tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688208662932527409.post3112469023898023320..comments2024-01-01T19:25:22.443-08:00Comments on Looking Aloft: Sea-level pressure is horribly complicatedLuke Madaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342287184407373669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688208662932527409.post-87123747773240146292013-12-14T12:01:13.727-08:002013-12-14T12:01:13.727-08:00I never claimed that the "standard" pres...I never claimed that the "standard" pressure reading used by the NWS was the altimeter setting. The National Weather Service uses both sea-level pressure and altimeter setting for different applications, like you describe. The sea-level pressure reading used by the National Weather Service is what I described in my post above, as seen in the NOAA glossary and the ASOS pressure Luke Madaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342287184407373669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688208662932527409.post-4642268634770428952013-12-14T11:30:17.910-08:002013-12-14T11:30:17.910-08:00Nice write-up, but the "standard" pressu...Nice write-up, but the "standard" pressure reading used by National Weather Service (and the radio & TV stations) is the "normalized" (for altitude, temperature, and dewpoint) Sea Level Pressure (SLP), NOT altimeter pressure. Granted the two values are usually "close enough...(for government work)..." but they are, nevertheless, NOT the same. A "standard&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688208662932527409.post-48065148147436331022013-09-26T21:58:12.125-07:002013-09-26T21:58:12.125-07:00Wow, brilliant post!Wow, brilliant post!Charlie Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714553915658896340noreply@blogger.com