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millibar

[ UK /mˈɪlɪbˌɑː/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪɫəˌbɑɹ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar
    atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars

How To Use millibar In A Sentence

  • I was noticing that something had changed: the 500 millibar heights seemed to be getting higher. TWC's Stu Ostro talks weather-climate links
  • The world record for the lowest tropical cyclone pressure is 870 millibars in Typhoon Tip in the northwest Pacific Ocean on Oct. 12, 1979.
  • That's about what it was last night, maybe a millibar off. CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2008
  • I am assuming that the 906 millibar reading comes with an error so rank ordering should come with a CI. Unthreaded #18 « Climate Audit
  • This one came out of Kessler Airport Base, doing its alpha pattern and it measured 946 millibar low. CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2008
  • They've just found the pressure at the surface has dropped by a millibar, so that's an indication that we're starting to see some strengthening. CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2008
  • Also, the central pressure in the storm has dropped significantly by more than 20 millibars, which is a big drop.
  • The barometer had not moved from 1000 millibars.
  • People are studying the maps with a sick kind of fascination and discussing projected paths and low pressure and millibars and such delights with a fair amount of regularity.
  • This storm dropped 100 millibars in the space of 24 hours.
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