Azores high

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Azores high [′ā‚zȯrz ′hī]

(meteorology)

The semipermanent subtropical high over the North Atlantic Ocean, especially when it is located over the eastern part of the ocean; when in the western part of the Atlantic, it becomes the Bermuda high.

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