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2. Description of the event
Infra-red imagery (above) and indeed several other aspects showed all the hallmarks of a sting jet, and it looks very probable that this was the cause of the narrow swathe of extreme gusts in the worst affected areas mentioned above. Indeed this and the general cyclone evolution seem to fit the conceptual picture and descriptions developed in this recent paper very well: http://www.tellusa.net/index.php/tellusa/article/view/27128
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