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US
/ˌæntiˈsaɪˌkɫoʊn/
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NOUN
- (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
How To Use anticyclone In A Sentence
- The area west of the trough line lies under the control of the anticyclone away to the west.
- I have had a fortnight of perfect weather here -- the meteorologists call it by the horrible and ugly name of "anticyclone," which suggests, even more than the word "cyclone" suggests, the strange weather said by the The Silent Isle
- Winter anticyclones usually build westwards from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.
- In many cases winds flow around the curved isobars of a high (anticyclone) or low (cyclone) pressure center. Wind
- The South African Weather Service told The Star on Monday that the heat is due to an anticyclone or high pressure system in the upper air.
- Proshutinsky and Johnson [26] show that the pattern of arctic sea ice drift has historically varied between two regimes, characterized by relatively strong and weak phases of the Beaufort anticyclone. Sea ice in the Arctic
- All sorts of weather systems can have an impact, dependent on the location, such as mid-latitude cyclones, subtropical anticyclones, monsoon systems, and tropical cyclones.
- The left and right cyclone and anticyclone rotation of the bow echo on its forward way decides the direction of developing or decreasing of the future strong convection weather.
- A large anticyclone over western Russia helped to move a plume of hot air across eastern Europe last week. Weatherwatch: Warmth dominates Europe
- A similar weather system occurred at the start of the anticyclone last week and as well as acting as a cooling agent it was a joy to watch.