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Joey De Graaf 1120687
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Joey De Graaf 1120687
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can someone help me?

when i going to play online, you get a weather report like this:

EHAM 081355Z 33008KT 300V020 9999 FEW027 SCT030 22/14 Q1020 NOSIG

 

i know EHAM: it's Schiphol, but that's the only thing..

so if someone can tell me what al those things mean i would be very happy

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Joshua Black
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EHAM - The Station

081355Z - Reported on the 8th day of the month at 1355Z

33008KT - Winds are 330 degrees at 8 knots

300V020 - Winds variable from 300 degrees to 020 degrees

9999 - Visibility is more than 10km

FEW027 SCT030 - Cloud conditions are Few at 2,700, Scattered at 3,000

22/14 - Temperature is 22 degrees Celsius, the dewpoint is 14 degrees Celsius

Q1020 - The QNH is 1020.

NOSIG - No significant changes expected in the near future

 

EDIT: Here's another example of a decoded METAR:

 

EGLL 081720Z 31005KT 280V340 CAVOK 24/10 Q1019

 

EGLL - London Heathrow Airport

081720Z - Reported on the 8th day of the month at 1720Z

31005KT - Winds are 310 degrees at 5 knots

280V340 - Winds variable from 280 degrees to 340 degrees

CAVOK - Ceiling and visibility OK

24/10 - Temperature 24 degrees Celsius, dewpoint 10 degrees Celsius

Q1019 - QNH 1019

Joshua Black

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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make sure to read the PRC

 

http://www.vatsim.net/prc

 

covered under prereqs "understand the ATIS" and "interpreting metars"

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Richard Gerrish
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nice little site that can help ya out

 

http://heras-gilsanz.com/manuel/METAR-Decoder.html

Richard Gerrish

Developer, STM Applications Group

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Gabriel Dalio Bernardes
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nice little site that can help ya out

 

http://heras-gilsanz.com/manuel/METAR-Decoder.html

 

Richard,

 

Nice tool!

 

Regards

Gabriel Dalio Bernardes

Division Director, VATSIM Brazil (VATBRZ)
[email protected]

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