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Old 30th Apr 2012, 16:03
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METAR in Brazil

Hey there:

Could any Brazilian pilot give me the meaning for the following acronyms?
(They appear at the end of METARS in Brazil).

PGG, PDM, PDD, PGH, PGW.

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Old 30th Apr 2012, 18:44
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They are the code for the name of the forecaster responsable for the TAF (it only appear on TAF by the way, not in METARS)

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Charlie Alfa
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Thank you CA, and you're right, the codes appear in RMK at the end of TAFs.
I just checked the latest for SBGR, it's there, PHH :-)

Do you mean that they indicate the name of the forecasting agency?
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No, that is the name of the person who made the info. Just to make intl crews crazy before they make a flight out of the country wondering what those letters are. Just for fun.
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That sound like BS to me
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