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Barometric pressure in Shache

1013hPa
Rising

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has risen quickly. A rise of 7 hPa since this time yesterday. The move has ended; it stays near this level for the coming days.

Sea level reading, as of 04:00 local time. A barometer in Shache itself reads about 877 hPa.

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.

now35/2137° / 21°34° / 23°35° / 24°33° / 24°34° / 24°26° / 20°30° / 16°33° / 17°34° / 20°36° / 19°37° / 21°38° / 22°37° / 21°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 301000100510101015
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 24 −5 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Overcast30° / 16°

low 1006 · high 1013 hPa

TueAug 25 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Partly cloudy33° / 17°

low 1004 · high 1010 hPa

WedAug 26 −1 hPa

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

Mainly clear34° / 20°

low 1004 · high 1009 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Mainly clear36° / 19°

low 1004 · high 1009 hPa

FriAug 28 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky37° / 21°

low 1003 · high 1008 hPa

SatAug 29 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky38° / 22°

low 1002 · high 1008 hPa

SunAug 30 −1 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Clear sky37° / 21°

low 1003 · high 1007 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Overcast19°1013
01:00Overcast19°1013
02:00Overcast18°1013
03:00Overcast18°1013
04:00Overcast17°1013
05:00Overcast17°1012
06:00Partly cloudy16°1012
07:00Mainly clear16°1012
08:00Mainly clear16°1012
09:00Mainly clear17°1012
10:00Partly cloudy18°1012
11:00Overcast20°1012
12:00Partly cloudy23°1011
13:00Mainly clear25°1010
14:00Clear sky27°1010
15:00Clear sky28°1009
16:00Mainly clear29°1007
17:00Mainly clear30°1007
18:00Mainly clear30°1006
19:00Clear sky30°1006
20:00Clear sky29°1006
21:00Clear sky27°1006
22:00Clear sky25°1007
23:00Clear sky23°1008

Of the seven days, today moves most: down 5 hPa.

What happens next

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

The daily rhythm

Shache has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 5 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

Shache sits 1238 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 136 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 877 hPa as of 04:00.

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 Shache.

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 Shache, 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 Shache, which stands 1238 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 136 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.