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Does air move from high to low pressure or low to high pressure?
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∙ 13y ago
When it comes to areas of different pressure, air tends to move from higher pressure to lower pressure. Simple physics there. But add the rotation of the earth (which creates coriolis effect) and the already moving air currents (the jet stream and the dynamics of moving air over water or areas of land that are very hot or very cold), and the movement of that air isn't as "direct" in its motion from that high to that low. There is a bit of "spin" associated with air movement. And we get rotating masses of air around lows and highs, and the complex changes that come with atmospheric physics. Weather just "happens" this way.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoAir pressure (in weather systems) does not migrate as such. Air pressure is a product of metrological conditions in the same way as an eddy in a stream is a product of the river flowing downstream. In an engineering and scientific sense, nature abhors a vacuum so air will always flow from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure unless restricted by external or internal influences.
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∙ 13y agoAir moves from high pressure to low pressure. This is like a balloon when you release the air. The air moves from the balloon (high pressure) to the outside (low pressure).
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Does air move from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure?
No, it does not.
How does air pressure like to move?
air moves from areas of high pressure to low pressured areas. therefore the pressure makes air masses to move around the equator. but where in areas where the pressure difference is small then the air mass doesnt move it becomes stationary.
Explain how air moves differently in low-pressure and high-pressure systems?
a high pressure system moves clockwise, while a low one moves counter clockwise. high pressure systems move down and out, and low pressure systems move in and up.
Do fluids like air tend to move toward areas of high or low pressure?
Fluids tend to move toward low pressure areas.
Why do high pressure front go towards low pressure front?
Energy or matter move from high potential to low potential. This case the high pressure mean there is more air in its' volume so it expand toward those spot with lesser air than its' volume. For example, low pressure front may due to the heat cause air volume to expand. The air then move up due to its' buoyancy and that cause the low pressure. The colder and denser air is then draft toward those low pressure front.
Does air move from high pressure or to low to high?
high to low
What will move from a high pressure to a low pressure area?
Air.
Does air move from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure?
No, it does not.
Does air move from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure?
No, it does not.
Where does low pressured air move to?
Usually a low pressure area is where all the air moves to. A high pressure area is the one that will move- to try to balance the pressure differential.
Does it move from an area of high pressure to low pressure or low pressure to high pressure?
A fluid will move from high pressure to low pressure.
Why does the air move from place to place?
air has a tendency to move so it moves from high pressure area to low pressure area
How does air pressure like to move?
air moves from areas of high pressure to low pressured areas. therefore the pressure makes air masses to move around the equator. but where in areas where the pressure difference is small then the air mass doesnt move it becomes stationary.
Explain how air moves differently in low and high pressure systems?
High Pressure Systems-Move Clockwise -Move downward -Move outward Low pressure systems- Move counter clockwise -Move inward -Move upward
How air moves differently in low- and high-pressure system?
a high pressure system moves clockwise, while a low one moves counter clockwise. high pressure systems move down and out, and low pressure systems move in and up.
How air moves differently in low and high pressure systems?
a high pressure system moves clockwise, while a low one moves counter clockwise. high pressure systems move down and out, and low pressure systems move in and up.
Explain how air moves differently in low-pressure and high-pressure systems?
a high pressure system moves clockwise, while a low one moves counter clockwise. high pressure systems move down and out, and low pressure systems move in and up.
