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brettdale

(12,381 posts) Mon Sep 26, 2022, 09:14 PM Sep 2022

Stay safe tampa

In other thread someone posted that the pressure is dropping? What does that mean. I'm not a weather guy.

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Stay safe tampa (Original Post) brettdale Sep 2022 OP

The lower the barometric pressure the stronger the storm. Andrew was 922 Millibars. Lochloosa Sep 2022 #1

Thanks brettdale Sep 2022 #2

Lochloosa

(16,065 posts)

1. The lower the barometric pressure the stronger the storm. Andrew was 922 Millibars.

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2022, 09:20 PM

Sep 2022

Any time it drops below 950 look out

Atmospheric pressure, also known as barometric pressure, is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard atmosphere is a unit of pressure defined as 101,325 Pa, which is equivalent to 1013.25 millibars, 760 mm Hg, 29.9212 inches Hg, or 14.696 ps

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brettdale

(12,381 posts)

2. Thanks

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2022, 09:24 PM

Sep 2022

Thanks for the explanation.

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