https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi Made with good vibes en-us 2019-02-26 19:17:31 UTC 2025-04-01 20:25:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335591659 The weight of the atmosphere pressing down on the earth.]]> 2019-02-26 19:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335591659 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335594081 A barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of theatmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the columnvarying with atmospheric pressure.]]> 2019-02-26 19:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335594081 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335596251 A device for measuring atmospheric pressure, often specially calibrated for use as an altimeter, consisting of a box or chamber partially exhausted of air, having an elastic top and a pointer to indicate the degree of compression of the topcaused by the external air.]]> 2019-02-26 19:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335596251 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335597233 Continuously records pressure changes with the passage of time]]> 2019-02-26 19:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335597233 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335599815 Air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface]]> 2019-02-26 19:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335599815 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335600871   line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.]]> 2019-02-26 19:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335600871 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335601959 PG = (pressure difference) / distance. Pressure gradient force force goes from high pressure to low pressure. Closely spaced isobars on a weather map indicate steep pressure gradient.]]> 2019-02-26 19:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335601959 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335604210 an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.]]> 2019-02-26 19:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335604210 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335605322 A narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth.]]> 2019-02-26 19:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335605322 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335606733 A system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise or clockwise circulation; a depression.]]> 2019-02-26 19:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335606733 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335607629 A high point, level, or figure.]]> 2019-02-26 19:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335607629 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335608371 The process or state of converging.]]> 2019-02-26 19:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335608371 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335609086 The process or state of diverging.]]> 2019-02-26 19:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/335609086 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336095412 The rise of air in the equatorial region reduces surface air pressure, creating an equatorial low pressure zone]]> 2019-02-27 19:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336095412 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336096025 Region of low pressure is a zone where winds from the north and south converge,]]> 2019-02-27 19:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336096025 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336098436 The subtropical latitudes between 30 and 35 degrees both north and south where Earth's atmosphere is dominated by the subtropical high, an area of high pressure, which suppresses precipitation and cloud formation, and has variable winds mixed with calm winds.]]> 2019-02-27 19:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336098436 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336100271 A wind blowing from the west.]]> 2019-02-27 19:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336100271 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336101453 Are the dry, cold prevailing winds that blow from the high-pressure areas of the polar highs at the north and south poles towards low-pressure areas within the Westerlies at high latitudes. ]]> 2019-02-27 19:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336101453 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336564949 Sea and land breezes. Sea breezes and land breezes are two familiar categories of local winds that are driven by differences in temperature and in air pressure, which is the pressure exerted by air on a given area. ]]> 2019-02-28 18:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336564949 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336565644 A sea breeze or onshore breeze is any wind that blows from a large body of water toward or onto a landmass]]> 2019-02-28 18:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336565644 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336566443 A mountain breeze and a valley breeze are two related, localized winds that occur one after the other on a daily cycle.]]> 2019-02-28 18:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336566443 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336567112 Mountain and valley breezes form through a process similar to sea and land breezes. ]]> 2019-02-28 18:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336567112 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336568070 Was first recognized by fishermen from Ecuador and Peru, who noticed that the waters of the eastern Pacific sometimes got warmer in December or January. ]]> 2019-02-28 18:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336568070 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336568904 A cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific, which occurs at irregular intervals, and is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns complementary to those of El Niño, but less extensive and damaging in their effects.]]> 2019-02-28 18:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336568904 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336569469 An irregularly periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, affecting the climate of much of the tropics and subtropics.]]> 2019-02-28 18:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336569469 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336728153 The geostrophic wind is the theoretical wind that would result from an exact balance between the Coriolis effect and the pressure gradient force. ]]> 2019-03-01 03:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336728153 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336728572   cyclone is a large scale air mass that rotates around strong centers of low pressure. ]]> 2019-03-01 03:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336728572 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336728794 A weather phenomenon defined by the United States National Weather Service's glossary as "a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere".]]> 2019-03-01 03:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336728794 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336729211  The character and amount of atmospheric pressure change during a specified period of time, often a three-hour period preceding an observation.]]> 2019-03-01 03:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336729211 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336730261  A belt of low pressure located, in the mean, between 50 and 70° latitude; in the Northern hemisphere.]]> 2019-03-01 03:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336730261 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336730656 The polar front is the boundary between the polar cell and the Ferrel cell in each hemisphere.]]> 2019-03-01 03:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336730656 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336731046 The polar highs are areas of high atmospheric pressure around the north and south poles

]]> 2019-03-01 03:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336731046 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336731338 Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation

]]> 2019-03-01 03:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336731338 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336731561 a breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night, owing to the relative warmth of the sea. Compare with sea breeze.]]> 2019-03-01 03:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336731561 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336732051 Warm, dry winds sometimes move down the eastern slopes of the Rockies]]> 2019-03-01 04:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336732051 2020hlatshwayo_sabelo https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336732651 Wildfires fanned by Santa Ana winds raged in southern California in October 2003.]]> 2019-03-01 04:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2020hlatshwayo_sabelo/7kpwf92sguzi/wish/336732651