METAR Help

[JaceTheAce]

I forget how to decode this... how do I find its distance and radial???

[FONT=Monospace,Courier]CB DSNT NW-N T02560111[/FONT]

 

[bdhill1979]

AWC - TAF Decoder

Edit: also if it is a current metar:

ADDS - METARs

put in the ICAO code and select translated

 

[JaceTheAce]

AWC - TAF Decoder

That doesn't do any good. I know how to read the rest of the metar, just not the last part about the Cumulonimbus.

 

[bdhill1979]

I forget how to decode this... how do I find its distance and radial???

[FONT=Monospace,Courier]CB DSNT NW-N T02560111[/FONT]

Cumulonimbus, Distant Northwest-North, Temperature 25.6 C dewpoint 11.1 C

This one isnt giving a radial

 

[JaceTheAce]

Cumulonimbus, Distant Northwest-North, Temperature 25.6 C dewpoint 11.1 C

This one isnt giving a radial

Oh that's right. I'm dumb. I forgot about the "exact" temp and DP...

Of course it's important to know right down to the .01 of the temperature

Thanks for your help.

 

[bdhill1979]

Of course it's important to know right down to the .01 of the temperature

Its important to somebody I'm sure.

Dont thank me, thank AC 00-45E, I had to look it up to be sure.

 

[tgrayson]

Of course it's important to know right down to the .01 of the temperature

Not to us, but it is to some weather professionals, who use the Metars as well. Guy at the weather service told me older Fahrenheit temperatures provided a finer granularity in the temperature measurement, but when it was changed to Celsius, with its smaller temperature range, they needed the extra decimal point to restore the same level of detail.

 

[CoffeeIcePapers]

FYI, the bolded zeros mean it is positive. If it were a one, it would mean negative temp or dew point.

[FONT=Monospace,Courier]T02560111[/FONT]