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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

UNDER PRESSURE -- Record Barometric Pressure for Seattle, WA?

National Weather Service:
 Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Obs)
Are you UNDER PRESSURE -- want some relief? Check out Freddie (& Queen), Annie & David below!

Seattle sets all-time record high pressure reading - KOMO (2011)
Posted: 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
    Sea-Tac Airport records highest atmospheric pressure reading ever at Sea-Tac Airport was recorded Wednesday night, KIRO 7 Chief Meteorologist Rebecca Stevenson reports.
    At midnight, the barometer hit 1043.4 millibars, breaking the previous record of 1043.0 millibars, set on January 28, 1949.
    The all-time highest atmospheric pressure recorded in Seattle, with records dating back to the late 19th century, was 1043.9 millibars, or 30.83 inches of Mercury. It was recorded in downtown Seattle on December 3, 1921.
     Here are a few other pressure records, courtesy of the University of Washington Atmospheric Department:
  • 1043.4 millibars, 30.81 inches of Mercury – December 1, 2011
  • 1043.0 millibars, 30,80 inches of Mercury – January 28, 1949
  • 1042.3 millibars, 30.78 inches of Mercury – January 16, 1957

BP at KSEA: 2014-12-30 at 12:53 30.80 [1044.2]
BP at KSEA: 2014-12-30 at 11:53 30.83 [1045.0]
BP at KSEA: 2014-12-30 at 10:53 30.84 [1045.4]
BP at KSEA: 2014-12-30 at 09:53 30.84 [1045.3]
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Time
(pst)
Wind
(mph)
Vis.
(mi.)
Weather Sky Cond. Temperature (ºF) Rel
Hum
Wind
Chill
(°F)
Heat
Index
(°F)
Pressure
Air Dwpt 6 hour alt
(in)
sea level
(mb)
Max. Min.
30 08:53 NE 9 10.00 Fair CLR 30 9

41% 22 NA 30.82 1044.9
30 07:53 NE 8 10.00 Fair CLR 29 9

43% 21 NA 30.81 1044.4
30 06:53 NE 7 10.00 Fair CLR 29 10

45% 22 NA 30.81 1044.4
30 05:53 E 9 10.00 Fair CLR 29 12

49% 21 NA 30.81 1044.4
30 04:53 NE 10 10.00 Fair CLR 29 13

51% 20 NA 30.81 1044.4
30 03:53 E 13 10.00 Fair CLR 31 11 36 29 43% 21 NA 30.80 1044.0
30 02:53 Vrbl 5 10.00 Fair CLR 31 15

52% 26 NA 30.79 1043.8
30 01:53 NE 8 10.00 A Few Clouds FEW040 32 15

50% 25 NA 30.77 1042.9
30 00:53 NE 8 10.00 A Few Clouds FEW040 32 16

52% 25 NA 30.74 1042.1
29 23:53 E 3 10.00 A Few Clouds FEW035 34 14

44% NA NA 30.72 1041.4
29 22:53 NE 7 10.00 Partly Cloudy FEW030 SCT060 34 17

50% 28 NA 30.70 1040.7
29 21:53 E 8 10.00 Mostly Cloudy BKN034 36 16 40 35 44% 30 NA 30.67 1039.7
29 20:53 E 5 10.00 Mostly Cloudy FEW040 BKN055 36 19

50% 32 NA 30.64 1038.6


Queen - Under Pressure (HQ) (Live At Wembley 86) - Duration: 5:39
 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-rkJmRiFug>
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