Is that the rarely seen polar low coming south .comments please.

On Nov 24, 12:43*am, paul leslie wrote:
Is that the rarely seen polar low coming south .comments please.

It's not a Polar Low as normally defined but seems to owe its
existence partly to lee effects west of Scandinavia and partly to
synoptic-scale effects whereas a Polar Low is more of a mesoscale
phenomenon, at least initially.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

On Nov 24, 2:07*am, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Nov 24, 12:43*am, paul leslie wrote:

Is that the rarely seen polar low coming south .comments please.

* * *It's not a Polar Low as normally defined but seems to owe its
existence partly to lee effects west of Scandinavia and partly to
synoptic-scale effects whereas a Polar Low is more of a mesoscale
phenomenon, at least initially.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Polar lows are mainly convective, I thought, although I remember some
forecasters in the 60s would draw fronts on them.

MartinR

.... I'm not sure if you're asking for general comments on what Polar
Lows (or depressions) are, or this specific case but there is a Q/A in
the FAQ which on review seems to be still relevant (though written
many years ago now).

I do know that in very recent years some intense research has been
done with published results on these features, so a search on the net
might bring these ideas up to date.

The FAQ entry is he-

http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/node/95

Martin.


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