Science Snippet, Science fact and writing

I'm going to try to continue with my posting of short science snippets. If anybody gets tired of them or wants something explained please let me know. I'm also working on my writing. I'm trying to convince myself to teach for a short while. I haven't tried it before and I've had many people tell me it's something I should do. I can't know until I try it. We'll see what happens.

What is meant by low pressure and high pressure when it is talked about during a weather report?

Our atmosphere goes through various cycles of low and high pressure. When a weather reporter talks about high and low pressures they are usually in relation to a pressure front coming through the area. A high pressure front usually brings good and warming weather while a low pressure front usually brings cooler and often stormy weather. As the earth turns and weather patterns change winds change and bring a change in local atmospheric pressure. These are often associated with what is termed the jet stream. The jet stream is a band of high atmospheric winds that circumnavigate the earth and to a great extent determine local weather patterns.

Until later

Science Snippet or Science fact

My writing has been going a bit slow lately--too many other things going on. It's just part of life and happens. I believe that I'm going to start putting a little tidbit of science in my blogs. Let me know if there's any interest in these. An example is below:

What is barometric pressure?

Barometric Pressure is the pressure of the atmosphere and is usually measured by a mercury barometer. A mercury barometer is an instrument used to measure the pressure of the atmosphere as the pressure rises or falls. It consists of a glass tube, sealed on the upper end, with a mercury column inside of it. The column of mercury is positioned vertically, with the lower open end, in a container of mercury. Usually the mercury is in a sealed bulb of some type connected to the glass tube. As the pressure of the atmosphere changes the column of mercury rises or falls. This gives us a measure of the barometric pressure.

Maybe I should stick to my writing.

Second Book and other things

I've been a little bit busy and haven't done any writing on this blog. I need to be more proactive. I've been bringing my second book out in the "Adventures of Curtis, Connie, and Cosmic Cat." It's now out, or at least it's available through Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. The second book is getting good reviews. I've been working on the third book in the collection but I'm a couple of months away from having it finished. I'm also working on my book about an elderly witch family. This book is oriented towards a slightly older reader--adolescent to late teens. It's a little bit complex in its name usage and will take the reader into a new land with a lot of people to keep track of. It too will include line drawings. I haven't advanced to color drawings as writing is what I'm concentrating on and not drawings. I hope to be able to start publishing some full-length science fiction novels in the not too distant future. I've also written a number of science based home study guides for young people. These are being sold on the web and cover a wide spectrum of basic science.