Anticyclone
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An anticyclone (that is, opposite to a cyclone) is a weather phenomenon defined by the United States National Weather Service's glossary as "a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere".
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See also
- Anticyclonic storm
- Anticyclonic tornado
- Atmosphere of Earth
- Atmospheric circulation
- Atmospheric pressure
- Block (meteorology)
- North American High
- Ocean gyre
- Pressure system
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