WRAL

On the weather forecasts, you often show plots of isobars moving and then seem to indicate that the winds will be running parallel to the isobars. We all know that winds should ...

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Phil, Winds would be perpendicular to the isobars is not for the rotation of the earth, which imposes a virtual force called the Coriolis effect. Over a significant time and distance ...
WRAL

I understand isobars are lines of equal pressure but I've never heard anyone mention what the difference in pressure is from one line to the next, is there a standard that ...

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Randy, There isn't a single, enformced standard for what we would call the "contour interval" for pressure analyses. However, there are three such spacings that are by far the most ...