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Weather for the Mariner

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Low Pressure• Air circulates around low pressurecenters counter clockwise and pulls<strong>the</strong> surrounding air inward like avacuum (or <strong>the</strong> drain in a bath tub)• Air converges at <strong>the</strong> center of lowpressure and rises to <strong>for</strong>m clouds.• Associate low pressure with stormsor deteriorating wea<strong>the</strong>r• Low pressure centers are <strong>the</strong>anchoring points <strong>for</strong> fronts.• 950 mb is a very deep low pressure system(results in an intense storm)• 988 mb is a moderately deep low pressuresystem

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