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Anticyclone

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Word	Definition
cyclonenoun	(loosely) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.

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Word	Definition
tropical cyclonenoun	(loosely) A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular or spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes.
jet streamnoun	(meteorology) any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction
polar vortexnoun	A large-scale cyclone located in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere that surround the polar highs and lay in the wake of the polar front.
mesocyclonenoun	An area of vertical atmospheric rotation in supercell thunderstorms, which signals the threat of a possible tornado.
superrotationnoun	circulation of winds (around a planet) at a velocity (or angular momentum) greater than that of the surface
geostrophic windnoun	(meteorology) A wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.
prevailing windnoun	(meteorology) A wind in a region of the Earth that blows predominantly from one direction.
gyrenoun	(oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
zonal windnoun	(meteorology) The component of a wind along a particular parallel of latitude
derechonoun	(meteorology, US) A windstorm characterized by strong, straight-line winds.
ekman spiralnoun	A structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary.
ridgenoun	Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
meridional windnoun	(meteorology) The component of a wind along a particular meridian
thermalnoun	(meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.
tradenoun	(uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
stormtracknoun	(weather, meteorology) The path traversed by the centre of a cyclonic storm.
wedgenoun	One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
cloud streetnoun	(meteorology) Long rolls of counterrotating air that are oriented approximately parallel to the ground in the planetary boundary layer.
eyewallnoun	A ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather of a cyclone occurs.
isentropenoun	(meteorology) A surface of constant potential temperature