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Old 10th Nov 2001, 05:04
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Oh dear....

QNH - The observed pressure at a station, reduced to sea level using the International Standard Atmosphere

QFF - The observed pressure at a station, reduced to sea level using actual atmospheric conditions

Regional Pressure Setting - The lowest forecast QNH within a defined area, valid for one hour and forecast one hour in advance.

Source: Forecasters Course Notes, Shinfield 1976.

Since both QNH and QFF depend upon observed pressure and RPS does not, it is clear that 'Regional QNH' is a misnomer and, therefore, that there is, strictly speaking, no such thing as Regional QNH.

However, it really doesn't matter whether you call it RPS, Regional QNH, FOQNH or Joe Bloggs - it all means the same thing, so what's all the fuss about?

Which seemed to annoy GoneWest, for some strange reason?
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