Metar Report

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/reso...k/wfaqpres.htm

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

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.