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back The Highs and Lows of the NAO

  A low pressure system will pull in air from the surrounding area. Winds around a low spiral counter-clockwise (in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere) and upwards towards the center of the system. (Animation by Robert Simmon)

   
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