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Barometric pressure in Ha Tinh

1002hPa
Falling

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has fallen slowly. Down 1 hPa since this time yesterday. It has levelled off and stays close to where it is now for the week ahead.

Sea level reading, as of 23:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now36° / 28°33° / 26°28° / 25°27° / 25°32° / 25°34° / 29°34° / 29°30° / 27°33° / 26°35° / 28°34° / 28°35° / 29°34° / 29°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29995.0997.51000.01002.51005.0
The forecast runs 6 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 −1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light drizzle34° / 29°

low 1000 · high 1003 hPa

MonAug 24 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Rain30° / 27°25.5 mm

low 998 · high 1002 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle33° / 26°1.8 mm

low 998 · high 1002 hPa

WedAug 26 +2 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Light drizzle35° / 28°0.6 mm

low 998 · high 1002 hPa

ThuAug 27 +1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Overcast34° / 28°

low 998 · high 1003 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Overcast35° / 29°

low 998 · high 1003 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Dips overnight, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light drizzle34° / 29°0.8 mm

low 1000 · high 1003 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Overcast30°1002
01:00Overcast30°1002
02:00Overcast29°1001
03:00Overcast29°1001
04:00Overcast29°1001
05:00Overcast29°1001
06:00Overcast29°1002
07:00Overcast29°1002
08:00Overcast30°1003
09:00Overcast31°1003
10:00Overcast32°1003
11:00Overcast33°1003
12:00Overcast34°1002
13:00Overcast34°1002
14:00Light drizzle34°0.11001
15:00Light drizzle33°0.11001
16:00Light drizzle32°0.11000
17:00Overcast32°1000
18:00Overcast30°1001
19:00Overcast30°1001
20:00Overcast30°1001
21:00Overcast30°1002
22:00Overcast30°1002
23:00Overcast30°1002

A quiet week, with no day moving more than 5 hPa.

What happens next

Nothing in the week ahead moves pressure far from where it is now.

The daily rhythm

In Ha Tinh pressure moves on a daily clock: about 3 hPa between its regular low and high, at much the same hours every day. That daily swing is most of the shape you see on the graph, so the change since yesterday tells you more here than the change over the past few hours.

Your own barometer

Ha Tinh is at sea level, so a barometer there reads about the same as the sea-level figure.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Ha Tinh.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Ha Tinh, on our sister site uvi.today.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. Ha Tinh is at sea level, so there is almost nothing to correct and the two figures agree.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.