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Thread ID: 91989	2008-07-25 01:08:00	Barometers	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

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691938	2008-07-25 13:15:00	Check the weather map in the Herald each morning until you see a clear isobar lying across across Auckland then adjust both barometers to that value. Precision is not all that necessary, everything is relative and so long as they both read the same, a quick tap on the glass will tell you which way the weather is headed. I have two synchronised barometers by my front door (one I got for my 21st some 3x years go back when television sets ran on steam, and the other my wife bought me one day when she wasn't steaming) and check them regularly. My front door faces west so if I look out and the sky is black but the barometers are rising there's a fair chance the weather will improve. Then I check the Herald map and find out how wrong I am...... Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: At which point,you find you can't do a lot about it anyway. Che sarà, sarà".	Cicero (40)
691939	2008-07-25 14:45:00	Got the ChCh weather right here: www.wunderground.com 37 °F / 3 °C Mostly Cloudy Windchill: 30 °F / -1 °C Humidity: 75% Dew Point: 30 °F / -1 °C Wind: 10 mph / 17 km/h / 4.6 m/s from the SW Pressure: 30.04 in / 1017 hPa (Falling) Visibility: 18.6 miles / 30.0 kilometers UV: 0 out of 16 Clouds: Few 1500 ft / 457 m Mostly Cloudy 3500 ft / 1066 m Mostly Cloudy 4500 ft / 1371 m (Above Ground Level) Here's the rest of what I can generally find in NZ: Auckland 46 °F / 8 °C 81% 29.86 in / 1011 hPa Scattered Clouds ESE at 6 mph / 9 km/h / 2.6 m/s 1:00 AM NZST Campbell Island 40 °F / 5 °C 84% 30.33 in / 1027 hPa at 6 mph / 9 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Cape Campbell 43 °F / 6 °C 47% 30.02 in / 1017 hPa SSW at 8 mph / 13 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Castlepoint 41 °F / 5 °C 80% 30.00 in / 1016 hPa WSW at 13 mph / 20 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Chatham Islands 44 °F / 6 °C 92% 29.77 in / 1008 hPa West at 2 mph / 4 km/h / 12:45 AM CHAST Christchurch 37 °F / 3 °C 75% 30.04 in / 1017 hPa Mostly Cloudy SW at 10 mph / 17 km/h / 4.6 m/s 1:00 AM NZST Dunedin 35 °F / 1 °C 97% 30.12 in / 1020 hPa SSW at 4 mph / 6 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Enderby Island 41 °F / 5 °C 85% 30.28 in / 1025 hPa SSE at 23 mph / 37 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Farewell Spit 43 °F / 6 °C 58% 30.00 in / 1016 hPa ESE at 8 mph / 13 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Gisborne 44 °F / 6 °C 81% 29.99 in / 1015 hPa NW at 5 mph / 7 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Haast 41 °F / 5 °C 34% 30.01 in / 1016 hPa SE at 16 mph / 26 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Hicks Bay 46 °F / 8 °C 77% 29.94 in / 1014 hPa SSW at 6 mph / 9 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Hokitika 35 °F / 1 °C 57% 30.01 in / 1016 hPa SE at 6 mph / 9 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Kaikoura 40 °F / 4 °C 55% 30.05 in / 1018 hPa West at 18 mph / 30 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Mokohinau 54 °F / 12 °C 60% 29.88 in / 1012 hPa East at 20 mph / 32 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Napier 44 °F / 7 °C 60% 30.01 in / 1016 hPa WSW at 7 mph / 11 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Nelson 33 °F / 1 °C 85% 30.01 in / 1016 hPa SSE at 1 mph / 2 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST New Plymouth 43 °F / 6 °C 75% 29.96 in / 1014 hPa SSE at 15 mph / 24 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Niue 54 °F / 12 °C 100% 29.98 in / 1015 hPa N/A WSW at 1 mph / 2 km/h / 0.5 m/s 3:00 AM NUT Niue Airport 54 °F / 12 °C 100% 29.98 in / 1015 hPa N/A WSW at 1 mph / 2 km/h / 0.5 m/s 3:00 AM NUT Palmerston North 37 °F / 3 °C 81% 30.02 in / 1016 hPa Calm 12:00 AM NZST Paraparaumu 41 °F / 5 °C 80% 30.02 in / 1017 hPa South at 6 mph / 9 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Purerua 54 °F / 12 °C 65% 29.82 in / 1010 hPa East at 13 mph / 20 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Puysegur Point 39 °F / 4 °C 61% 30.09 in / 1019 hPa SE at 12 mph / 18 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Queenstown 25 °F / -4 °C 73% 30.18 in / 1022 hPa North at 4 mph / 6 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Raoul Island Kermadec Island 57 °F / 14 °C 85% 29.99 in / 1015 hPa SSW at 2 mph / 4 km/h / 1:00 AM TOT Secretary Island 42 °F / 6 °C 57% 30.01 in / 1016 hPa SSE at 4 mph / 6 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST South West Cape 42 °F / 6 °C 84% 30.13 in / 1020 hPa SE at 20 mph / 32 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Taiaroa Head 37.2 °F / 2.9 °C 83% 30.12 in / 1019.9 hPa West at 13.0 mph / 20.9 km/h / m/s 2:04 AM NZST Taupo 32 °F / 0 °C 89% 30.02 in / 1016 hPa SSE at 2 mph / 4 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Tauranga 46 °F / 8 °C 60% 29.95 in / 1014 hPa Calm 12:00 AM NZST Timaru 34 °F / 1 °C 71% 30.10 in / 1019 hPa West at 2 mph / 4 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST Tiritiri Island 46.6 °F / 8.1 °C 87% 29.85 in / 1010.7 hPa Calm 2:00 AM NZST Waiouru 31 °F / -1 °C 82% in / hPa Calm 12:00 AM NZST Wellington 46 °F / 8 °C 71% 30.01 in / 1016 hPa Mostly Cloudy South at 23 mph / 37 km/h / 10.3 m/s 1:00 AM NZST Westport 40 °F / 4 °C 69% 29.99 in / 1015 hPa SE at 8 mph / 13 km/h / 12:00 AM NZST I'm in Southern California and you are obviously in the 30.00s for barometric pressures...that's not too bad and reads changeable on my meter.	SurferJoe46 (51)
691940	2008-07-25 20:37:00	I suspect that (particularly for Auckland) "Changeable" is about as accurate a forecast as could ever be achieved or desired.	R2x1 (4628)
691941	2008-07-25 20:46:00	I suspect that (particularly for Auckland) "Changeable" is about as accurate a forecast as could ever be achieved or desired. What kind of syndrome is it,that requires one to make inordinately long post,which one knows won't be read?	Cicero (40)
691942	2008-07-25 21:17:00	What kind of syndrome is it,that requires one to make inordinately long post,which one knows won't be read? The "SJ" syndrome Ken	kenj (9738)
691943	2008-07-25 21:29:00	What kind of syndrome is it,that requires one to make inordinately long post,which one knows won't be read? . . . . . just to prove that even in the US I can get the baro and temp and a lot more if one actually looks for the info . Besides, you liked it . . right? G'wan and admit it . . . you actually drooled over each and every fact and figure and reading . . . . I bet you learned something about yourself today too . . . I know I certainly did!	SurferJoe46 (51)
691944	2008-07-25 21:32:00	Probibly one of the easiest ways to get barometric pressure is to buy yourself a scanner radio with airport radio frequecies on it, thats if you live within radio range of a controlled airport. When the tower finishes talking to an aircraft they useally sign off with the barometric pressure, eg 1012 that is to remind the pilot to set his altimeter to the current barometric pressure. Altimeters work the same way as a barometer but instead of showing air pressure they show altitude above sea level. I live within radio range of an airport and periodicly I tune into the tower to get the barometric pressure to calibrate my barometer. :)	Trev (427)
691945	2008-07-25 21:53:00	What kind of syndrome is it,that requires one to make inordinately long post,which one knows won't be read? One that shows one's unique oneness. ;)	R2x1 (4628)
691946	2008-07-25 21:54:00	One that shows one's unique oneness. ;) Let me contemplate my navel a few minutes over that remark....... BESIDES>>>>>> did anybody ever notice that it says RETIRED in my profile? Huh? Huh? I gotz the time.....	SurferJoe46 (51)
691947	2008-07-25 21:56:00	Aneroid Altimeters don't measure height. They measure depth and read backwards to indicate a guess at the height. (True !)	R2x1 (4628)
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