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Barometric pressure in Musaffah City

1000hPa
Rising

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has been rising slowly. It is 1 hPa higher than this time yesterday. It keeps rising until tomorrow morning.

Sea level reading, as of 20:00 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.

now46° / 33°48° / 35°45° / 34°43° / 32°43° / 32°47° / 34°45° / 35°46° / 32°46° / 30°46° / 30°47° / 29°45° / 28°47° / 28°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29992.5995.0997.51000.01002.51005.0
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 +1 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Mainly clear45° / 35°

low 999 · high 1002 hPa

MonAug 24 +1 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Clear sky46° / 32°

low 1000 · high 1003 hPa

TueAug 25 0 hPa

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

Clear sky46° / 30°

low 999 · high 1002 hPa

WedAug 26 0 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Clear sky46° / 30°

low 1000 · high 1003 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

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

Clear sky47° / 29°

low 999 · high 1003 hPa

FriAug 28 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Mainly clear45° / 28°

low 998 · high 1001 hPa

SatAug 29 +1 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Clear sky47° / 28°

low 997 · high 1001 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Partly cloudy37°1000
01:00Overcast37°1000
02:00Overcast36°1000
03:00Overcast36°1000
04:00Overcast36°999
05:00Partly cloudy36°1000
06:00Partly cloudy35°1001
07:00Mainly clear35°1001
08:00Mainly clear37°1002
09:00Mainly clear40°1002
10:00Mainly clear42°1002
11:00Mainly clear44°1002
12:00Mainly clear45°1001
13:00Mainly clear45°1001
14:00Mainly clear45°1000
15:00Clear sky45°1000
16:00Clear sky44°999
17:00Clear sky42°1000
18:00Clear sky40°1000
19:00Clear sky38°1000
20:00Clear sky37°1000
21:00Clear sky36°1001
22:00Clear sky35°1001
23:00Mainly clear35°1001

A quiet week, with no day moving more than 4 hPa.

What happens next

The highest reading, about 1003 hPa, comes tomorrow morning; it falls from there.

The daily rhythm

Musaffah City 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

Musaffah City 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 Musaffah City.

Cities nearby

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

Is this weather normal for the season? See how these days compare with Musaffah City weather since 1940, on our sister site weatherjourney.com.

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. Musaffah City 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.