Climatic Control FeaturesSouth AmericaThe Bolivian High
Bounded to the south by the Subtropical Jet
Meanders over Bolivia-Paraguay-Northern Argentina-Mato Grosso do Sul (Brasil)
Focuses the subtropical flow across the northern Andes of Chile…resulting in lee-side perturbations/cyclogenesis over Northwestern Argentina.
- Due to conservation of Potential Vorticity (Holton)