Abstract
The pressure patterns characteristic to extreme warmth and coldness in north Japan are compared with each other on various composite maps and 500 mb correlation field. It is found that the eastward shift of the Far Eastern permanent trough due to the combined effect of the geographical condition of the Far East and the decrease of zonal index is responsible to the large scale cold waves in north Japan.
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