Help deciphering numbers!
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Help deciphering numbers!
Lurking around here, I often see things like this (blatantly pillaged from another thread):
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2010/01/25 03:00 UTC
The observation is:
OLBA 250300Z 06004KT 030V090 5000 VCTS RA FEW020CB BKN026 10/06 Q1014 NOSIG
Is there a lay-person's guide to what this lot means, and if so could one of you kind folks could point me at it? I don't even know what to search for!The observation is:
OLBA 250300Z 06004KT 030V090 5000 VCTS RA FEW020CB BKN026 10/06 Q1014 NOSIG
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Try this freeware:
MetarWeather - decode METAR world weather reports
It resolved the above METAR instantly. A cool piece of utility software, 136K as a zip.
I copy/pasted the METAR text into: File>Type METAR lines.
Runs off the .exe and does not "install".
MetarWeather - decode METAR world weather reports
It resolved the above METAR instantly. A cool piece of utility software, 136K as a zip.
I copy/pasted the METAR text into: File>Type METAR lines.
Runs off the .exe and does not "install".
