Midlatitude cyclones and anticyclones are an important part of weather in the midlatitudes in both hemispheres of the Earth. Describe each of these atmospheric disturbances by focusing on the following items: Weather Does it have fronts? What are the temperature properties? What type of precipitation, if any, is experienced? Pressure Does it have a high or low pressure center? Wind patterns Does the wind converge or diverge at the surface? Does the wind converge or diverge in the upper atmosphere? Do the winds rotate in clockwise or counterclockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere? Do the winds rotate in clockwise or counterclockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere? Does the wind rise or descend in the center of the pressure center?

The midlatitude cyclone is the dominant weather system in middle and high latitudes. It is a large inspiraling of air that repeatedly forms, intensifies, and dissolves along the polar front. Cold air-outbreaks are often associated with Mid-latitude cyclones.

Midlatitude cyclones are associated with cloudier, wetter, windier conditions.

An Anticyclone's central air pressure is higher than that of its surroundings, and the airflow is counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.This characteristics is opposite in the case of Midlatitude cyclones.

Midlatitude Cyclones typically bring rain, thunderstorms, and sometimes strong winds while Anticyclones typically bring calm sunny weather.

Vertical air movements are associated with both Midlatitude cyclones and anticyclones. In the former case, air close to the ground is forced inward, toward the center of a cyclone, where pressure is lowest, and then begins to rise upward. At some height, the rising air begins to diverge outward away from the cyclone center. The situation is reversed in the case of Anticyclones..