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January 31, 2013

How Do High & Low Weather Systems Work?

Annie Hastwell, ABC Science


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Question: If hot air rises, why does it form 'highs' while cold air forms 'lows'? I would have thought that high pressure at sea level would have been caused by denser atmosphere air.

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