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Old 8th January 2009 | 06:57
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From: EuroGA.org
As others say, the pressure does not fall linearly with altitude.

The 30ft/mb is only a very crude approximation which is useful only at low levels, say up to a few thousand feet.

This diagram (ignore the two data lines for now) shows how altitude (shown in metres on this one) varies with millibar pressure.
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