Surface Isobars
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Surface Pressure contours are plotting Geopotential height instead of MSL. It’s been about a month now. I have the slider height set at surface, I’m selecting pressure in the menu. Is there something else that needs to be adjusted?
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@TinaWx
In the menu select Pressure
In the browser version you can do it directly in the bottom right corner of your screen.
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@idefix37 yes, I did both but it doesn’t plot the correct values of MSLP on the Surface isobars.
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@TinaWx
To get Isobars which show the pressure in hPa at surface level, you need to select Pressure.Geopotential heights are the elevation of a pressure surface that you choose using the Altitude slider, for example 500hPa. In Windy these heights are expressed in meters.
Personally, I see no use for geopotential heights at ground level. Ignore them.
