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Still looking at the two maps, find the location of the single highest pressure (hint: it is not in the subtropics). (a) When and where does the strongest high pressure form (give the approx. latitude and longitude)? (b) What causes this severe high pressure?

Still looking at the two maps, find the location of the single highest pressure (hint: it is not in the subtropics). (a) When and where does the strongest high pressure form (give the approx. latitude and longitude)? (b) What causes this severe high pressure?

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  1. Still looking at the two maps, find the location of the single highest pressure (hint: it is not in the subtropics).
    (a) When and where does the strongest high pressure form (give the approx. latitude and longitude)?


    (b) What causes this severe high pressure?
80 1010 1010 1010 1014 f010 60 T006 1010 -1018 1006 Pacific High 1026 H Bermuda High 1002 40 H G018 1022 998 |ITCZ 1018 1022 20 1014 1010 7014 1006 ITCZ 0° J010 -1010 1014 1014 - 20 -1014- 1018 1018 1018 H H -1014 1026H T018 -1022 40 1010 JULY 1002 1006 998 994 990 60 982 986 990 982 994 990 986 990 994 986 982 994 998 998- 80 120° 986 160° E 180° W 160° 140° 140 120° 100° 80 60° 40° 20 W OE 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° 120° (b) July average surface barometric pressures. Compare pressures in the North Pacific, the North Atlantic, and the central Asian landmass with the January map above.
Transcribed Image Text:80 1010 1010 1010 1014 f010 60 T006 1010 -1018 1006 Pacific High 1026 H Bermuda High 1002 40 H G018 1022 998 |ITCZ 1018 1022 20 1014 1010 7014 1006 ITCZ 0° J010 -1010 1014 1014 - 20 -1014- 1018 1018 1018 H H -1014 1026H T018 -1022 40 1010 JULY 1002 1006 998 994 990 60 982 986 990 982 994 990 986 990 994 986 982 994 998 998- 80 120° 986 160° E 180° W 160° 140° 140 120° 100° 80 60° 40° 20 W OE 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° 120° (b) July average surface barometric pressures. Compare pressures in the North Pacific, the North Atlantic, and the central Asian landmass with the January map above.
80 1014 1014 1018 1018 1018 1014 1006 1014 1022 Icelandic Low 1010 1026 60 1030 1006 998L 1002 Aleutian Low f006 L998 fo02 1010 014 1018 H. 1034 T030 40 -1010 Azores High, 1022 -1014 H H 1016 1018 20 1018 -1014 -1018 T014- 1014 -1010 ITCZ 1010 1010 1010 ITCZ -1014 -1014 1006 20 YO06 1018 1010 1018 1022 CH 1018 H 1014 1014 40 1014 1010 1010 OLO 998 JANUARY 994 990 982 60 990 986 986 990 986 990 994 990 998 994 998 80- 120° 140 W OE 20° 160° E 180° W 160° 140 120° 100° 80° 60° 40° 20 40° 60° 80° 100° 120° (a) January average surface barometric pressures (millibars); dashed line marks the general location of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).
Transcribed Image Text:80 1014 1014 1018 1018 1018 1014 1006 1014 1022 Icelandic Low 1010 1026 60 1030 1006 998L 1002 Aleutian Low f006 L998 fo02 1010 014 1018 H. 1034 T030 40 -1010 Azores High, 1022 -1014 H H 1016 1018 20 1018 -1014 -1018 T014- 1014 -1010 ITCZ 1010 1010 1010 ITCZ -1014 -1014 1006 20 YO06 1018 1010 1018 1022 CH 1018 H 1014 1014 40 1014 1010 1010 OLO 998 JANUARY 994 990 982 60 990 986 986 990 986 990 994 990 998 994 998 80- 120° 140 W OE 20° 160° E 180° W 160° 140 120° 100° 80° 60° 40° 20 40° 60° 80° 100° 120° (a) January average surface barometric pressures (millibars); dashed line marks the general location of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).
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