Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Map showing atmospheric pressure in mbar or hPa A tire-pressure gauge displaying bar (outside) and pounds per square inch (inside) Atmospheric air pressure where standard atmospheric pressure is defined as 1013.25 mbar, 101.325 kPa , 1.01325 bar, which is about 14.7 pounds per square inch .
Deutsche Seewarte atmospheric pressure map 23 January 1907. Maximum pressure in Europe 22–23 January 1907 recorded in Pärnu, Estonia and Riga, Latvia at 1067.1 mbar. [3] The Free University of Berlin state the European air pressure record is 23 January 1907 in Riga at 1068.7 hPa. [4]
Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth.The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as 101,325 Pa (1,013.25 hPa), which is equivalent to 1,013.25 millibars, [1] 760 mm Hg, 29.9212 inches Hg, or 14.696 psi. [2]
On the top right corner of the model for a surface weather map is the pressure, showing the last two integer digits of the pressure in millibars, or hectopascals, along with the first decimal. For instance, if the pressure at a certain location is 999.7 hPa, the pressure portion of the station model will read 997.
Such maps have been in use since the mid-19th century and are used for research and weather forecasting purposes. Maps using isotherms show temperature gradients, [2] which can help locate weather fronts. Isotach maps, analyzing lines of equal wind speed, [3] on a constant pressure surface of 300 or 250 hPa show where the jet stream is located.
A prognostic chart is a map displaying the likely weather forecast for a future time. Such charts generated by atmospheric models as output from numerical weather prediction and contain a variety of information such as temperature , wind , precipitation and weather fronts .
National Weather Service high and low temperature map (Fahrenheit) from January 17, 1982. National Weather Service 500 millibar height contour map from January 17, 1982. "Cold Sunday" was a meteorological event which took place on January 17, 1982, when unprecedentedly cold air swept down from Canada and plunged temperatures across much of the ...
Cold air outbreaks are characterized by strong upper-level troughs in the atmosphere, with ridges usually located up and downstream. [2] On January 17, 1994, the 500 millibar (mb) height contours showed the low-pressure center was situated near the border of Ontario and Manitoba, just north of Minnesota, with the trough axis stretching down into the Upper Midwest.