Siberian High

The Siberian High is a relatively stationary cold high over Siberia or through Mongolia, which forms due to low humidity.

About the snowy areas of the continent, the air cools from increasingly, with a cold air body forms below warmer air masses. Since cold air is denser than warm, the cold body of air stays at the bottom, causing the air pressure increases. Its main activity reaches the high of October to April. If attenuates the westerlies in winter, hiking offshoot of the highs preferred to Eastern Europe ( one speaks of Russia or Eastern Europe high- high ) and bring the proverbial " Siberian cold " for Central and Southern Europe. Due to the warm temperate winds on the west side of the highs to Northern Europe heated. The Sibirien-/Russlandhoch is one of the basic centers of action of the European weather patterns.