{"id":77913,"date":"2026-08-25T13:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/?post_type=glossario&#038;p=77913"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:36:17","slug":"atmospheric-pressure","status":"publish","type":"glossario","link":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/glossario\/atmospheric-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Atmospheric Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In very general terms, it is the force exerted by the weight of the atmosphere on the Earth&#8217;s surface. Since air has mass, gravity pulls it towards the Earth, generating constant pressure on everything at the surface. Atmospheric pressure varies according to altitude and temperature. A higher temperature makes the air less dense and, as such, results in lower atmospheric pressure. (see cold front and warm front)    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tema-glossario":[2493],"tema-da-pergunta":[],"class_list":["post-77913","glossario","type-glossario","status-publish","hentry","tema-glossario-navigation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossario\/77913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossario"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossario"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tema-glossario","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tema-glossario?post=77913"},{"taxonomy":"tema-da-pergunta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisbonsightsailing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tema-da-pergunta?post=77913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}