Talk:High-pressure area

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Couldn't this be combined into anticyclone? –radiojon 18:31, 2004 Jul 14 (UTC)

• Most emphatically, NO. The other way around, perhaps, but weather announcers do not refer to anticyclones, they refer to highs. This article should be titled so as to be as accessible to as many people as possible. The lingua franca must rule. Denni☯ 00:53, 2004 Jul 18 (UTC)

Horse Latitudes, according to legend, are called thusly because the winds associated with that region of the world are weak (due to the high pressure). So, ships would get stranded and have to throw the horses (who I think must have died and were rotting) bound for america overboard. So, the ocean was littered with horses.

Although you need to take that story with a lot of salt, it does help you to remember the hadley cell circulations a bit better.

It certainly smacks of an urban legend....

Roodog2k 03:23, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

• No urban legend. Ships bound for the Americas often carried livestock, and livestock require fresh water. If one finds oneself becalmed, and it comes down to a choice between the cattle and the men, guess who gets the water and guess who gets the boot. Denni☯ 02:34, 2005 Jan 1 (UTC)

Yeah, thats what I was taught in a number of my meteorology classes over the years, but the story bothers me still. Call me a skeptic, but I would love to look into the issue more and get some more independent verification (for my own sake). Roodog2k 04:49, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Future Plans

I would like at add several sections clarifying some differences b/n different types of high pressure, its relation to climatological circulations (i.e. Hadley Cell), and other dynamics that force high pressure over the next few weeks.

Roodog2k 15:23, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

What is the role of a high pressure area?

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What is the role of a high pressure area?

Wikipedia is not a homework help line. -- Beland 18:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

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An image showing the symbols typically used in meteorology to represent high-pressure systems, and how air circulates due to coriolis forces, would be illuminating. -- Beland 18:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)Reply