Definition
In the Northern Hemisphere, an observer with their back to the true wind has lower pressure on the left hand and higher pressure on the right; in the Southern Hemisphere the sense is reversed. Because surface friction backs the wind relative to the isobars by roughly 10 to 20 degrees over the sea, the centre of the low actually lies a little behind the beam, nearer 100 to 120 degrees from the wind direction.
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