a question about pressure

WildOscar

I understood high pressure meant good weather but my friend says this is only so in summer and in winter high = bad weather. Can someone confirm please

BEASTERLY

WildOscar wrote: »

I understood high pressure meant good weather but my friend says this is only so in summer and in winter high = bad weather. Can someone confirm please

High pressure over us in winter generally does mean good weather. Although it can bring a lot of pesky low cloud such as the last couple of days although it is settled with little wind and mostly if not totally dry.

Temperatures are usually just below average and if low cloud is not a problem then sharp frost at night are usually a problem. If the high pressure is situated to out south over france it can bring very mild settled weather where frost is not a problem, this is called a Bartlett High

maquiladora

WildOscar wrote: »

I understood high pressure meant good weather but my friend says this is only so in summer and in winter high = bad weather. Can someone confirm please

All you need to know :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/highpressure.shtml

WildOscar

maquiladora wrote: »

All you need to know :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/highpressure.shtml

thanks;)
read that but my weather station manual say high = good. ?

WildOscar

BEASTERLY wrote: »

High pressure over us in winter generally does mean good weather. Although it can bring a lot of pesky low cloud such as the last couple of days although it is settled with little wind and mostly if not totally dry.

Temperatures are usually just below average and if low cloud is not a problem then sharp frost at night are usually a problem. If the high pressure is situated to out south over france it can bring very mild settled weather where frost is not a problem, this is called a Bartlett High

so i am right?

Su Campu

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/2010/12/irelands-gloomy-new-years-weather.html

BEASTERLY

WildOscar wrote: »

so i am right?

Well a high pressure definitely wont mean winds and rain if thats what you mean by bad weather.

Some bad frosts are possible more often than not or else annoying low cloud in the minorty of cases.