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Barometric pressure in Set Ka Lay

1010hPa
Rising

Taking each day as a whole, pressure has risen slowly. A rise of 1 hPa since this time yesterday. It is levelling off, then starts falling this evening.

Sea level reading, as of 00:00 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.

now31° / 26°31° / 26°30° / 26°27° / 25°28° / 25°28° / 25°27° / 25°32° / 26°28° / 25°28° / 25°30° / 25°29° / 24°28° / 25°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291002.51005.01007.51010.01012.5
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 24 +1 hPa

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

Rain32° / 26°12.5 mm

low 1007 · high 1010 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light rain28° / 25°14.2 mm

low 1006 · high 1010 hPa

WedAug 26 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Rain28° / 25°15.3 mm

low 1005 · high 1010 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

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

Light rain30° / 25°22.0 mm

low 1003 · high 1008 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Rain29° / 24°21.5 mm

low 1003 · high 1008 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

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

Light rain28° / 25°19.7 mm

low 1005 · high 1008 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Overcast26°1010
01:00Overcast26°1009
02:00Overcast26°1009
03:00Overcast26°1009
04:00Overcast26°1009
05:00Partly cloudy26°1009
06:00Partly cloudy26°1009
07:00Light drizzle27°0.11010
08:00Light drizzle28°0.11010
09:00Light drizzle29°0.11010
10:00Light drizzle30°0.11010
11:00Light drizzle31°0.11009
12:00Light drizzle32°0.11009
13:00Rain30°3.41008
14:00Rain28°3.41007
15:00Rain27°3.41007
16:00Light drizzle26°0.41007
17:00Light drizzle26°0.41007
18:00Light drizzle26°0.41008
19:00Light drizzle26°0.11009
20:00Light drizzle26°0.11010
21:00Light drizzle26°0.11010
22:00Light drizzle26°0.11010
23:00Light drizzle26°0.11010

A calm stretch: no day this week moves more than 5 hPa.

What happens next

The highest reading, about 1010 hPa, comes this evening; it falls from there.

The daily rhythm

Set Ka Lay 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

Set Ka Lay 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 Set Ka Lay.

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 Set Ka Lay 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. Set Ka Lay 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.