Newbie Post -- Millibars -- Lower or higher better?

[Tracie]

Forgive the newbieness, but I've never been involved in possibly 2 hurricanes in less than a month. The pressure rating discussed in millibars seems to be very relevant in discussing a hurricane -- for the life of me, I can't seem to figure out what the figure really means. (Yes, I know it's a value of pressure.. ) So if a 'cane is dropping or raising in millibars, what does that mean?

Thanks much.. and stay safe!

[OtherHD]

Dropping pressure means strengthening. The pressure gradient increases thus causing an increase in wind. The opposite is true for rising pressures.

[cycloneye]

http://www.pcwp.com/mb_conversion.html

Here is the table of conversion for the pressures.

[yoda]

Thanks Luis for posting that. I can now bookmark it!

Thanks again!