- Siberian High
The "Siberian High" is a massive collection of cold or very cold dry air that accumulates on the
Eurasia n terrain for much of the year. It reaches its greatest size and strength in the winter, when the air temperature near the center of thehigh-pressure cell oranticyclone is often lower than minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit). Thesea-level pressure (atmospheric pressure ) is often above 1040millibar s (1040hectopascal s) (hPa) (SI ). The Siberian High is the strongest semipermanent high in the northern hemisphere and is responsible for both the lowest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere, of convert|-67.8|°C|°F|abbr=on|lk=off onJanuary 15 ,1885 atVerkhoyansk and the highest pressure, 1083.8 mb (108.38 kPa, 32.01 inHg) atAgata, Siberia onDecember 31 ,1968 . [http://www.rmets.org/education/weatherclub/secondary/barometer.php]The "Siberian High" affects the weather patterns in the higher latitudes of the
Northern Hemisphere . It may block or reduce the size oflow-pressure cell s orcyclones and generate dry weather across much of the Eurasian and Canadian landscape.ee also
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Siberian Express
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