The wind circulation around a high pressure center in the Northern Hemisphere is __________.
Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation
Correct Answer: Option D — clockwise and moving outward from the high
Per Buys Ballot's law and Bowditch principles, surface winds in the Northern Hemisphere flow clockwise and outward due to pressure gradient force and Coriolis deflection around anticyclones.
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