cut-off high
cut-off high An anticyclone that is isolated from the main subtropical belt of high pressure and around which the main flow of the upper westerlies is diverted, causing a blocking situation in middle latitudes.
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Blocking High , blocking high (blocking anticyclone) In synoptic meteorology, an anticyclone with deep circulation so placed as to interrupt or divert the eastward m… cut-off low , cut-off low A cold low in mid-latitudes (occasionally almost in subtropical latitudes) where it is cut off from the main subpolar belt of low pressur… linoleum block printing , li·no·cut / ˈlīnōˌkət/ • n. a design or form carved in relief on a block of linoleum. ∎ a print made from such a block. DERIVATIVES: li·no·cut·ting n… Cut , cut / kət/ • v. (cut·ting ; past and past part. cut ) [tr.] 1. make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:… Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries , high / hī/ • adj. 1. of great vertical extent: the top of a high mountain the mast was higher than the tallest building in the city. ∎ (after a measu… subtropical high , subtropical high Surface high-pressure cells that are especially prominent and persistent over oceans at around 30° latitude. The anticyclones develo…
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