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Anticyclone and Other Pressure System

Anticyclones are regions of relatively high atmospheric pressure that are characterized by clockwise wind flow in the Northern Hemisphere. They can range in size from thousands of kilometers in diameter and generally bring stable weather like clear skies and dry conditions. However, the specific weather varies depending on the type of anticyclone, with cold anticyclones in places like Siberia often bringing cool air and winter anticyclones sometimes resulting in cold, frosty weather or fog.

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Anticyclone and Other Pressure System

Anticyclones are regions of relatively high atmospheric pressure that are characterized by clockwise wind flow in the Northern Hemisphere. They can range in size from thousands of kilometers in diameter and generally bring stable weather like clear skies and dry conditions. However, the specific weather varies depending on the type of anticyclone, with cold anticyclones in places like Siberia often bringing cool air and winter anticyclones sometimes resulting in cold, frosty weather or fog.

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Anticyclone and other

pressure system
2/M John Jaromahum
Cyclone
• characterized by rapid
inward circulation of air
masses about a low-
pressure center,
• accompanied by stormy,
destructive weather.
• counterclockwise in the
Northern Hemisphere and
clockwise in the Southern
Hemisphere.
Anticyclone
• A region of relatively high • clockwise in the
atmospheric pressure Northern Hemisphere,
• thousands of kilometres and
in diameter. • anticlockwise in the
• appear on weather charts Southern
as a series of concentric, • also known as a high.
widely spaced isobars of
1000 mbs and above.
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
Weather in Anticyclones
• Varies from place to place
Weather in
Cold anticyclones
• also known as
continental highs
• Siberia and north-
west Canada in winter
• Cool air
Weather in Subtropical
anticyclones
• stable atmospheric • Strongest at
conditions, and thus, 32° N and S.
• fine,
• hot,
• dry weather.
Weather
mid-latitude anticyclones
• located beneath the
leading edge of ridges
in the upper-air
westerlies
• the weather is
unusually fine
Winter anticyclones
• may bring cold,
• frosty weather,
• or fog.

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