What does SWEPT mean in a NOTAM?

[Roy Smith]

I got this notam from duats

!HPN 01/087 HPN 11/29 PTCHY THN SIR SWEPT WEF 0501301139

and couldn't figure out what SWEPT meant, so I tried the translator
feature. Seems the translator didn't know either:

White Plains NY (Westchester County) [HPN]: January NOTAM #87:
Runway 11/29 patchy thin snow and ice on runway SWEPT effective from
January 30th, 2005 at 06:39 AM EST (0501301139)

Am I supposed to believe they've got guys out on the runways with brooms
sweeping the snow off, or what?

[Dale]

In article >,
Roy Smith > wrote:

> I got this notam from duats
>
> !HPN 01/087 HPN 11/29 PTCHY THN SIR SWEPT WEF 0501301139
>
> and couldn't figure out what SWEPT meant, so I tried the translator
> feature. Seems the translator didn't know either:
>
> White Plains NY (Westchester County) [HPN]: January NOTAM #87:
> Runway 11/29 patchy thin snow and ice on runway SWEPT effective from
> January 30th, 2005 at 06:39 AM EST (0501301139)
>
> Am I supposed to believe they've got guys out on the runways with brooms
> sweeping the snow off, or what?

Uh yeah. But the "broom" is usually towed by a grader, etc., has it's
own engine to power the rotary broom and might have blowers on it as
well.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Roy Smith" > wrote in message
...
>
> I got this notam from duats
>
> !HPN 01/087 HPN 11/29 PTCHY THN SIR SWEPT WEF 0501301139
>
> and couldn't figure out what SWEPT meant, so I tried the translator
> feature. Seems the translator didn't know either:
>
> White Plains NY (Westchester County) [HPN]: January NOTAM #87:
> Runway 11/29 patchy thin snow and ice on runway SWEPT effective from
> January 30th, 2005 at 06:39 AM EST (0501301139)
>
> Am I supposed to believe they've got guys out on the runways with brooms
> sweeping the snow off, or what?
>

Yes, that's what you should believe. Big, powered, rotary brooms. SWEPT is
not actually a contraction, it means exactly that.