Question

1. Atmospheric pressure is affected by temperature and elevation. The National Weather Service (NWS) reports the barometric pressure as a corrected value for the air pressure at sea level. So, if you live at a higher elevation, your air pressure calculation will be different from what is reported on the website. Use the internet to search for “air pressure altitude calculator” and pick one. Plug in the values that it asks for using the reported values from the NWS and your city’s elevation (you can find the elevation of where you live by searching for “elevation of (your city)” on the internet). What is the current atmospheric pressure corrected for your altitude?

Answer 1

The tool provided online by Mide is relatively easy to use with the data from NWS. This data was used to calculate the pressure for Los Angeles. While the sea-level pressure was calculated as 1012.4mb, the actual pressure was found to be 1002.0801mb.