High vs. Low-Pressure Weather Systems: What’s the Difference?

Published 2024-01-05
In this video, we’ll explain the difference between high and low-pressure systems so that you can become a safer and more confident pilot.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - What Is Pressure?
01:08 - Difference 1
01:29 - Difference 2
02:13 - Difference 3
02:48 - Difference 4

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All Comments (21)
  • @AditiBagul7532
    As a high school student u explained this topic much nicer than my teacher !! ur also helping school students 😅😅
  • @joelmulder
    Why are free videos on YouTube made with so much better production quality than my actual ground school, which seems like it’s stuck in the early 2000s. Even though I passed my PPL meteo, pressure systems always kinda confused me. But seeing it in 3D like this makes it so much easier to understand!
  • @eviljoseph101
    Such a short video that filled a large gap in my knowledge!
  • @gordonperry6086
    Best illustration of the Coriolis effect I've ever seen, High Five Greg!
  • @MalikDotson
    POV yall are really kind n exercise a plethora of patience to explain n help others know n become interested in driving a plain, train, and/or automobile through a land where they've raised a family n couldn't afford to attend a class and take their family safely on vacation or maybe to come meet people like yourself. Good, caring, god-fearing, fellow Americans. Thank you. Maybe slow the presentation down a bit and add a little more examples and emphasis on news broadcast weather vs practical application. N for not so smart guys like myself. I'm gonna just rewind n take notes n then probably thank you n Whomever sent you. What's the ideal system to 'cast a line' in?
  • @itikutok6568
    Nice! I learned so much in a few minutes, thank you!
  • @stanleylag3421
    Videos are always fire 🔥 The production team is amazing
  • @lilice013
    Wow the visuals of this video finally made weather crystal clear for me! I may consider studying with you guys if he is teaching the class. Thanks for the great video!
  • Now I get why the reference point is moving up and down over the course of high and low pressure this video is very helpful
  • @spartona035
    Didn’t understand it while studying to be a flight dispatcher/atc, thanks for the explanation!
  • @Joyplanes
    Great and well-crafted video! keep them coming.
  • @raghup7518
    Thanks for this video. It would immensely helpful for me to correlate theory with practical applications.
  • @tonyf.9806
    You forgot to mention, high pressure and low pressure are relative, especially to times of the year. Highest high pressure during the summer can be lower than the lowest low pressure during the winter.
  • Awesome Video! Thanks for this!!
  • Thank you so much for this video. I've been struggling to visualize what high and low pressure systems look like and their affect on the weather. I kept confusing them with fronts.
  • @stepaushi
    Can you explain why high-pressure systems are stable and low-pressure systems are unstable? Both, as you explain, cause a vertical movement of air. It seems that in a high-pressure system, air moving upward would cause winds coming in laterally to replace the upward-displaced air.
  • @stepaushi
    Only 10% of aviation accidents are due to weather? I expected most to be due to weather!