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Snow Reports/ Thundersnow & Chat - 26/11/2010 onwards
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pistolpetes11 wrote: »Seems to be plenty more bubbling in the Irish sea
Nah, that's just part of the IMF army making there way to these shores0 -
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Holy moley! Its chucking it down here in Rathmines!
Mostly its hailstones but there is, what looks to be, an inch on the tops of the cars in the street. Heard some thunder a while back but nothing too major.
Wow... its not showing any signs of stopping here! I'm like a kid on xmas day
DeV.0 -
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Even better ...
EIDW 270430Z 31008KT 8000 TSSN SCT007 BKN018CB BKN140 M01/M01 Q1007 TEMPO 2500 BKN005
My favourite 4 letters
What I wanna see is BCMG 2704/2724 0400 M09/M10 +DRSNStandard Toaster wrote: »OMG, YES!!
What does that...mean?
Roughly translated, EIDW=Dublin Airport, 27 November at 0430UTC, wind 310 degrees @ 8 kts, vis 8000m, scattered cloud @ 700ft, Broken cloud @ 1800ft (cumulonimbus) Broken cloud at FL140 (14,000ft) temp -1, dew point -1, temporary visibility 2500m, broken cloiud 500ft.0 -
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Standard Toaster wrote: »OMG, YES!!
What does that...mean?
They don't really come much more complicated than this really. Lets take it bit by bit
071600 This is the issue date and time. 071600= 07th of the month at 1600 GMT
EGBB This is the station code. EGBB= Birminghm, UK.
080018 This is the date and time the TAF is valid between. 080018= The 8th, between 00:00 and 18:00.
20012KT This is the expected wind speed. 20012KT= wind 200 degrees, 12kts
9999 This is the expected visibility. 9999= 10km or more
SCT035 This is the expected cloud. SCT035= Scattered at 3500ft.
PROB30 This means the probability of the following occuring is 30%.
TEMPO 0008 BKN010 This means; Temporarily between 00:00 and 08:00 the cloud will be Broken at 1000ft. (the probabilty of this is 30% as mentioned above)
TEMPO 0813 18015G25KT RA BKN012 This means; Temporarily between 08:00 and 13:00, the wind will be 180 degrees at 15 gusting 25kts, MODERATE RAIN, cloud broken at 1200ft.
BECMG 1114 21020G40KT This means; Becoming from 11:00 to 14:00, wind 210 degrees, 20 gusting 40kts.
TEMPO 1318 -RA BKN015 This means; Temporarily between 13:00 and 18:00, LIGHT RAIN, broken cloud at 1500ft.
It is really quite simple once you get used to it!
Present Weather Codes
DZ= DRIZZLE
RA= RAIN
SN= SNOW
GS= SMALL OR SOFT HAIL
GR= HAIL
PE= ICE PELLETS
IC= ICE CRYSTALS
TS= THUNDERSTORM
HZ= HAZE
BR= MIST
FG= FOG
FU= SMOKE
SS= SANDSTORM
DS= DUSTSTORM
PO= DUST DEVILS
DU= DUST
SA= SAND
SQ= SQUALL
FC= FUNNEL CLOUD (Tornado or Waterspout or similar)
UP= UNKNOWN PRECIPITATION
The following can only be put before one of the above codes. They can't be used on there own.
- = LIGHT
(no symbol)= MODERATE
+ = HEAVY
RE= RECENT
FZ= FREEZING
BL= BLOWING
DR= DRIFTING
The can be combined, or used individually. Below are some examples...
+SHRA= HEAVY SHOWERS of RAIN
RASN= SLEET (RAIN & SNOW)
TSGR= THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL
BLSN= BLOWING SNOW
-FZRA= LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
RADZ= RAIN & DRIZZLE
RERA= RECENT RAIN
Or type into google how to decode a TAF
or go here
http://www.ukweather.freeserve.co.uk/metarpg.htm#pwx0 -
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pistolpetes11 wrote: »They don't really come much more complicated than this really. Lets take it bit by bit
071600 This is the issue date and time. 071600= 07th of the month at 1600 GMT
EGBB This is the station code. EGBB= Birminghm, UK.
080018 This is the date and time the TAF is valid between. 080018= The 8th, between 00:00 and 18:00.
20012KT This is the expected wind speed. 20012KT= wind 200 degrees, 12kts
9999 This is the expected visibility. 9999= 10km or more
SCT035 This is the expected cloud. SCT035= Scattered at 3500ft.
PROB30 This means the probability of the following occuring is 30%.
TEMPO 0008 BKN010 This means; Temporarily between 00:00 and 08:00 the cloud will be Broken at 1000ft. (the probabilty of this is 30% as mentioned above)
TEMPO 0813 18015G25KT RA BKN012 This means; Temporarily between 08:00 and 13:00, the wind will be 180 degrees at 15 gusting 25kts, MODERATE RAIN, cloud broken at 1200ft.
BECMG 1114 21020G40KT This means; Becoming from 11:00 to 14:00, wind 210 degrees, 20 gusting 40kts.
TEMPO 1318 -RA BKN015 This means; Temporarily between 13:00 and 18:00, LIGHT RAIN, broken cloud at 1500ft.
It is really quite simple once you get used to it!
Present Weather Codes
DZ= DRIZZLE
RA= RAIN
SN= SNOW
GS= SMALL OR SOFT HAIL
GR= HAIL
PE= ICE PELLETS
IC= ICE CRYSTALS
TS= THUNDERSTORM
HZ= HAZE
BR= MIST
FG= FOG
FU= SMOKE
SS= SANDSTORM
DS= DUSTSTORM
PO= DUST DEVILS
DU= DUST
SA= SAND
SQ= SQUALL
FC= FUNNEL CLOUD (Tornado or Waterspout or similar)
UP= UNKNOWN PRECIPITATION
The following can only be put before one of the above codes. They can't be used on there own.
- = LIGHT
(no symbol)= MODERATE
+ = HEAVY
RE= RECENT
FZ= FREEZING
BL= BLOWING
DR= DRIFTING
The can be combined, or used individually. Below are some examples...
+SHRA= HEAVY SHOWERS of RAIN
RASN= SLEET (RAIN & SNOW)
TSGR= THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL
BLSN= BLOWING SNOW
-FZRA= LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
RADZ= RAIN & DRIZZLE
RERA= RECENT RAIN
Or type into google how to decode a TAF
or go here
http://www.ukweather.freeserve.co.uk/metarpg.htm#pwx
I'm being entertained by the sky AND learning! Most productive 4am ever...0 -
Standard Toaster wrote: »Wouldn't mind seeing a bit of the aul DFAP 8008/1234 0±65 x89>99+1 meself
Well, what I was wishing for was visibility of 400m, temp and dew point the happy sides of -9, with drifting snow for the next 24 hours. What does your jibberish mean? :P 0 -
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