While cyclones are typically regions of inclement weather, anticyclones are usually meteorologically quiet regions. Generally larger than cyclones, anticyclones exhibit persistent downward motions and yield dry stable air that may extend horizontally many hundreds of kilometres. In most cases, an actively developing anticyclone forms over a ground location in the region of cold air behind a cyclone as it moves away. This anticyclone forms before the next cyclone advances into the area. Such an anticyclone is known as a cold anticyclone. A result of the downward air motion in an anticyclone, however, is compression of the descending air. As a ...(100 of 37038 words)