Siberian High

[2] The Siberian High is responsible both for severe winter cold and attendant dry conditions with little snow and few or no glaciers across Asian part of Russia, Mongolia, and China.

The Siberian High affects the weather patterns in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere: its influence extends as far west as Italy,[3] bringing freezing conditions also in the warm South,[4] and as far southeast as Malaysia,[5] where it is a critical component of the northeast monsoon.

In the process of the Siberian High's formation, the upper-level jet is transferred across northern Eurasia by adiabatic cooling and descending advection, which in extreme cases creates "cold domes" that outbreak over warmer parts of East Asia.

In spite of its immense influence on the weather experienced by a large proportion of the world's population, scientific studies of the Siberian High have been late in coming, though variability of its behavior was observed as early as the 1960s.

[10] The decrease in magnitude of the Siberian High during the Holocene enabled eastward encroachment of westerlies enriched with water vapour, precipitating an increase in low altitude afforestation of Central Asia.