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1) The barometer will record a daily variation, lowest near noon, having nothing to do with storms. Readings will decrease with altitude far more than withstorm: Pressure (inches) 30 27 24 21 18 15 12Elevation (feet) 0 2,871 6,080 9,718 13,918 18,886 24,966 Mountains usually distort the wind; a mountaineer's camp may be so sheltered by a ridge that anominous shift in the wind's direction goes undetected.The direction of local air currents may be opposite tothat of the prevailing wind. High clouds are the bestweather vane. Slope and daily temperature change affect wind,which tends to blow up the slope by day, down by night. |
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