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Summer Lows

By Eugene Brown Posted on 26 January 2013 Posted in 2 Comments

 Low Pressure over South Africa South Africa is situated in a High Pressure belt due to descending air from the Hadley Cell (see image below). In summer, prolonged heating of the earth’s surface in South Africa results in rising air and a …

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