitudes (between 30 degrees and 60 degrees N and 30 degrees and 60 degrees S): Air on the surface is pulled towards the poles, forming the warm south-westerly winds in the northern hemisphere and north-westerly winds in the southern hemisphere.

What does the Ferrel cell do?

Ferrel cell, model of the mid-latitude segment of Earth's wind circulation, proposed by William Ferrel (1856). In the Ferrel cell, air flows poleward and eastward near the surface and equatorward and westward at higher altitudes; this movement is the reverse of the airflow in the Hadley cell.

Does the Ferrel cell exist?

The result of this research combines the characters of the two models: a closed Ferrel cell does exist, but it is much smaller and weaker and the winds of other regions of middle latitudes are all northward.