Your phone tracks air pressure—and that tiny detail can warn you about weather changes early.

I don't know about you, but I've been a regular watcher of the local TV news for decades. The news and sports are well and good, but the weather forecast is always the main event. When the temps start ...

MACON, Ga. — High pressure and low pressure systems dictate most of the weather in Central Georgia. To measure pressure in the atmosphere meteorologists use a barometer. If you split the word ...

FARGO — Meteorologists use a barometer to measure pressure changes in the atmosphere, but you don’t need a fancy instrument to gauge the weather changes, you can make one with just a few simple ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — For more than 400 years, meteorologists and weather nerds around the world have relied on a simple tool to predict the weather: a barometer. You’ve probably heard of a barometer before ...

A: At least 400 years, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. Barometers, which are used to measure air pressure, which in turn can give us one measuring stick of predicting the weather, were ...

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Barometers are devices that measure atmospheric pressure (also known as “air pressure” or “barometric pressure”). You can use these readings to predict the weather. For instance, high pressure ...