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Mapa Mental por beatricewilding, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por beatricewilding
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Anticyclones
- Anticyclones are the opposite of depressions
- They are areas of high atmospheric pressure
- They are areas of high atmospheric pressure
- In an anticyclone air sinks it does
not rise, as it sinks it warms and
carries more water so that clouds an
drain does not form
- The absence of fronts
mean that winds can
be very light.
Consequently, high
pressure areas are
often associated with
settled, dry, bright
conditions
- The absence of fronts
mean that winds can
be very light.
Consequently, high
pressure areas are
often associated with
settled, dry, bright
conditions
- In the Summer,
anticyclones bring hot,
dry weather. In winter,
clear skies may bring
cold conditions,
anticyclones may also
bring fog and mist. This
is because the cold
forces moisture in the air
to condense at low
altitudes
- When the air sinks
as no clouds are
formed there is no
"cover" for the cold
that blankets the
country at night
making us
FREEZING
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