Pressure gradient...sounds like an interesting combination of words right? So what is a pressure gradient and how does it affect you? First lets start by breaking down each word...Pressure: in this ...

Do you know what causes wind? Well, broadly speaking it’s the sun... but more specifically, how the sun unevenly heats the Earth’s surface. That leads to areas of high and low pressure forming, and in ...

Our main concern in this article has to do with the relationship of a pressure system to its surroundings. Air pressure can be measured (atm, hectopascal, millibar) but the relative difference between ...