More specifically it describes a low-pressure area whose center of rotation is just off the East Coast and whose leading winds in the left forward quadrant rotate onto land from the northeast.

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With high pressure now established up from the southwest in the eastern North Atlantic - and an area of low pressure being held further west of Ireland - this year's festival continues on a settled and increasingly warm note.

BBC: Glastonbury Festival 2010 weather forecast