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.

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Many budding amateur meteorologists may be looking for something low-tech to record the weather. In this article we look at a weather station made up of simple manual instruments. A full weather ...

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Barometers are devices that measure atmospheric pressure (also known as “air pressure” or “barometric pressure”). You can use these readings to predict the weather. For instance, high pressure ...