: a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to ¹/₁₀₀₀ bar or 100 pascals
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Recent Examples on the WebThe European weather model simulates that temperatures at the 850 millibar level, about a mile above the ground, are in the unprecedented category. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 Typically, a range in millibar change is around 10 to 15 in that same timeframe. Julia Musto, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2021 One way to gauge the magnitude of a heat dome is to measure the height of the typical halfway point of the lower atmosphere — at the 500 millibar pressure level.Washington Post, 10 July 2021 One way to gauge the magnitude of a heat wave is to measure the height of the typical halfway point of the atmosphere - at the 500 millibar pressure level.Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2021 One way to gauge the magnitude of a heat wave is to measure the height of the typical halfway point of the atmosphere — at the 500 millibar pressure level.Washington Post, 18 June 2021 This number shows the last three digits of a station’s air-pressure reading to the nearest tenth of a millibar (mb); the last number actually comes after the decimal point. Dennis Mersereau, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020 The definition of a bomb cyclone is a storm that drops 24 millibars in 24 hours, going through a process known as bombogenesis.NBC News, 7 May 2020 The all-time lowest pressure on record for a North Atlantic storm hit 913 millibars in January 1993 near Scotland's Shetland Islands, according to Weather Underground weather historian Christopher Burt. Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2020 See More