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The pressure gradient force acts at right angles to isobars in the direction from high to low pressure. The greater the pressure difference over a horizontal distance, the greater the force and hence the stronger the wind.

However the pressure gradient force is not the only force that acts on a moving parcel of air — if it were, then eventually the low and high pressure regions would disappear. The second force acting on a moving parcel of air is the Coriolis force.

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