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Blocking Highs

Areas of high pressure can sometimes be very slow moving, almost stationary. Such a region of slow moving air can prevent other, faster moving pressure systems from moving into a region. For this reason they are known as blocking highs or blocking anticyclones. The part of the earth’s surface beneath a blocking high often experiences ..

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Anticyclone

An anti-cyclone also known as a high pressure area is a large atmospheric circulation system with the wind flowing clockwise around it in the Northern Hemisphere, an counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Anticyclones form from air masses cooling more than their surroundings, which causes the air to contract slightly making the air more dense. Since ..

Topics: Anticyclone • Atmosphere of Earth • Atmosphere of Jupiter • Atmospheric circulation • Atmospheric dynamics • Cyclone • High-pressure area • Low-pressure area • Meteorology • Physical geography • Vortices • Weather hazards