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Re: Meteorology B
I'm currently studying for Meteorology/Everyday Weather, and I'm stuck on divergence/high pressure centers. I understood what the SciOly article meant, but upon further research via Google I found that it was much more complex. Things also referred to a similar thing as an anti-cyclone. Help/clarification would be appreciated!
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Re: Meteorology B
I don't know precisely what you're asking, but if it helps, the reason a high-pressure area can be called an anti-cyclone is because it operates much like a regular cyclone, but in reverse. The inverse wind direction (in-to-out, rather than out-to-in) still happens, and is still rotated by the Coriolis effect, but it's not as obvious to visualize (compared to e.g. a hurricane's clear spiral shape) since the inverse wind direction and sinking air in the middle means high-pressure areas aren't very cloudy.Photograph51 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 7:26 am I'm currently studying for Meteorology/Everyday Weather, and I'm stuck on divergence/high pressure centers. I understood what the SciOly article meant, but upon further research via Google I found that it was much more complex. Things also referred to a similar thing as an anti-cyclone. Help/clarification would be appreciated!
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