<P> Beginning December 11, there was a big anticyclone inside a big northward meander in the jet stream over Europe; its east edge drew a strong current of cold air south from the Arctic . This polar outbreak overspread Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean region, pushing below moist air associated with a passing front, causing heavy snow and sleet over higher ground in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel . At lower elevations, heavy rain from the system caused flooding in some areas . </P> <P> (The west edge of the same anticyclone drew in a warm southwest wind from around the Azores to Britain .) </P>

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