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Millibars are used to measure air-pressure. The 'standard' air pressure at sea level is 14 pounds per square inch (PSI) - or 1 bar. The further away from the Earth's surface you are, the less the air pressure is - so 1 bar is divided into 1,000 divisions called millibars (mb). Weather reports quote the pressure in mb.

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What is used to measure air pressure.?

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What is 940 millibars?

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What weather does millibars measure?

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Does Hg stand for millibars?

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