How would winds behave on a tidally locked planet?

If an earth-sized planet were tidally locked to a star, and was in the life zone of its star with an earth-like atmosphere, what would its wind patterns be like?

The planet would have one hot hemisphere and one cold hemisphere, so intuitively it seems like air currents would drive from the hot side to the cold side, but this seems like it should be counterbalanced by some stream of air from the cold side to the hot side. Would Coriolis effect be strong enough to direct these air currents? What would these wind patterns look like?

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