Sunny but cold
This morning it is clear, then partly cloudy. High of 28F with a windchill as low as 5F. Winds from the West at 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight it will be partly cloudy. Low of 16F with a windchill as low as 9F. Winds from the West at 5 to 10 mph.
The readings from my LaCrosse weather station are:
The humidity is 63% with a dew point of 13.5ºF and a wind chill of 6.1ºF.
The temperature is 24.5ºF.
Presently we have West Southwest winds between 8.7 MPH and 17.0 MPH.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.61/HPA 100.2 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.
The UV rating is 0 out of 16, sunset will be at 4:03 PM with Moon Rise at 12:57 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.
For the pilots out there: Raw METAR is –
METAR KAUG 231253Z AUTO 27011G25KT 10SM CLR M06/M13 A2967 RMK AO2 PK WND 28028/1243 SLP054 T10561128
Visibility is 10.0 miles/16.1 Kilometers with
We have had no precipitation in this area in the past 24 hours.
During Friday's doomsday storm the barometric pressure here in Augusta stood at 29.17, and that is pretty low. So what is considered "Normal" barometric pressure?
What I found online to answer the question is that Normal barometric pressure at sea level is 29.92 inches of mercury. Any pressure reading higher is considered higher pressure than normal, anything lower is considered lower pressure.
In terms of meteorologists, low pressure that is significant is below 29.50" and above 30.50" is considered significant high pressure.
Most everyone knows about Barometers and barometric pressure, but what does "HPA mean? When I post my weather readings I will post the barometric pressure in the same string as the HPA.
From an online source: hPa - Hectopascal Pressure Unit
Hectopascal is a 100x multiple of the Pascal which is the SI unit for pressure. The Hectopascal is the international unit for measuring atmospheric or barometric pressure. 1 Hectopascal equals 100 Pascals.
Due to its low value the Hectopascal is ideal for use as a measure of atmospheric pressure and other low gas pressures such as air flow differentials in air conditioning systems or wind tunnels.
One Hectopascal is exactly equal to One Millibar and although the scientific community has officially adopted the Hectopascal in preference to the Millibar, the Millibar is still used extensively throughout the world due to the proliferation of its use historically.
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