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Arctic cyclone

Arctic cyclones (or arctic hurricanes) are areas of extremely low pressure polar air and associated snowstorms that enter the high and middle latitudes. Like their tropical counterparts, they form a spiral pattern and have very high wind speeds. Since they possess both wind and snow precipitation, they contain extremely large blizzards. They usually produce very deep snow drifts.



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