Talk:Wake low
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Clarification needed
[edit]A low pressure area usually has rising air, with the opposite true for high pressure areas. So it seems odd that a wake low should be associated with descending air. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.248.166.12 (talk) 21:47, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
- If the descending air is dry/warm, it is possible. This kind of situation is common within lee troughs downwind of mountain ranges. Thegreatdr (talk) 21:50, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
If the air was warm wouldn't it start to rise behind the wake low? Plus, isn't there descending air at the meso-high? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.171.129.120 (talk) 18:59, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
- Yes to both...the rising warm air causes the wake low. Air does descend within the cool air associated with the mesohigh. Thegreatdr (talk) 18:53, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
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