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Barometric pressure in Sibu

1011hPa
Steady

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has barely moved. It holds near this level for the coming days.

Sea level reading, as of 01:00 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.

now32° / 26°33° / 24°32° / 25°33° / 25°34° / 26°31° / 24°33° / 25°31° / 26°32° / 25°32° / 24°32° / 24°33° / 24°33° / 25°33° / 25°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 301005.01007.51010.01012.51015.0
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 24 0 hPa

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

Light drizzle31° / 26°3.3 mm

low 1009 · high 1013 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Rain32° / 25°9.6 mm

low 1009 · high 1013 hPa

WedAug 26 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light rain32° / 24°6.0 mm

low 1009 · high 1013 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Partly cloudy32° / 24°

low 1008 · high 1012 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Overcast33° / 24°

low 1008 · high 1012 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast33° / 25°

low 1008 · high 1011 hPa

SunAug 30 −1 hPa

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

Overcast33° / 25°

low 1008 · high 1012 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Partly cloudy26°1012
01:00Overcast26°1011
02:00Overcast26°1011
03:00Overcast26°1011
04:00Overcast26°1011
05:00Overcast26°1011
06:00Light drizzle26°0.11011
07:00Light drizzle26°0.11012
08:00Light drizzle26°0.11013
09:00Light drizzle27°0.11013
10:00Light drizzle29°0.11013
11:00Light drizzle30°0.11013
12:00Light drizzle31°0.11012
13:00Light drizzle31°0.11010
14:00Light drizzle31°0.11009
15:00Drizzle30°0.81009
16:00Drizzle29°0.81009
17:00Drizzle28°0.81009
18:00Partly cloudy28°1010
19:00Partly cloudy27°1011
20:00Partly cloudy27°1011
21:00Partly cloudy27°1012
22:00Partly cloudy26°1012
23:00Partly cloudy26°1012

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

What happens next

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

The daily rhythm

Sibu has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 4 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

Sibu 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 Sibu.

Cities nearby

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

Watching the sun as well? See how strong the UV is in Sibu right now, 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. Sibu 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.