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INTERMOUNTAIN HIGH An area of high pressure that occurs during the winter between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra-Cascade ranges. It blocks the eastward movement of Pacific cyclones. Also called Plateau High or Great Basin High.
In the winter, a strong Siberian high, with pressures above 1035 mb, and a high in the western U.S., the Intermountain High, form.
 See also: Infrared, Water, Norther, Air, Precipitation
  
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