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Bill Burton: It's time for us to take a look at the Science Behind the Forecast as I'm joined by WAVE 3 meteorologist Tawana Andrew. Good morning, Tawana.

Tawana Andrew: Good morning. For today's topic, we're going to, let's just say, using a bad pun, we’ll feel the pressure.

BB: Yes, we will definitely feel the pressure. We're talking barometric pressure today. Explain this concept to us, please.

TA: Barometric pressure, or atmospheric pressure, basically measures the weight of the air in Earth's atmosphere. So you'll have atmospheric pressure being the greatest where air molecules are more densely concentrated, so closer to Earth's surface. As you start to climb in altitude, then the air becomes thinner, because there is a decrease i

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