Originally Posted by
gerardflyagain
Can anyone explain why rain was an incorrect answer for the below question? I thought Gales and Rain would be correct answers.
Which of the following conditions would you NOT expect to see during anticyclonic conditions where the centre of high pressure is established overhead?
✓ Gales
✘ Rain
In a anticyclone some light rain is possible, but no hard winds, because in the centre of a high there is always very few gradient, the isobars are never close together, per definition. Tim, senior forcaster