Anti-cyclone
Meteorologists refer to areas of relatively high air pressure as highs or anti-cyclones.
They can be described as an inside-out cyclone (tornado).
Many low-level anticyclones are swept generally eastward by the prevailing west-to-east flow of the upper atmosphere, usually traversing some 500 to 1,000 mi (800-1,600 km) per day.
Other anticyclones are permanent or seasonal features of particular geographic regions.
The change between the core of the anti-cyclone and its surroundings, combined with the Coriolis Effect.
The Coriolis Effect causes air to circulate about the core in a clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and a counterclockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere.
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