Originally Posted by
le Pingouin
Dropping the third digit for the direction doesn't lose you anything whereas dropping the third digit for the speed might leave you severely disappointed when the headwind is 15okts rather than 99kts.
Yep. I’m sure I would be severly disappointed on each occasion that a forecast had 150 kts rather than 99 kts. It would make a profound difference to my decision to remain on the ground...
We’re talking about low level forecasts.