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Low Pressure Systems and Hectopascals

Winds rotate clockwise around low pressure systems.

Low pressure system:
wind rotates clockwise

Pressure is measured in hectopascals (hPa).

The numbers on a synoptic chart are in hectopascals.

Weather forecasters measure pressure to make a synoptic chart.

High pressure system = 1032 hPa
Low pressure system = 995hPa
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