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blocking
Interruption of predominately wavy flow in the westerlies. Distortion of westerly wind flow results in a meridional flow and the development of warm anticyclonic vortices equatorward of the original flow. Blocking patterns tend to persist for days or even weeks.
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1 2 A: Page 1 of 2.
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