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IN his interesting letter on the above subject (NATURE, vol. xxi. p. 443) Sir Ralph Abercromby remarks that “there is a good deal of evidence to show that where the velocity of the [cyclone] centre is very great, the strength of the wind for any given gradients is increased, or at all events becomes more squally and gusty;” and again (p. 444) that the Tay Bridge storm “was exceptionally squally and gusty, doubtless owing to the unusually rapid rate of its motion.” I am far from wishing to be understood to impugn the accuracy of these remarks, but I would say that the law which is indicated in them has, if I mistake not, escaped general observation, and I believe that meteorologists will be grateful to Sir R. Abercromby, than whom no one can be found better able to do so, if he will point out the evidence on which it rests.
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LEY, W. The Tay Bridge Storm. Nature 21, 468 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021468b0
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