metar slp reading?

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:12:03 -0800, quietguy wrote:

SLP reports are the way meteorologists compensate for elevation
differences among the reporting stations;

Maybe I'm missing something... Aren't all pressures reported in METARs
corrected to sea level?

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Dallas

On Nov 5, 5:32 pm, Dallas wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something... Aren't all pressures reported in METARs
corrected to sea level?

In aviation weather observations, yes; in the data coming over the
wire to weather forecast offices and data processing centers, station
pressures are also reported by WMO-designated synoptic reporting
stations. Even though station pressures aren't disseminated to
aviators the SLP is marked so there'll be no confusion over what sort
of pressure it is.

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:32:59 -0800, quietguy wrote:

the SLP is marked so there'll be no confusion over what sort
of pressure it is.

It's nice they endeavor not to confuse us.

For instance they code 998.2 hectopascals to SLP982 so they don't confuse
anyone.

:-)

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Dallas