What is the difference between an anticyclone and a cyclone?

Question

geography, extreme weather conditions, cyclones

Answer 1

The simple answer is that an anti-cyclone is an area of high pressure where the winds are rotating outward from the center.  In the northern hemisphere ACs rotate clockwise, while in the southern hemisphere they rotate counter-clockwise.  

Cyclones are just the opposite.  They are areas of low pressure that rotate counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Answer 2

1. `a beautiful mind` almost answered your Question.

2. a simpler answer would have been:

    Cyclones form in the Southern Hemi-Sphere , where                

     Anti-Cyclones are formed in the Northern Hemi-Sphere.

3. those weather situations and facts (stated by abm) are correct and the defining element of the Direction of the Wind is equal to this comparison.......

if you were to `view` a truck , driving through Fog , from above the truck , you would see that the Fog from the "draft" on the right-hand side of the truck moves (in what appears to be) UP ....or counter-clockwise = anti-cyclone , while the opposite side moves DOWN....or clock-wise = cyclone.

geography and Topography , as well as water Temperatures and land temperatures all play a part in producing this type of phenomenon.

hope this helped , along with data supplied by (abm)...?  :>)

Answer 3

An anticyclone is a system of closed isobars enclosing a high pressure area.Winds blow in a clockwise direction round it in the northern hemisphere.The pressure gradient is usually small  and hence winds are light.Weather is usually fair in summer but in winter ,conditions are favourable for formation of radiation fog.

Cyclone is a low pressure region in which winds blow in an anti-clockwise direction(N.H).This region is generally a region of bad weather with cloud,rain and strong winds depending upon the pressure gradient.

Answer 4

Cyclones are areas of low pressure. Cyclones usually exhibit nearly circular isobars. If isobars are oblong or elongate with the lowest pressure near the center we call them troughs. As air enters an area of low pressure from all directions, the Coriolis effect bends the direction of the wind to the right of its path. This creates a counterclockwise rotation around the low and  convergence near the center of the system. As the air collides near the center it is forced aloft where divergence takes air away from the center of the system. The upper-level divergence is necessary for the system to be maintained as an area of low pressure. Without the divergence, the system would fill with air and the horizontal pressure differences would be equalized causing the system to dissipate. Anticyclones are areas of high pressure that exhibit nearly circular isobars. If isobars are oblong or elongate with the highest pressure near the center we call them ridges. For high pressure areas, air descends toward the surface due to convergence aloft. As the air nears  the surface it is forced outward (divergence) from the center. The Coriolis effect bends the air to the right of its path creating a clockwise rotation around the high.