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 ...

When I wrote about the hidden sensors on Android phones, the two sensors that stood out the most were a magnetometer that turns your phone into a metal detector and a barometer, which is supposed to ...

A barometer is like a huge bathroom scale that weighs the air around us. If the scale reads a large number, say above 30 inches of mercury, it means we have high pressure, or "heavy air." This ...

While there’s no shortage of options when it comes to getting the weather forecast these days, barometers allow you to do so with a bit more class and style than simply checking the weather channel.