Barometers register record low in Moscow

[Anders]

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060905/53539029.html

MOSCOW, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - A record low atmospheric pressure of 727.7 mm of mercury was registered in the Russian capital Tuesday, a Moscow meteorologist said.

"Atmospheric pressure dropped below a record low at 3 a.m. Moscow time (11 p.m. GMT Monday), and hit 727.7 mm Hg at 9 a.m. (5 a.m. GMT)," a regional metrological center's spokesperson said. "The previous record low of 731.2 mm Hg was registered in 1936."

She said a drop in atmospheric pressure, however, would not affect the geomagnetic situation in Moscow, which will remain quite, according to Russia's Geophysical Situation Forecasting Center.

The old record lasted a long time. It happened just two days after the 19 year cycle lunar standstill. Coinsidence? - maybe, maybe not. I know nothing in order to give a qualified response, but maybe somebody else on the forum knows something on the subject.

Anders