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Keywords: Clockwise, Cyclone, Subarctic, Subpolar, Inclement

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or a "Low" An area of low atmospheric pressure that has a closed counter-clockwise circulation in the Northern Hemisphere. Also known as a cyclone. [Go to source

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An area of warm rising air.

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an area of low pressure usually characterized by clouds of precipitation caused by rising air; often related to inclement weather such as winds flowing counter clockwise and into the center of the low.

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Mass of air having low atmospheric pressure.

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A low pressure area, or a low for short, is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lowest with relation to the surrounding area. Tropical storms, extratropical cyclones, subpolar cyclones, and subarctic cyclones are called low-pressure cells in some English-speaking communities.

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