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☆☆☆☆☆Decreasing pressure indicates stormy weather.
Increasing Pressure indicates better weather.
The instrument which is used to measure wind is a anemometer. This tool is used to determine the direction in which the wind is blowing.
The Gulf Stream.
The tropical climate zone receives the highest insulation.
Cities are warmer than the areas immediately around them.
analog method
A front that spirals counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere is called an occluded front.
Fronts don't flow counterclockwise, although a low does have a counterclockwise spin and frontal systems form off of a low.
leeward
Wind shear can result in the formation of a tornado.
compass magnets can be deflected by earths magnetic field or other permanent magnets
It is the distance is between bodies of water in temperate climates, or one's proximity, or 'closeness,' to the bodies of water.
Hygrometer = Humidity
Thermometer = Temperature
Weather Vane = Wind direction
Anemometer = Wind
How does a region has a low pressure and a high pressure system moves in. What is the best prediction about the weather from this information?
