. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. ury as observed atthe two places. Hence,in the Channel, wherethe isobarics arc closetogether, winds are high,but in the north ofScotland, where theisobarics are far apart,winds are light. This ruig also holds uni- „,„,.,,.,. ,versally, though the f^^-l—Weatherehart,shov,>Dgcyclo„e. exact relation requires still to be worked out by As regards the important climatic elements of tem-perature and moisture, the air in the half of thecyclone is mild and humid, and much rain falls ; but
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. ury as observed atthe two places. Hence,in the Channel, wherethe isobarics arc closetogether, winds are high,but in the north ofScotland, where theisobarics are far apart,winds are light. This ruig also holds uni- „,„,.,,.,. ,versally, though the f^^-l—Weatherehart,shov,>Dgcyclo„e. exact relation requires still to be worked out by As regards the important climatic elements of tem-perature and moisture, the air in the half of thecyclone is mild and humid, and much rain falls ; but inthe other half it is cold and dry, and little rain falls. Asuccession of low pressures passing eastward, in a courselying to northwards of Great Britain, is the characteristicof an open winter in Great Britain ; on the other hand, ifthe cyclones follow a course lying to the southward, thewinters are severe. This is a chief point of climatic impor-tance connected with the. propagation eastward of thesecyclonic 2. Areas of High Pressures, or Anticyclones—The accom-.
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