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Barometric pressure in Mirpur Khas

1003hPa
Rising

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has been rising slowly. It is 2 hPa higher than this time yesterday. There is more to come: it climbs until tomorrow morning.

Sea level reading, as of 21:00 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.

now35° / 26°35° / 26°35° / 26°35° / 26°35° / 26°35° / 27°35° / 27°36° / 26°37° / 26°37° / 26°37° / 26°37° / 26°35° / 26°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29995.0997.51000.01002.51005.0
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

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

TodayAug 23 +3 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Overcast35° / 27°

low 1001 · high 1005 hPa

MonAug 24 0 hPa

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

Clear sky36° / 26°

low 1001 · high 1005 hPa

TueAug 25 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky37° / 26°

low 1000 · high 1005 hPa

WedAug 26 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Mainly clear37° / 26°

low 1000 · high 1004 hPa

ThuAug 27 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast37° / 26°

low 998 · high 1003 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Overcast37° / 26°

low 998 · high 1002 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

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

Mainly clear35° / 26°

low 999 · high 1002 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Partly cloudy27°1002
01:00Mainly clear27°1002
02:00Clear sky27°1001
03:00Mainly clear27°1001
04:00Partly cloudy27°1001
05:00Overcast27°1002
06:00Overcast27°1002
07:00Overcast27°1003
08:00Overcast28°1003
09:00Overcast29°1003
10:00Overcast30°1004
11:00Overcast31°1004
12:00Overcast32°1003
13:00Partly cloudy34°1003
14:00Partly cloudy35°1002
15:00Mainly clear35°1001
16:00Mainly clear35°1001
17:00Clear sky35°1001
18:00Clear sky34°1001
19:00Clear sky33°1002
20:00Clear sky32°1003
21:00Clear sky31°1003
22:00Clear sky30°1004
23:00Clear sky29°1005

Today has the week's biggest move: up 3 hPa.

What happens next

The high point comes tomorrow morning, near 1005 hPa; after that it falls.

The daily rhythm

Mirpur Khas has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 3 hPa between a regular low and high, at almost the same hours each day. Most of what the graph shows is that daily wave, which is why the change since yesterday says more here than the change over a few hours.

Your own barometer

Mirpur Khas sits 20 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 2 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1001 hPa as of 21:00.

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 Mirpur Khas.

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 Mirpur Khas, 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, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Mirpur Khas, which stands 20 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 2 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

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.