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polar high

[′pō·lər ′hī]
(meteorology)
arctic high subpolar high
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The country's weather normally originates in the west, but the unusual strength of polar high pressure has forced winds to blow from the east.
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A cold polar high, high pressure or ridging aloft, and higher air mass humidity than normal are more likely to create these patterns.
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However the main story affecting the Great Plains is loss of heating in the Canadian polar regions, which strengthens polar high pressure areas.
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When it's pointed west, California gets flooding rains, and when it's pointed east, it can interact with cold polar highs to produce snow, freezing rain, and lots of IMC.
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