GEOG 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Friction, Anticyclone
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Winds blow parallel to isoheights in a wavy west-to-east direction in the mid-latitudes. The black lines are parallel to isoheights. Colder and air molecules condense (how far up must you need to go up. The pattern of wind across north america generally takes on one of 2 forms: to get 500hpa) Must be pushed by a lot of winds. Wind flowing in a general west-east direction. Implications for weather systems: they move more quickly during a zonal flow. The radial force required to keep an object moving in a curved path. It is an inward directed force toward the center of rotation. It causes wind to blow around highs and lows in a circular motion. Cyclonic flow the circulation of air around a low pressure. Anticyclonic flow the circulation of air around high pressure. Wind always blows clockwise around high pressure. Wind blows in the opposite direction in each case.
