ELi5: What are anticyclones and depressions
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An anticyclone can refer to a tornado rotating clock-wise (aka the opposite way of an average tornado). A depression refers to a hurricane in one of its first stages (or when it’s very weak). Technically a depression is also not a hurricane and is just a storm over the sea. I hope that helped
To give a more general answer: Anticyclones are regions with high atmospheric pressure that rotate in a certain direction (clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern). Depressions are generally just regions with low atmospheric pressure.
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