High-pressure area

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title: High-pressure area
text: A high-pressure area, high, or anticyclone, is an area near the surface of a planet where the atmospheric pressure is greater than the pressure in the surrounding regions. Highs are middle-scale meteorological features that result from interplays between the relatively larger-scale dynamics of an entire planet's atmospheric circulation. The strongest high-pressure areas result from masses of cold air which spread out from polar regions into cool neighboring regions. These highs weaken once they
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description: Region with higher atmospheric pressure
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-pressure_area
date created: 2004-02-18T04:25:48Z
date modified: 2024-09-03T04:31:22Z
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