METAR/TAF Decoding:

[Valion310]

AAARRRRRRRRRRRRR !!! My brain if frying! And I'm going to get paid to do this ... WHOOO HOOO!!! Anyway, for you guys who aren't familar with what I'm talking about and wanting to fly, might want to do a little research, this stuff is kinda neat!

METAR KAPA 092252Z 01011KT 1 1/2SM -SN BR VV005 M03/M05 A2981
(There, here is one from one of my homework assignments to start decoding! This one is pretty easy.)

Valion310 ready to go at Alpha16 -

 

[ghost_ttu]

Very good. I think we need a section like this to pop out aviation problems such as this. I knew that one, but when you don't know something or do know something you can always learn something, or brush up on something.

Assume overcast. Temperature is 5C at surface. Density altitude is 1,500 at surface. At what altitude is the freezing point expected?

 

[ghost_ttu]

Pat, not very nice to answer the question and not ask something in return.

 

[Gatordev]

Freezing level? What's that? Sheesh, the last freezing level I saw was at like 14000 feet. Hell, I get a nosebleed at 1000 feet . Gotta love the tropical zone.

 

[ghost_ttu]

ummmm being a Texas boy, I guess that is a bad example. I went to school in Lubbock, is there a way of figuring out at what altitude to expect the dust level? In lubbock that would be easy, I believe it extends from ground to space

 

[grouch]

quote:
Question huh? Ok... to double the speed of an airplane... power must be increased by a factor of _____________.

Four. I believe it is four. Here is a TAF that will stump the best of 'em....SOSNRT. Grouch out.

 

[grouch]

Hint on that TAF, it's from some west Texas strip.

 

[Valion310]

I'm doing my TAF work tonight, so I'll see if I can figure it out ...

quote:
Four. I believe it is four. Here is a TAF that will stump the best of 'em....SOSNRT. Grouch out.




For the NON-Flyers!
Decode:
METAR KDEN 092153Z 04009KT 9SM BKN007 BKN010 M03/M04 A2977 RMK A02 SNB10E34 SLP096 P0000 T10331044

Edited by - Valion310 on 08/25/2002 22:53:40

 

[Vic]

quote:
Decode:
METAR KDEN 092153Z 04009KT 9SM BKN007 BKN010 M03/M04 A2977 RMK A02 SNB10E34 SLP096 P0000 T10331044


Something about the price of eggs in China?

Don't sweat the small stuff!

 

[Valion310]

Or else the price of rice in Mongolia ...

 

[grouch]

SOSNRT....Snake on steps, no report. True story.

 

[corsair17]

i thought to double the speed of the aircraft you need to cube the power required????
METARS...what a pain. whats the indentifier for the hours of sunlight in the previous 24 hours. who the hell cares!

good luck to all yee in flight training!

 

[Valion310]

Hee Hee ... nice!

quote:
SOSNRT....Snake on steps, no report. True story.

 

[ghost_ttu]

SOSNRT......That is funny as hell, I went through and looked through every damn lil poduct airport I could find in W. TX and could not find a code to match. Grouch, you rat bastard!

 

[Valion310]

UPE01B18E41SNB01E18B46

Unknown Preciptation from the East @ 01KT beginning at 1800Z (1100MST) and ending at 1841Z (1141MST) .... and I can't figure out the rest.


Okay, this one is killing me, any takers?