iPhones made in 2014+ have a barometer for real-time elevation tracking. A barometer measures air pressure, which is crucial for calculating altitude changes. The native iPhone Compass app has a built ...

Your phone tracks air pressure—and that tiny detail can warn you about weather changes early.

MACON, Ga. — High pressure and low pressure systems dictate most of the weather in Central Georgia. To measure pressure in the atmosphere meteorologists use a barometer. If you split the word ...

A barometer is a tool meteorologists use to measure atmospheric pressure, which is defined using millibars (mb). The layers of air in the Earth’s atmosphere has weight to it - which is pulled toward ...

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