Directory of Weather Systems Resources

This category is for sites about anticyclones, cyclones and weather fronts and the types of weather associated with them.

Resources in This Category

Anticyclone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticyclone
Article from Wikipedia on these weather systems with winds circling a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Cyclone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone
Article from Wikipedia on these low pressure weather systems with inward spiraling winds that rotate counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Fronts, Depressions and Anticyclones

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A34944582
Article describing and explaining these atmospheric features and the kinds of weather associated with them.
NWS JetStream: Air Masses

http://www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/synoptic/airmass.htm
Explains how air masses form, the principle classifications that influence the continental United States, and the formation of fronts between them.
Weather Facts: Anticyclone

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wxfacts/Anticyclone.htm
Brief description of these regions of high atmospheric pressure relative to the surrounding air.

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