isobar

Example Sentences

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Do you know your cold fronts from your isobars?

From BBC

When isobars — lines of constant pressure — are packed tightly together, and move into the D.C. region rapidly, this leads to a strong pressure surge, generating powerful wind gusts.

From Washington Post

Its pressure isobars are spaced far apart; there is little wind speed.

From New York Times

When we ran out of ways to tart up the lowly isobar, we went off-planet.

From Washington Post

He was recognised for his Scottish accent and known for his exuberance and ceaseless enthusiasm for anticyclones, warm fronts and isobars during his career.

From BBC