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... REAR Blue Or Squalls Patches --- of Blue Detached Cumulus Restless animals , Narrow Ring of Halo Watery Sun Corns Wounds Drizzle MUGGY Difiving Rain Windy Cirrus Rheumatics 1 . Drains Dirty Sky Dense Capped Hills 1 Cirra - Strat Gloomy ...
... REAR Blue Or Squalls Patches --- of Blue Detached Cumulus Restless animals , Narrow Ring of Halo Watery Sun Corns Wounds Drizzle MUGGY Difiving Rain Windy Cirrus Rheumatics 1 . Drains Dirty Sky Dense Capped Hills 1 Cirra - Strat Gloomy ...
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... rear of the cyclone . Then , as the whole cyclone moves along its course , it is evident that the barometer will be falling more or less at every portion of the front , and rising more or less everywhere in rear , so that there must be ...
... rear of the cyclone . Then , as the whole cyclone moves along its course , it is evident that the barometer will be falling more or less at every portion of the front , and rising more or less everywhere in rear , so that there must be ...
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... REAR " on the diagram , we should pass over the centre of the crater , and be walking downhill all the time till we reached the bottom , and up- hill afterwards . But now , if we walked across the crater on any other line parallel to ...
... REAR " on the diagram , we should pass over the centre of the crater , and be walking downhill all the time till we reached the bottom , and up- hill afterwards . But now , if we walked across the crater on any other line parallel to ...
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... rear it has little or no incurvature , and blows nearly parallel to the isobars . The velocity or force of the wind will depend on the closeness of the isobars . In the diagram they are much closer set in rear than in front of the ...
... rear it has little or no incurvature , and blows nearly parallel to the isobars . The velocity or force of the wind will depend on the closeness of the isobars . In the diagram they are much closer set in rear than in front of the ...
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... rear is characterized by a sharp , brisk feel of the air , and a hard , firm sky of cumulus type . But , on the contrary , other characteristic features are related to the centre , and have little to do with the trough . The rotation of ...
... rear is characterized by a sharp , brisk feel of the air , and a hard , firm sky of cumulus type . But , on the contrary , other characteristic features are related to the centre , and have little to do with the trough . The rotation of ...
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appearance ascensional associated Atlantic atmosphere atmospheric circulation bad weather barogram barographic blow blue sky Britain called calm centre changes chapter circulation cirro-cumulus cirro-stratus cirrus cirrus-stripes cold cumulo-nimbus cumulus curve cyclones and anticyclones depression develop diagram direction diurnal variation east eddies England Europe explain Fahr fall festooned forecasting front gale give gradients gusts halo heat inch influence instance intensity isotherms latitude low pressure marked mercury meteogram meteorology millimetres monsoon motion moving nature nearly north-east north-west northern hemisphere observer pampero portion prognostics radiation rear reason rotation round secondary sequence of weather shapes of isobars showers sometimes south-east south-west squall station storm straight isobars strato-cumulus stratus striæ stripe suppose surface synoptic charts synoptic meteorology temperature thermal slope thermogram thunderstorms tion trace tropical cyclone tropics trough type of weather upper currents usually V-depression vapour veer velocity wedge Weilbach whole wind
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