Describe how the wind blows around highs and lows aloft and near the surface (a) in the Northern Hemisphere and (b) in the Southern Hemisphere
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ANSWER: In the Northern Hemisphere highs have a clockwise circulation aloft, lows have a counterclockwise circulation aloft. At the surface, the direction of the circulation is the same as aloft but the winds tend to cross the isobars toward lower pressures.
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In the Southern Hemisphere highs have a counterclockwise circulation aloft, lows have a clockwise circulation aloft. At the surface, the direction of the circulation is the same as aloft but the winds tend to cross the isobars toward lower pressures.
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