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John Hall wrote:

In message , N_Cook
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Another sideways input from an ex-polar researcher
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Polar lows were (I think) unknown until satellite imagery showed their
existence. Prior to that, ones which came south (rather than forming
and decaying in the Iceland/Faeroes region) would probably have been
classed as secondary lows, i.e. developing further South rather than in
the area where they originally developed.

I don't think that's true. Gordon Manley in his "Climate and the British
Scene", which pre-dates satellite imagery, I think uses the term "polar
low" and he describes them pretty well.

Yes, I agree. I'm sure I had heard of them before the days of
satellites.


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