AggieMike88
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The original "I don't know it all" of aviation.
"Anticyclone" (Wikipedia Link)
Reviewing the weather for a flight tomorrow, I found this word in the Storm Prediction synopsis
Reviewing the weather for a flight tomorrow, I found this word in the Storm Prediction synopsis
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1146 AM CDT FRI AUG 02 2013
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE WILL BE POSITIONED OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE NATION DURING SATURDAY...WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING NWD FROM THE SRN HIGH PLAINS INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. BROAD AREA OF CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL EXIST OVER THE NERN CONUS...WHILE A POSITIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH REMAINS ORIENTED FROM SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA TO AREAS OFFSHORE OF NRN CA. A BELT OF STRONG UPPER-LEVEL FLOW /60+ KT AT 250 MB/ WILL EMANATE FROM THE WRN TROUGH...TOP THE RIDGE OVER THE NRN PLAINS...AND THEN EXTEND SEWD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXIST FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. S OF THIS FEATURE...A COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND SWWD FROM THE NERN CONUS INTO THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS...THEN WWD ACROSS THE OZARKS AND INTO THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...WHERE IT WILL THEN EXTEND NWD INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS.
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1146 AM CDT FRI AUG 02 2013
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE WILL BE POSITIONED OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE NATION DURING SATURDAY...WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING NWD FROM THE SRN HIGH PLAINS INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. BROAD AREA OF CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL EXIST OVER THE NERN CONUS...WHILE A POSITIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH REMAINS ORIENTED FROM SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA TO AREAS OFFSHORE OF NRN CA. A BELT OF STRONG UPPER-LEVEL FLOW /60+ KT AT 250 MB/ WILL EMANATE FROM THE WRN TROUGH...TOP THE RIDGE OVER THE NRN PLAINS...AND THEN EXTEND SEWD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXIST FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. S OF THIS FEATURE...A COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND SWWD FROM THE NERN CONUS INTO THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS...THEN WWD ACROSS THE OZARKS AND INTO THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...WHERE IT WILL THEN EXTEND NWD INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS.
