Under Pressure
A barometer can be linked to this device that continuously records pressure changes on paper.
Barograph
Closer spacing of these lines on a map indicates a stronger version of this force.
Pressure-gradient Force
When the pressure-gradient force is balanced by the Coriolis effect, wind flows parallel to isobars and is called this.
Geostrophic Wind
This pressure belt at about 30° latitude is responsible for many of the world's major desert regions.
Subtropical High
This dry, warm, descending wind east of the Rockies can rapidly melt snow.
Chinook
This type of barometer uses a partially evacuated metal chamber instead of liquid.
Aneroid Barometer
These lines on a weather map connect points of equal atmospheric pressure.
Isobars
This effect is strongest near the poles and has virtually no influence at the equator.
Coriolis Effect
These reliable surface winds blow from the subtropical highs toward the equator.
When the air on a mountain cools at night, it descends creating this breeze
Mountain Breeze
The first barometer used this liquid inside an inverted tube to measure atmospheric pressure equilibrium.
Mercury
The primary cause of pressure differences that drive wind is this unequal process on Earth's surface.
Solar Heating
These are the fast upper-level winds formed when pressure-gradient forces are strong and friction with the surface is absent.
Jet Stream
In the mid-latitudes, these winds generally blow from this eponymous direction due to the Coriolis Effect
Westerlies
This dry, downslope wind in southern California is notorious for rapidly spreading wildfires.
Santa Ana
Areas with high amounts of pressure tend to exhibit this amount of precipitation
Low pressure
Low pressure near the surface causes this type of air flow around cyclones and outflow around anticyclones.
Convergent
In the Southern Hemisphere this type of pressure system shows clockwise circulation
Anticyclone (High)
This seasonal wind reversal brings heavy rain to parts of South Asia when low pressure develops over the heated continent.
Monsoon
This rotating device is used to measure wind speed
Cup Anemometer
This Italian scientist invented the first barometer and created an early vacuum.
Evangelista Torricelli
Air always flows from this type of pressure area toward this type of pressure area.
High pressure to low pressure
In the Northern Hemisphere, the Coriolis effect deflects winds in this direction.
To the right
This low-pressure zone near the equator is also called the ITCZ.
Equatorial Low
This daytime coastal wind blows from the cooler sea toward the warmer land.
Sea Breeze