Anticyclone
An anticyclone is any large wind system that rotates about a center of _________ atmospheric pressure.
What is high?
A depression is a region of ______ atmospheric pressure where warm, moist air rises, cools, and condenses, leading to cloud formation and often precipitation.
Low
When in the northern hemisphere the anitcyclone rotates in a ________ direction and ______ in the southern hemisphere.
Clockwise, Counter-clockwise
Name 2 of the 3 key characteristics of a depression
Low Pressure System
Rising Air
Cyclonic Rotation
The atmospheric pressure at the center of an anticyclone is usually?
What is 1013hPa?
Where are Frontal Depressions formed?
Along fronts where large air masses meet.
Where are anticyclones usually found?
1. Oceans
2. Deserts
3. Continental interiors
4. Polar regions
What are 2 weather effects mentioned associated with Depressions?
Precipitation
Winds
Temperature Changes
Name 3 types of Anticyclones.
1. Subtropical high-pressure belt
2. Polar high-pressure system
3. Mid-latitude high-pressure system
4. Blocking high
What are the 4 types of Depression mentioned?
Frontal Depression
Tropical Depression
Orographic Depression
Thermal Low Depression