Millibars definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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If temporarily the inflating fans on the ground speed up to "puff up" the internal pressure into the Dome by about 10 millibars (totally normal range of pressure such as occurs in the normal range of yearly weather -- google "synoptic map") the Dome should resist the outside wind well.

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She's holding steady at 80 MPH; pressure's down a couple millibars to 978, and this storm is very, very stationary, causing a lot of problems on the Turks and Caicos with the potential for deadly mudslides due to th ... — the world according to Jared W. Smith
Winds remain around 65 MPH, and pressure is sticking around 989 millibars. — the world according to Jared W. Smith
[1] The atmospheric pressure on Pluto is only about one hundred thousandth of that on Earth, or about 0.015 millibars. — innovations-report
At this time the storm was a tropical storm with sustained winds of 50 knots (57.5 mph) and a pressure reading of 994 millibars. — Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
The model showed that a partial pressure of only 2.9 millibars of CO2 would have been needed during the late Archaean and early Proterozoic periods in order to bring the surface temperature of the Earth above freezing. — SpaceRef Top Stories