Cold front = wet weather
Low pressure system = wet weather
body of cold air = front, pushing air in front away
Winds
- Wind around highs are anti clockwise in southern hemisphere
- Wind around lows are clockwise
- Lines close together = windy
Wind direction
- Wind is parralel to isobars unless marked
- Wind is referred to as where it is coming from
- wide spaced isobars
How to forecast weather:
- 1,000km/day to the east
- syd – perth – 4k km
Pressure systems
High pressure: no clouds
- Lows have cloud: rising air is cooling air
- high: stable conditions, cold falling air, and spin anti clockwise
Sources of rain:
- low pressure
- cold front
- orographic rain: onshore winds with wet air: if strong onshore wind onto the east coast
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