depresión

depresión

Weather system of the mid-latitudes, where warm, tropical air meets cold, polar air causing the tropical air to rise and thus creating an area of low pressure. Characterized by a circular pattern of isobars, a warm front, a cold front and inward blowing, anti-clockwise winds.

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