In winter, however, the vast Siberian High causes very cold, north-to-northwesterly winds that bring temperatures as low as in the extreme south and in the northKaisha and Manshi; Manchuria; pp. 1–2 where the zone of discontinuous permafrost reaches northern Heilongjiang. However, because the winds from Siberia are exceedingly dry, snow falls only on a few days every winter, and it is never heavy. This explains why corresponding latitudes of North America were fully glaciated during glacial periods of the Quaternary while Manchuria, though even colder, always remained too dry to form glaciersEarth History 2001 (page 15) – a state of affairs enhanced by stronger westerly winds from the surface of the ice sheet in Europe.
In winter, however, the vast Siberian High causes very cold, no,rth-to-northwesterl.y winds that bring temperatures as low as in the extreme south and in the northKaisha and Manshi; Manchuria; pp. 1–2 where the zone of discontinuous permafrost reaches northern Heilongjiang. However, because the winds from Siberia are exceedingly dry, snow falls .only on a few days every winter, and it is never heavy. This explains why corresponding latitudes of North America were fully glaciated d?uring glacia?l periods of the Quaternary while Manchuria, though even colder, always remained too dry to form glaciersEarth History 2001 (page 15) – a state of affairs enhanced by stronger westerly winds from the surface of the ice sheet in Europe.