mb conversion to feet

[GalvestonDuck]

For those, like me, who used to wonder exactly what the heck and where in the atmosphere we were looking on certain models:

Altitude
Milllibars = Feet
(Standard Day conversion)

300 mb = 30,000 ft
500 mb = 18.000 ft
600 mb = 14,000 ft
700 mb = 10,000 ft
800 mb = 6,000 ft
850 mb = 5,000 ft
900 mb = 3,000 ft
1000 mb = Sea Level

[Hurricanehink]

Thanks! I always wondered what that meant. Finally, I know.

[DoctorHurricane2003]

Also, millibars is equivalent to the unit hectoPascals.