A semipermanent area of high pressure located over the Azores in winter and early spring.
Compare with Bermuda High
Example sentencesExamples
- The Hawaiian and Azores High intensify and expand northward into their relative ocean basins.
- A stronger Azores High will cause stronger trade wind flow and more upwelling off of the Northwest African coast.
- Between 16 June and 24 July, the Azores High extended 5 times into the Gulf of Biscay and over France.
- Well, this year Azores High doesn't seem to be extending as far up north as is needed to give us better weather.
- Around mid-May the Azores High gradually becomes more dominant and the Euro-Asian High loses its influence, resulting in very stable weather.