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Anticyclones generally don't do much. They usually bring calm, clear weather and suppress the formation of clouds and storms. They can, however, present two hazards. In some cases they can create a temperature inversion, where warm air is layered on top of cooler air. Such inversions can trap pollutants near the ground, which can be dangerous to young children, elderly people, and people with respiratory problems. If an anticyclone stays in an area for long enough it can cause a drought.
Anticyclones can also influence other weather systems. They can change the paths of storm systems. In some cases an anticyclone disrupts the normal eastward flow of air in the middle latitudes, creating a sort of traffic jam of weather systems. A storm system backed up behind such a blocking high can stay in the same area for a prolonged time, spawning storms and creating an increased risk for flooding.
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Is cyclone longer then anti cyclone?
No, it's four letters shorter.
How does air move in the center of the cyclone and in the center of an anti-cyclone?
It moves clockwise.
What does the great big spot do on Jupiter?
an anti-cyclone
What is the opposite of cyclone?
The opposite of a cyclone is an anticyclone. A cyclone is a low-pressure system with inward spiraling winds, while an anticyclone is a high-pressure system with outward spiraling winds.
What causes a air mass to have a high pressure?
Anti-cyclone
What causes an air mass to have a high pressure?
Anti-cyclone
What is the difference between a cyclone and a anti cyclone?
Cyclones usually bring stormy weather while anticyclones usually bring fair weather.
Are Surface cyclones accompanied by divergence aloft?
Depends, convergence would be a cyclone and divergence and anti cyclone The link below has more information.
Is an elongated area of high pressure extending outward from anti cyclone?
A Ridge
What describes both cyclone and anticyclones?
Both cyclones and anticyclones are large storms that travel over water. A cyclone has properties not seen in an anti cyclone such as lower central air pressure and a clockwise rotation.
Is Spain an anti cyclone anticyclone?
Neither, Spain is a country. It can get both cyclones and anticyclones.
Describe the movement of air around cyclones and anticyclones in the northern and southern hemispheres?
The winds of a cyclone in the southern hemisphere moves in a clockwise direction, while the winds of a hurricane or typhoon, often called anti-cyclone, in the northern hemisphere, rotate in an anti-clockwise direction.
