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• Recognize the synoptic scale precursors of polar lows
• Recognize the low-level surface features that are conducive to the development of polar lows
• Recognize the development of a polar lows from observations.
• Identify polar lows using satellite imagery
• Understand the limitations of model initialization and output for polar low forecasting

January 2021 - The text/print version of this lesson was updated to current internet standards (mp4/html5), with no changes to content.

July 2014: This module contains good conceptual material. The operational NWP models have changed since this 2004 publication and it's possible that may have some impact on the model representation of polar lows.