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While the term was created to refer to the Indian Ocean passage it is now also used for other ocean parts that are within latitudes 40 to 50, both north and south, where gales are known to occur. Before the [[Panama Canal]] was built, ships were forced to go even further south to round [[Cape Horn]] at the bottom of [[South America]].
While the term was created to refer to the Indian Ocean passage it is now also used for other ocean parts that are within latitudes 40 to 50, both north and south, where gales are known to occur. Before the [[Panama Canal]] was built, ships were forced to go even further south to round [[Cape Horn]] at the bottom of [[South America]].
In the last fifty years, weather patterns have shifted poleward. So the "Roaring Forties" have been replaced by the "Furious Fifties."<ref>"[http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/wilder-winds-less-rain-as-roaring-forties-become-furious-fifties-20140511-zr9b1.html#ixzz37Q1hXZnv Wilder winds, less rain, as Roaring Forties become Furious Fifties]", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', May 11, 2014.</ref> Westerly winds have quickened 10 to 15 percent, and the weather system has moved 2 to 5 degrees southward.
==References==
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===See also===
[[Trade winds]]
[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Meteorology]]
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[[Category:Naval History]]
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