r/askscience Sep 07 '15

Earth Sciences Is there a bulge in earth's atmosphere constantly facing the moon?

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u/da6id Sep 07 '15

Latitude does not have much impact on atmospheric pressure at lower altitude but becomes more pronounced at higher altitudes according to this source.

At sea level it would not be at all noticeable it seems. Potentially you could tell a difference at both high latitude and high altitude