high-pressure systems
Clockwise-spinning air masses
High-pressure systems are regions of the atmosphere where air pressure exceeds that of surrounding areas.
In meteorology, they typically bring clear skies and stable weather as air descends and spreads outward.
The term extends to any situation involving intense pressure or stress: high-pressure sales tactics, a high-pressure job environment.
- anticycloneHigh-pressure weather system
- clockwise rotationMovement following hour hands
- wildfire riskProbability of uncontrolled outdoor blaze
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
clear skies · subsidence · isobar · weather map · ridge · weather front · fair weather · settled weather · Indian summer · jet stream · blue sky · Coriolis effect · density · compressibility · thermodynamics · high-stakes · fluid dynamics · equilibrium
- heating systemsboiler, radiator valves, gas burners, pilot lights, radiator
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Areas of reduced atmospheric weight
lows · depressions · cyclones · troughs · tropical cyclones
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Organized areas of precipitation
thunderstorms · storms · severe weather · tempests · hurricanes
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