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ridge of high pressure

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ridge of high pressure

Elongated area of high atmospheric pressure extending from an anticyclone. On a synoptic weather chart it is shown as a pattern of lengthened isobars. The weather under a ridge of high pressure is the same as that under an anticyclone.
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He said: "A ridge of high pressure over southern areas means today will be dry for much of England and Wales, with just a few light showers in the North and Scotland.
NEVER MIND THE TRAFFIC.. FEEL THE HEAT; Bank hols sun on the way by The Mirror (London, England)
One is another ridge of high pressure centered right over the valley with a layer of warmer air in the upper atmosphere, which allows the sun to heat up the surface and hold the heat in.
The heat's on for next couple of days by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
That very large ridge of high pressure is cutting off the moisture pattern from the south, which is where our monsoon clouds generally come from," Shy said.
HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM INTERRUPTS MONSOONS, BUT SEASON ISN'T OVER by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
 
 
 
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