160 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW AUGUST 1953 THE WEATHER AND CIRCULATION OF AUGUST 1951‘
(fig. 1) for August was dominated by four major fulllatitude waves, each extending from the polar region to the subtropics. The four major trough lines can be secn on figure I; one along the east coast of North America, a second along the west coast of Europe and Africa, a third through central Asia...
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| Summary: | (fig. 1) for August was dominated by four major fulllatitude waves, each extending from the polar region to the subtropics. The four major trough lines can be secn on figure I; one along the east coast of North America, a second along the west coast of Europe and Africa, a third through central Asia, and the fourth extending southwest-ward from the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Sea and the western Pacific Ocean. Over the Eastern Hemisphere these waves had a larger amplitude than over 1 See charts I-XV following p. 167, for analyzed climatological data for the month. the Western Hemisphere, where the circulation in middle latitudes was characterized by a zone of relatively strong flat westerlies. To the south of this zone of strong westerlies the subtropical high pressure cells appeared as rather narrow |
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