I love METARs like this

[Cessnaflyer]

KGEG 312153Z COR 35012G20KT 10SM FEW006 BKN018 OVC050 03/01 A2966 RMK AO2 PK WND 30040/2112 WSHFT 2106 TSB35E51RAB09E53SNB13E33B51E53GSB14E29 SLP056 CB DSNT NE-E VCSH N-S P0004 T00330011

Yeah that kept me on the ground for awhile!

 

[Polar742]

As violent as that looks, it musta moved through quickly

 

[Cessnaflyer]

Yeah but I am still waiting for it to pass through the practice area. It might be another ground lesson type of afternoon and all I want to do is get him soloed!

 

[SFCC/UND]

It was fun to see all the lightning and hail.

 

[SurferLucas]

Glad I got out of GEG this morning when it was just 25kts winds and snow...that just looks very very nasty and a big ole -3 on the fun meter!

 

[SFCC/UND]

we're getting huge snow flakes right now. Seems like mother nature can't make up its mind.

 

[Bandit_Driver]

KGEG 312153Z COR 35012G20KT 10SM FEW006 BKN018 OVC050 03/01 A2966 RMK AO2 PK WND 30040/2112 WSHFT 2106 TSB35E51RAB09E53SNB13E33B51E53GSB14E29 SLP056 CB DSNT NE-E VCSH N-S P0004 T00330011

Yeah that kept me on the ground for awhile!

Holy crap! that is a long METAR...

 

[Polar742]

Holy crap! that is a long METAR...

"ehhh...the vis is fine...let's go."

 

[Cessnaflyer]

Glad I got out of GEG this morning when it was just 25kts winds and snow...that just looks very very nasty and a big ole -3 on the fun meter!

Yeah it got more interesting as the day went on. I got up in the pattern and not much further away.

"Cessna 036 make another left 360 you are number 5 caution wake turbulence behind a 737, dash-8, caravan, and a twin cessna, report twin cessna in sight, cleared for the option no stop-and-go, make left traffic with a right 360 on crosswind, oh and wind variable 310 to 050 20 knots"

"Ahhhh.... sure I'll report the twin cessna in sight cleared option runway 3, Cessna 036"

 

[SFCC/UND]

Why not go down to Felts? I always hated International because I have done more 360's on downwind, than I have done steep turns.

 

[Schinpop]

For those of us that don't read these for a living, can someone translate?

 

[Italianaviator]

KGEG 312153Z COR 35012G20KT 10SM FEW006 BKN018 OVC050 03/01 A2966 RMK AO2 PK WND 30040/2112 WSHFT 2106 TSB35E51RAB09E53SNB13E33B51E53GSB14E29 SLP056 CB DSNT NE-E VCSH N-S P0004 T00330011

Yeah that kept me on the ground for awhile!

Airport KGEG
Date 31
Time 2153Z
Wind 350 @12 Gusting to 20 knots
Visibility @ 10 Statue Miles
Clouds Few at 600', Broken at 1,800', Overcast at 5000'
Temperature 3 degrees Celcius
Dewpoint 1
Altimeter setting 29.96
PKWND = peak wind at 300 degrees at 40 knots
not really sure what the /2112 is,
WSHIFT= there was a wind shift at 2106Z
TSB35E51RAB09E53SNB13E33B51E53GSB14E29= Thunderstorms began 35 minutes after the hour and ended 51 minutes after the hour, Rain began 9 minutes after the hour and ended 53 minutes after the hour, snow began 13 minutes after the hour and ended 33 minutes after the hour, not really sure what GS stands for but it began and ended at 14 and 29 respectively.
SLP= Sea Level pressure of 1005.6
CB DSNT NE-E VCSH N-S= Cumulonimbus clouds are in the distance North East-East and Vicinity showers in the North and South
P0004= not really sure, i'd have to look this one up or maybe someone can help from here
T00330011= actual temperature is 3.3 degrees Celcius and actual dewpoint ia 1.1

 

[Cessnaflyer]

GS = Granite Snow Thats how I remember small hail or snow pellets.

P0004 is precipitation amount in hundredths of an inch

 

[Italianaviator]

Granite Snow, I like that one, snow??? Yeah thats somethig you don't see in Florida.

 

[Cessnaflyer]

Why not go down to Felts? I always hated International because I have done more 360's on downwind, than I have done steep turns.

The storm kind of remained stationary over the valley so I wasn't heading down there.

 

[Cessnaflyer]

Granite Snow, I like that one, snow??? Yeah thats somethig you don't see in Florida.

Florida should get some hail with all the storms you have. Although you most likely see GR = Granite Rain for the larger hail :laff:

 

[Italianaviator]

Out of the four years I have been here, I personally have seen hail once. But it all depends on where in Florida your at. Some places get it several times a year.

 

[Polar742]

For those of us that don't read these for a living, can someone translate?

I really didn't even read it. If any METAR is that long, there are bad things coming out of the sky. :crazy:

 

[SFCC/UND]

Spokane spring weather sucks, but this Sunday is supposed to be mostly sunny and around 60 degrees.

 

[ChasenSFO]

Meanwhile here in SFO, the crosswind component has been past my school's limit for student pilots for 21 straight days! Hooray!