Air Pressure

[Conrad]

Hi everyone,

Is there somewhere that I can get a reading of the current barometric pressure for my area in Milton Keynes so that I can set my station to the correct level.

Conrad

[Synewave]

Any good?:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/ ... n%20Keynes

[Conrad]

Thanks Paul,

Thats what I wanted as mine was showing 1016 which was a bit more than whta it actually is

[GraemeT]

Here's a calculator you can use to find out your correct sea-level or 'rel' pressure.
You enter your station altitude and 'abs' pressure reading to get your corrected to sea-level pressure.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/epz/?n=wxcalc_altimetersetting

[serowe]

You can always try this page for actual observations:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/observations/

I was hoping for something like we have in Oz - the Bureau of Met have all their AWS's on line with regular (some hourly, some more frequent) readings from them - I have one about 2 km from my station so checking accuracy is quite easy.

You might find a better page, but use that one to find the closest obs to your location - or even those surrounding it, and that should help you calibrate your station properly.

[Synewave]

that should help you calibrate your statikon properly.

A statikon from Napkins?

[serowe]

Pfft - you must be wearing my wife's galsses (stupid keyboard just can't spell properly these days...)

[robynfali]

that should help you calibrate your statikon properly.

A statikon from Napkins?

And what's wrong with shopping from napkins might I ask!

[Ned]

Pfft - you must be wearing my wife's galsses (stupid keyboard just can't spell properly these days...)

I take it galsses are the feminine form? While the rest of us wear guysses

[Gina]

Great stuff Certainly gave me a good chuckle