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Azores High

  • An extremely large ‘Azores High’ has resulted in abnormally dry conditions across the western Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula, primarily occupied by Spain and Portugal, according to a new study.
  • It is a Subtropical Weather Phenomenon. During winter the subtropical high pressure system extends over the eastern subtropical North Atlantic and western Europe.
  • It is associated with anticyclonic winds in the subtropical North Atlantic. It is formed by dry air aloft descending the subtropics and coincides with the downward branch of the Hadley Circulation.
  • It could pose a climate risk to productive agricultural sectors such as viticulture and olive plantations across the Iberian Peninsula.
  • The Hadley cell, is a tropical atmospheric circulation that features air rising near the equator, flowing poleward at a height of 10-15 km above the earth's surface, descending in the subtropics, and then returning equatorward near the surface.
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