What does a rising barometer indicate?

Question

What does a rising barometer indicate?

Answer 1

Reading - Rising                

30.50 and above           Settled, fine

30.25                              Fine                      

30.00                              Probably fine-favourable outlook

29.75                              Rain at times-improving

29.5                                Rain likely

29.25 and below           Heavy rain

Answer 2

high atmospheric pressure, which usually means clear weather with few or no clouds and little to no precipitation

Clouds are formed by rising or unstable air which occurs in conditions of low pressure or a lower barometric reading

Answer 3

A barometer measures air pressure: A "rising" barometer indicates increasing air pressure; a "falling" barometer indicates decreasing air pressure.

Answer 4

To follow-up on Ace's answer, a falling barometer means a decrease in air pressure, which means "parcels of air" (the meteorological term for loosely cohesive areas of atmosphere) can rise, thereby cooling and often causing moisture to condense and fall as rain. Therefore, a fallling barometer often indicates coming inclement weather, and the faster the falls the more violent the potential storm. A rising barometer, or increase air pressure, usually indicates fair weather or at least no rain.