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Offline CW2274

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NWS SLP
« on: July 23, 2022, 11:19:46 PM »
I just noticed that the NWS is now displaying SLP in millibars vs inHg. AFAIC, should have been this way all along.

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Offline gszlag

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Re: NWS SLP
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2022, 08:02:25 AM »
I just noticed that the NWS is now displaying SLP in millibars vs inHg. AFAIC, should have been this way all along.

https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=C2274
Thank you. Very useful to check out METARS too.

 ..developing a theory that NOAA/NWS/MesoWest have issues with ingesting data from international sources, i.e; imperial to metric, metric to imperial.
conversion errors? especially with station pressure and altimeter. SLP seems OK.
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