Thought I wld draw attention to a recent paper-

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society - 2005 papers
Vol. 131 OCTOBER 2005 Part B No. 612
JOHN D. LOCATELLI, MARK T. STOELINGA and PETER V. HOBBS - Re-examination of
the split cold front ion the British Isles cyclone of 17 July 1980 3167
The authors revisit a case study by Browning and Roberts,using the MM5
model, and draw comparisions with landfalling fronts on the NW seaboard of
America.Unfortunately I can't find the papers freely online ATM,but they ask
the final question-

"......why split fronts appear to be more common in the British Isles than
in the Pacific Northest.........."

BTWThis is one last papers by Peter Hobbs (a British expatriot trained at
Imperial ) who died last year.

http://cargsun2.atmos.washington.edu/
http://improve.atmos.washington.edu/


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regards,
David

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