Weather · Lesson 18 of 29
How weather works: pressure, stability and fronts
The ideas behind every weather report: pressure and wind, temperature and dew point, how clouds form, stable and unstable air, air masses and fronts.
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- Explain how pressure differences, the Coriolis force and friction shape the wind
- Use the temperature/dew point spread to anticipate fog and estimate cloud bases
- Compare the weather typical of stable and unstable air
- Describe the weather that comes with warm, cold, stationary and occluded fronts