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Old 2nd Apr 2005, 22:04
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SIGMET nil
 
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The answer given is wrong.

Old Smokey has it perfectly right. In cold air pressure decreases faster with increasing altitude. Therefore at a given altitude over cold air (relative to ISA), there will be lower pressure (again relative to ISA), which will cause the altimeter to read out a higher altitude than real altitude.

I had to read question and answer several times, before I figured out the mistake
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