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over northern Scotland, but a secondary low spread across southern England and accounted for most of the heavy
rainfall and the high wind speeds in that area ( Figure 7.10 ). The heavy rain associated with this storm marked the
start of a period of serious flooding caused by frequent and deep depressions which affected much of lowland England.
The satellite image ( Plate 6.1 ) shows the development of the secondary low over south-west England.
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Figure 7.9 Highest reported gusts (knots) over southern
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Source: Based mainly on anemograph data and Weather (1988)
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Figure 7.10 (a) Total precipitation and (b) maximum wind gust on 29 October 2000.
Source: Meteorological Office website
 
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