An area of high pressure Winds blow in a clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in a counter clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere Fair weather is associated with an anticyclone
an atmospheric circulation that rotates clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, that usually has a diameter of 2000 to 3000 kilometers
An atmospheric pressure distribution in which there is a high central pressure relative to the surroundings This term was selected to imply the possession of characteristics opposite to those found in a cyclone or depression As such, the circulation about the center of an anticyclone is clockwise (counter-clockwise) in the northern (southern) hemisphere, and the weather is generally quiet and settled
a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
A system of winds circulating outwards from an area of high pressure in a clockwise motion in the Northern Hemisphere (or anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere)
An atmospheric anticyclonic circulation, a closed circulation The wind in an anticyclone is in the clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere With respect to the relative direction of its rotation, it is the opposite of a cyclone Because anticyclonic circulation and relative high atmospheric pressure usually coexist, the terms anticyclone and high are used interchangeably in common practice Compare ridge
A large body of air in which the atmospheric pressure is higher than the pressure in the surrounding air The winds blow clockwise around an anticyclone in the Northern Hemisphere
A relative pressure maximum An area of pressure that has diverging winds and a rotation opposite to the earth's rotation This is clockwise the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere It is the opposite of an area of low pressure, or a cyclone
An area of high atmospheric pressure with diverging and descending air flows that rotate clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
area of high atmospheric pressure caused by descending air, which becomes warm and dry Winds radiate from a calm centre, taking a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and an anticlockwise direction in the southern hemisphere
An atmospheric high-pressure closed circulation with clockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, and undefined at the Equator
An area of high atmospheric pressure which has a closed circulation that is anticyclonic (clockwise in northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in southern hemisphere)
An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures. an area of high air pressure that causes calm weather in the place it is moving over cyclone