Tasmania Records Australia's Highest Pressure on Record

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Toph
Toph
WA
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WA, 1896 posts
8 Jul 2026 12:28pm
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-...cord/106885260

If those of you in Tasmania are feeling like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, it literally is.

But what surprised me is by how much such a high pressure system lowered the water level. 30 cm is lot.
wongaga
wongaga
VIC
666 posts
VIC, 666 posts
8 Jul 2026 3:31pm
Yes, my understanding is it's about 1 cm per hectoPascal.
FabulousPhill
FabulousPhill
VIC
337 posts
VIC, 337 posts
8 Jul 2026 9:03pm
I'm feeling under pressure.... Oh wait, you mean the weather? An interesting article explaining a 50-year trend of warming equatorial areas, resulting in stronger high pressure systems (and a specific name for the process), and then the effects for mariners. Of which a 30cm lower tide can affect access to some ports.
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