Wind and Pressure terms:

Prevailing wind - wind blows from same direction Subsidence - large-scale, sinking air Ascents - rising air Windward - facing into wind Leeward - facing away from wind Cyclone - low pressure cell Anticyclone - high pressure cell

high - surface pressure greatest in center as air stacks up sinking air - compressed and heated - clear skies rotates clockwise (opposite in So. Hemisphere) diverges at surface low - surface pressure in cyclone decreases towards the center rising air - adiabatic cooling - cloudy skies rotates counter clockwise converges at surface, rises and diverges aloft example - typhoon

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