Russian METAR question
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From: UK
Would it be a reasonable guess that it's not a recent METAR?
I can't find any reference for Russia, but WMO Manual on Codes indicates that the Ukraine uses icing and turbulence groups in METARs as in TAFs. In that case 670000 would mean severe icing from the surface to the top of cloud.
I can't find any reference for Russia, but WMO Manual on Codes indicates that the Ukraine uses icing and turbulence groups in METARs as in TAFs. In that case 670000 would mean severe icing from the surface to the top of cloud.
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It's about icing layers
630004
The first digit is always a 6.
The second digit it the type of icing...3 = light icing in precip.
The next 3 digits represent the base of the layer in 30's metres (or 100's of feet)... 001 = 30 metres; 100 would mean 3000 metres.
The last digit is the thickness of the icing layer in feet. 4 = 4,000 feet or 1200m.
There are also codes for other types of weather, but the 6 indicates in this case it is icing.
The first digit is always a 6.
The second digit it the type of icing...3 = light icing in precip.
The next 3 digits represent the base of the layer in 30's metres (or 100's of feet)... 001 = 30 metres; 100 would mean 3000 metres.
The last digit is the thickness of the icing layer in feet. 4 = 4,000 feet or 1200m.
There are also codes for other types of weather, but the 6 indicates in this case it is icing.
