Re: Problem when there's no dew-point

[Nick B <nic...@ya...>]

>>interesting that the UK have different METAR coding rules than
>>everyone else. You'd have expected ICAO to have standardised it
>>all. Though I guess getting everyone to agree on something might be
>>a tad optimistic ;)
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I just checked the on-line FMH-1, the US version but as it is 1995 it 
may well have been updated.
I've also got some information on Canadian reporting, but thats in the 
office. Will check in a few days time.

>Yes, this doesn't make things any easier for projects like this
>one... Thanks (to both of you) for pointing this out.
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Thanks Martin, if  anyone wants to check, EGNM is still without dewpoint.

I've also got my own perl script that decodes metars at 
http://www.nowindows.net/cms/wxstuff.php
(Must tidy it up and release it for public consumption sometime.)

Nick.