A depression, or low, is a region where the pressure at sea level is lower than all around it. An anticyclone, or high, is a region where it is higher than all around it.

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Example 25.7 (Reading a barometer’s record)
For the first 8 hours the pressure rises to about : the anticyclone passes over S, with settled weather. Then it falls for 30 hours, by about : the depression is coming. It falls fastest a few hours before the warm front passes, more slowly in the warm air behind it, and reaches its lowest, about , just as the cold front passes. Then it rises: the depression is moving away, and the cooler, clearer air behind the cold front arrives.