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# Anticyclones are also known as high pressure systems.

# The sinking air in an anticyclone stabilizes the atmosphere, bringing clear, sunny weather. # Anticyclones have anticyclonic rotation, meaning their winds circulate clockwise if they are in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise if they are int he Southern Hemisphere. # Anticyclones often form the centers of warm and cold air masses. # Like other large scale weather systems, anticyclones play a key role in steering other weather systems. # Anticyclones can create temperature inversions that trap pollutants near the ground. # Very large anticyclones in the middle latitudes can become blocking highs, halting the normal eastward movement of weather systems. # Two anticylones can produce a low pressure called a trough between them. This trough can develop into a storm system. # Winds between an anticyclone and a cyclone can be especially strong. # Air in a high pressure system flows inward at upper levels and outward at lower levels.

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