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Dangerous Heat Builds and Expands; Critical Fire Weather for the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms for Plains and Midwest

Dangerous to record breaking heat will build across the center of the nation and slowly build eastward this week. Wildfire conditions remain critical for the Southwest and portions of the Great Basin through Monday. For the northern Plains and upper Midwest, severe thunderstorms with the potential for large to very large hail and severe winds are the primary hazards. Read More >

 Pressure Altitude

by Tim Brice and Todd Hall
 
 
   
Enter your uncorrected station pressure (not the altimeter setting): Pressure Altitude in feet:
  in of mercury mm of mercury millibars (hPA) ft
  Pressure Altitude in meters:
  m

 

What is the formula for the pressure altitude script?