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An nntp of my very own!
"Steve Foley" wrote in news:1R8ik.261825
: "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... Snort. Like that'd stop me. You'll just be another tree falling in the woods. Wanna bet? Bertie |
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An nntp of my very own!
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
... Wanna bet? Bertie How much? |
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An nntp of my very own!
"Steve Foley" wrote in news:ZI9ik.261937
: "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... Wanna bet? Bertie How much? Your diginity, of course. Bertie |
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An nntp of my very own!
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
... Wanna bet? How much? Your diginity, of course. Bertie Against what? |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
§ñühwØ£f writes:
I would a55ume that they have planes in the air at some point and the aircraft report the ceiling height of teh clouds and then they estimate windspeed from observaton stations on the ground. I'm just guessing. I knew a weather observer once. That makes sense. I wonder how they estimate things like heights and distances, though. I suppose experience would help to come up with educated guesses for these, but one might still be way off. Certainly experience would be useful in recognizing specific cloud types and patterns. One article I read (I think it was Wikipedia) mentioned just ten radiosondes for the entire Caribbean, that's hardly what I'd call high-resolution measurement. You could almost fit a hurricane between radiosondes. |
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An nntp of my very own!
"Steve Foley" wrote in news:eX9ik.133616
: "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... Wanna bet? How much? Your diginity, of course. Bertie Against what? Your dignity, of course. Bertie |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
buttman writes:
As far as in-between could layers, its only reported by pireps. Its very common to ask ATC what the cloud tops are and get a response "I don't know, no one has given any pireps yet" No one hardly ever flies VFR between cloud layers, because its too easy to get stuck, therefore no one bothers making a chart for multiple cloud layers. That hadn't occurred to me. If you're VFR you definitely wouldn't want to be stuck between clouds, so the in-between layers aren't important. And if you're IFR it doesn't matter ... unless the clouds are associated with icing or severe turbulence. |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
Mxsmanic wrote in
: §ñühwØ£f writes: I would a55ume that they have planes in the air at some point and the aircraft report the ceiling height of teh clouds and then they estimate windspeed from observaton stations on the ground. I'm just guessing. I knew a weather observer once. That makes sense. I wonder how they estimate things like heights and distances, though. I suppose experience would help to come up with educated guesses for these, but one might still be way off. Certainly experience would be useful in recognizing specific cloud types and patterns. One article I read (I think it was Wikipedia) mentioned just ten radiosondes for the entire Caribbean, that's hardly what I'd call high-resolution measurement. You could almost fit a hurricane between radiosondes. You are an idiot. Bertie |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
Rocky Stevens writes:
Not that it really matters, but I am sure you could pass the FAA written; it is a very easy, multiple choice test. Maybe, but tests tend to stress me a lot and I don't do well on them. I hate competition. I think the study guides may even have the actual questions that will be asked in them. I have a little blue one that is pretty good that I've read through on many occasions. But you are right about the cost; it is pretty damned expensive. Even more so in Europe. Here I've been told that the private pilot license could cost up to $30,000, and an IFR rating would double that. FWIW, I think you would really dislike lessons anyway, as your intellectual curiosity would not be satisfied, and very well may irritate the hell out of your instructor (you can see the responses you get here). That has always been a problem for me in such environments, although it depends on the structure and the instructor. Instructors who are insecure or incompetent enough to dislike questioning come to hate me very quickly. Those who enjoy elaborating on all sorts of details find me a refreshing change from many students (who often are only interesting in learning enough to pass an exam). |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
Mxsmanic wrote:
Rocky Stevens writes: Not that it really matters, but I am sure you could pass the FAA written; it is a very easy, multiple choice test. Maybe, but tests tend to stress me a lot and I don't do well on them. I hate competition. Since it is an impartial evaluation of your knowledge, I can see why that might stress you. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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