News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weather buoy. Parent comment

Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by nayuki on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @10:40AM (#12644157)
It would be better if NOAA used kilopascal (an actual SI unit) instead of millibar, but I guess the conversion is not too bad since 1000 mbar = 100 kPa.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by Declanomous on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @10:50AM (#12644256)
The NOAA data isn't consumed solely by scientists though. I'm sure millibars were chosen as the metric measurement of pressure because people actually use them, such as mariners.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by nickpeterson on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @01:02PM (#12645636)
Just the other day a last minute task at work put me under 500 millibars of pressure.

I'll show myself out.

[ Parent | on HN ]