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Barometric pressure in Tanjungbalai

1013hPa
Rising

Day to day, pressure has risen slowly. It is 1 hPa higher than this time yesterday. It has levelled off and stays close to where it is now for the week ahead.

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.

now33° / 24°28° / 24°30° / 24°32° / 25°33° / 25°33° / 25°33° / 25°33° / 24°31° / 24°32° / 23°33° / 24°32° / 24°32° / 23°31° / 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 +1 hPa

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

Light rain33° / 24°6.8 mm

low 1008 · high 1013 hPa

TueAug 25 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Dense drizzle31° / 24°5.8 mm

low 1009 · high 1014 hPa

WedAug 26 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Rain32° / 23°8.5 mm

low 1008 · high 1014 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light rain33° / 24°8.3 mm

low 1007 · high 1013 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Rain32° / 24°13.8 mm

low 1007 · high 1013 hPa

SatAug 29 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast32° / 23°

low 1009 · high 1012 hPa

SunAug 30 −1 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Light drizzle31° / 25°3.0 mm

low 1009 · high 1011 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Mainly clear25°1013
01:00Mainly clear25°1012
02:00Mainly clear25°1012
03:00Partly cloudy25°1011
04:00Overcast24°1011
05:00Overcast24°1011
06:00Partly cloudy24°1011
07:00Partly cloudy24°1012
08:00Partly cloudy26°1012
09:00Partly cloudy28°1013
10:00Partly cloudy30°1013
11:00Partly cloudy31°1012
12:00Partly cloudy33°1011
13:00Partly cloudy33°1010
14:00Light drizzle33°0.21009
15:00Light drizzle32°0.21008
16:00Light drizzle32°0.21008
17:00Mainly clear31°1008
18:00Mainly clear30°1009
19:00Mainly clear28°1010
20:00Light rain27°2.01011
21:00Light rain26°2.01013
22:00Light rain25°2.01013
23:00Light drizzle24°0.21013

A calm stretch: no day this week moves more than 6 hPa.

What happens next

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

The daily rhythm

Tanjungbalai 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

Tanjungbalai 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 Tanjungbalai.

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 Tanjungbalai, 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. Tanjungbalai 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.