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Winter storms follow their own patterns
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Compared to the loss of life and property that occurred in Bartow County, the Gainesville area didn’t get hit too hard during the Jan. 30 storm. It was a typical winter system, called midlatitude wave cyclone among meteorologists. The winter storms form through air mass contrasts; in other words, a clash of bodies of air that are very different in temperature and moisture.