Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?

YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:59:15 -0700, wrote:

>Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?
>
>YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016

Visibility in metres. 7 km in this case.

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On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:59:52 +0200, Brengsek! >
wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:59:15 -0700, wrote:
>
>>Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?
>>
>>YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016
>
>Visibility in metres. 7 km in this case.

Thanks. I've got what is I guess a US book on decoding the Metar
Reports so I guess it doesn't cover international elements.

The VCSH meand 'in the vinicity' -- of what? SH???

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:02:04 -0700, wrote:

>>>Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?
>>>
>>>YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016
>>
>>Visibility in metres. 7 km in this case.
>
>Thanks. I've got what is I guess a US book on decoding the Metar
>Reports so I guess it doesn't cover international elements.
>
>The VCSH meand 'in the vinicity' -- of what? SH???

Showers. See e.g.
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/afss/metar%20taf/sametara.htm

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On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:02:04 -0700, wrote:

> so I guess it doesn't cover international elements.

For me, US is international..

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"Brengsek!" > wrote in message =
nvalid...
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:02:04 -0700, wrote:
>=20
>> so I guess it doesn't cover international elements.
>=20
> For me, US is international..
>

For you, the U.S. is more likely foreign.
To be international, wouldn't you need to refer to more than a single =
nation?

SHowers in the ViCinity of the reporting point...within 5 miles, if I recall
correctly.

Bob Gardner

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> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:59:52 +0200, Brengsek! >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:59:15 -0700, wrote:
>>
>>>Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?
>>>
>>>YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016
>>
>>Visibility in metres. 7 km in this case.
>
> Thanks. I've got what is I guess a US book on decoding the Metar
> Reports so I guess it doesn't cover international elements.
>
> The VCSH meand 'in the vinicity' -- of what? SH???
>

SHowers in the ViCinity of the reporting point...within 5 miles, if I recall
correctly.

Bob Gardner

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> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:59:52 +0200, Brengsek! >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:59:15 -0700, wrote:
>>
>>>Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?
>>>
>>>YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016
>>
>>Visibility in metres. 7 km in this case.
>
> Thanks. I've got what is I guess a US book on decoding the Metar
> Reports so I guess it doesn't cover international elements.
>
> The VCSH meand 'in the vinicity' -- of what? SH???
>

wrote in news:2ngsf1p330hi15v2pff47qan44ggkqaha9@
4ax.com:

> Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?
>
> YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016
>

Weather at YPLM at 0750 Zulu on the 13th of the month:
Winds - 9 kts at 240 degrees
Visibility - 7000 meters
Showers in the vicinity
Clouds - Few at 3000 feet with towering cumulus, Scattered at 5000, Broken
at 8000
Temp - 22 degrees C
Dew Point - 21 degrees C
Altimeter - 1016mb? Not sure, never used millibars before.

Jackal24 wrote:

>>Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?
>>
>>YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016

> Altimeter - 1016mb? Not sure, never used millibars before.

Q1016 is a QNH of 1016 hectopascals (in Oz).

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/askjack/wfaqpres.htm

Have a read of
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gene_Nygaard/hectopas.htm
for a criticism about hectopascal usage.

>>>>YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016

"Bob Gardner" > wrote in message
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> SHowers in the ViCinity of the reporting point...within 5 miles, if I
> recall correctly.

8 km, actually. :-)

Julian

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:59:15 -0700, wrote:

>Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?
>
>YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016



I read somewhere that Metar visibility is not listed as more than 10
miles if the vis is more than 10 miles. Is this true? I remember
reading a vis of 99 miles at some point in the past. Or am I thinking
of something else?

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> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:59:15 -0700, wrote:
>>Can some tell me what the '7000' represents?
>>YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016

It's the number of metres visibility (so in this case it's 7km).

> I read somewhere that Metar visibility is not listed as more than 10
> miles if the vis is more than 10 miles. Is this true? I remember
> reading a vis of 99 miles at some point in the past. Or am I thinking
> of something else?

Yup. If it says "9999", it means "10 kilometres or more".

D.