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Old 29th Sep 2007, 17:31
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bookworm
 
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It's a long time since I saw a day where the cloudbase was as per the formula.
A couple from recent METARs with exactly that pair:

KCEF 291557Z 01010KT 7SM FEW012 21/07 A3025=
METAR UKLL 291500Z 25002MPS 220V290 9999 SCT040 21/07 Q1022 31090070 NOSIG=

or if you fancy an example in the other direction:

UAUU 291700Z 31003MPS CAVOK 09/07 Q1020 330///70 NOSIG RMK QFE749/0999=
EFUT 291650Z AUTO 08011KT CAVOK 13/12 Q1027=

It's absurd to set a question like that.

a) 560 feet
b) 56,000 feet
c) 5600 feet

is not unreasonable as a set of choices, but to give students the impression that a 14 point spread allows determination of the dewpoint to the nearest 1000 ft is just bad science.
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