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pole
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See: cudgel, end, extremity, termination

POLE. A measure of length, equal to five yards and a half. Vide Measure.



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As in NA, SA MCCs are nocturnal storms that owe their existence partly due to a moist, poleward advecting low-level jet (LLJ) that is comparable in strength to the United States (US) LLJ.
8[degrees]C is the lowest in the regional comparison group, and is close to the 10[degrees]C isotherm described as the poleward temperature limit for cultivation of European grapes (Jones et al.
Using current size and locations of arid regions, further analysis indicates that just moving that boundary 3 [degrees] toward the equator could place larger areas of many major dust sources in a position to spew dust poleward rather than into the tropics.
 
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