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Old August 13th 08, 09:24 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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"Martin Rowley" wrote...
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... caught me out too. Because of the 'anvil' reference, I thought
vaguely
about thunderstorms, but couldn't place the exact definition (before
the
answer was given!)

Mind you, there are a lot of terms that the severe convective
community use
in the US that aren't well know over here.


as here ....

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/severewx/glossary.php

"Anvil zits", "Knuckles"!

Quite a few here I wouldn't recognise.


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