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Explain the characteristics and weather conditions associated with ‘Anticyclones’ giving suitable examples.

  • UPSC 2023
  • Climatology

An anticyclone is a pressure system with the highest pressure at the centre, decreasing outward, so that air diverges at the surface and spirals out clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

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