Skip to playerSkip to main contentSkip to footer
Met Office
  • 08/12/2022
Although you can't see it, atmospheric pressure has a huge influence on our weather. In this video you can find out how the force exerted by the weight of air above us, affects the weather we experience.

Song: Mechanical Birds by Unwritten Stories

Recommended

1:00
Up next
Here's how a low-pressure area works
AccuWeather
19/10/2018
1:16
About meteorology? What is meteorology?
Life-Science
29/10/2019
2:34
How to read a synoptic weather chart
Met Office
08/12/2022
2:56
Why does hot weather lead to lower air quality?
AccuWeather
18/06/2024
2:13
What is the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)?
Met Office
09/12/2022
7:37
How jet streams affect our weather? An in-depth guide
Met Office
09/12/2022
20:00
What makes a weather event extreme?
AccuWeather
05/11/2024
1:00
How do hot air balloons work?
AccuWeather
28/08/2018
0:51
What is a weather radar?
Meteored US
30/03/2025
1:24
What weather instruments are we using?
Life-Science
29/10/2019
1:51
How are tornadoes formed?
Met Office
08/12/2022
1:00
How to measure a hurricane's strength
AccuWeather
06/09/2017
4:19
Severe thunderstorms to impact eastern inland Australia
Australian Community Media
03/12/2024
4:52
Wet weather increasing on the eastern states
Australian Community Media
15/05/2025
3:38
Damaging wind, high tides and snow across south-east Australia
Australian Community Media
25/06/2025
1:00
Funnel clouds: Have you spotted this rare weather phenomenon in UK skies?
National World - LocalTV
12/05/2023
3:44
‘Our atmosphere by definition is chaotic’: We asked a meteorologist how they record heat waves
euronews (in English)
06/09/2023
4:00
Damaging winds continue across south-east
Australian Community Media
26/07/2024
1:22
Storm Éowyn: What is a weather bomb?
National World - Viral Videos
21/01/2025
1:52
What is 'meteorological spring'?
AccuWeather
26/02/2025
3:35
Low pressure system generating strong winds across east coast
Australian Community Media
16/07/2024
2:14
What is clear air turbulence?
Australian Community Media
03/06/2024
27:48
Deep Dive 11/07/2023 – Jet stream special - Met Office Weather Forecast
Met Office
11/07/2023
4:26
Sudden Stratospheric Warming
Met Office
08/12/2022
5:45
Climate Change - How Fast is the World Warming?
Met Office
09/12/2022