anticyclone

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Officially known as 'Oval BA', the anticyclone was formed in 2000 by the merger of smaller vortices called the White Ovals in a chain of collisions that started back in 1998.

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  1. noun An extensive system of winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center, circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

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  • Guillemot (2,143 miles to finish) had a consistent speed advantage yesterday as he headed round the west side of an anticyclone, with Sam having more upwind angles as she seeks the eastern side. —  YBW News
  • In his wake, 550 miles to the SWW of the Azores the chess match between Safran and Roxy remains as engaging as ever has been, as Marc Guillemot rounds the NW corner of the anticyclone and has not yet really picked up any significant speed advantage over Sam Davies, —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • We launch balloons into the stratosphere and the anticyclone that develops over the South Pole has been displaced and slow to establish itself over the past five seasons. —  Watts Up With That?
  • Our attention turns to the very dry and cool airmass that's still advecting into New England on a northwest wind ahead of the anticyclone migrating east out of the Great Lakes. —  MATTNOYES.NET - Weather Website & Blog
  • As the anticyclone drifts east, the corresponding return flow will begin across New England, but only very lightly out of the west-southwest. —  MATTNOYES.NET - Weather Website & Blog
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/ˈæntɪsaɪkloʊn/
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