SV: Funny chars in metar?

[Funder, J. O. <jh...@NA...>]

Hi,

The ///// indicates that the item could not be measured for one reason or
another (typically instrumentfailure).
9999 has NOTHING to do with the wind - it means that visibility is 10
kilometers or more.
'Light and variable' wind is indicated with (eg.) VRB02KT.

rgds
Johnny Funder


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Fra: Lee Marzke [mailto:lm...@ad...]
Sendt: 28. februar 2002 01:31
Til: Ray van Beek
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Emne: Re: Funny chars in metar?


9999 is an often used abbreviation for Wind light and variable.
Don't know about the rest.

Lee Marzke  <le...@n9...>

At 10:45 AM 2/27/02 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi all!
>
>Ever seen a metar like the one below?
>
>EHEH 270855Z /////KT 9999 SCT028 ///// Q//// BLU BLU
>
>The wind dir/speed, temperature and pressure have been affected, but I 
>can't find the appropriate definition in the Federal Meteorological 
>Handbook No. 1.
>
>Does anyone know what this means? Is this a valid metar code?
>
>Ray
>
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