Talk:Col (meteorology)

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Slightly higher? Or just higher?

The current article text contains:

"It takes the form of a saddle where the air pressure is slightly higher than that of the low-pressure regions, but lower than that of the anticyclonic zones."

I have checked the definition in the source referred to, which says:

"(Also called saddle point, neutral point.) In meteorology, the point of intersection of a trough and a ridge in the pressure pattern of a weather map. It is the point of relatively lowest pressure between two highs and the point of relatively highest pressure between two lows."

It does not mention that at the col the pressure would be only slightly higher than in the low-pressure regions, nor do I remember ever having read or heard such claim during my meteorology education.

I wonder on what grounds this claim is made.Redav (talk) 14:10, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]