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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