what causes winds
The pressure gradient force (Pgf) is a force that tries to equalize pressure differences. This is the force that causes high pressure to push air toward low pressure. Thus air would flow from high to low pressure if the pressure gradient force was the only force acting on it. How the coriolis force works on a rotating disk. However, because of the earth's rotation, there is second force, the Coriolis force that affects the direction of wind flow.