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Here's a TAF for Elizabeth City, NC:

TAF KECG 292350Z 300024 18005KT 6SM -SHRA BR SCT015 BKN030
TEMPO 0103 3SM TSRA BR OVC015CB
FM0300 16005KT 5SM SHRA BR OVC025CB
FM0800 VRB03KT 3SM BR OVC040
FM1400 18007KT P6SM BKN040
FM2000 15006KT 5SM SHRA BR BKN025CB AMD NOT SKCED AFT 02Z

what does "AMD NOT SKCED AFT 02Z" mean?

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Amendment not scheduled after 02Z (closing time).
Michelle
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John T wrote:

Here's a TAF for Elizabeth City, NC:

TAF KECG 292350Z 300024 18005KT 6SM -SHRA BR SCT015 BKN030
TEMPO 0103 3SM TSRA BR OVC015CB
FM0300 16005KT 5SM SHRA BR OVC025CB
FM0800 VRB03KT 3SM BR OVC040
FM1400 18007KT P6SM BKN040
FM2000 15006KT 5SM SHRA BR BKN025CB AMD NOT SKCED AFT 02Z

what does "AMD NOT SKCED AFT 02Z" mean?

"Michelle P" wrote in message
nk.net...
Amendment not scheduled after 02Z (closing time).
Michelle
Ref Section 4 Page 3 AC00-45E

Amazing, isn't it, that after nearly forty years of broadband
communications, they still use phrasing(?) from the TELEGRAPH days.

And they wonder why pilots often fail to read that crap.


John T wrote:

Here's a TAF for Elizabeth City, NC:

TAF KECG 292350Z 300024 18005KT 6SM -SHRA BR SCT015 BKN030
TEMPO 0103 3SM TSRA BR OVC015CB
FM0300 16005KT 5SM SHRA BR OVC025CB
FM0800 VRB03KT 3SM BR OVC040
FM1400 18007KT P6SM BKN040
FM2000 15006KT 5SM SHRA BR BKN025CB AMD NOT SKCED AFT 02Z

what does "AMD NOT SKCED AFT 02Z" mean?

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"Matt Barrow" wrote:

"Michelle P" wrote in message
nk.net...
Amendment not scheduled after 02Z (closing time).
Michelle
Ref Section 4 Page 3 AC00-45E

Amazing, isn't it, that after nearly forty years of broadband
communications, they still use phrasing(?) from the TELEGRAPH days.

And they wonder why pilots often fail to read that crap.


What is the alternative? Undecoded METARs/TAFs?

I can't stand wading through an undecoded briefing where I have to pick
through "Wind" and "Temperature" and all of that unnecessary verbal
nonsense in order to get the information. If you learn to read
undecoded METARs/TAFs, it's pretty easy to pick out a lot of information
very quickly.


JKG

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Matt Barrow" wrote:

"Michelle P" wrote in message
nk.net...
Amendment not scheduled after 02Z (closing time).
Michelle
Ref Section 4 Page 3 AC00-45E

Amazing, isn't it, that after nearly forty years of broadband
communications, they still use phrasing(?) from the TELEGRAPH days.

And they wonder why pilots often fail to read that crap.


What is the alternative? Undecoded METARs/TAFs?

I can't stand wading through an undecoded briefing where I have to pick
through "Wind" and "Temperature" and all of that unnecessary verbal
nonsense in order to get the information. If you learn to read
undecoded METARs/TAFs, it's pretty easy to pick out a lot of information
very quickly.

Amazing, isn't it, that after nearly forty years of broadband
communications, they still use phrasing(?) from the TELEGRAPH days.

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Matt Barrow" wrote:

"Michelle P" wrote in message
nk.net...
Amendment not scheduled after 02Z (closing time).
Michelle
Ref Section 4 Page 3 AC00-45E

Amazing, isn't it, that after nearly forty years of broadband
communications, they still use phrasing(?) from the TELEGRAPH days.

And they wonder why pilots often fail to read that crap.


What is the alternative? Undecoded METARs/TAFs?

Why not?

I can't stand wading through an undecoded briefing where I have to pick
through "Wind" and "Temperature" and all of that unnecessary verbal
nonsense in order to get the information.

Wind and Temp data is nonsense?

If you learn to read
undecoded METARs/TAFs, it's pretty easy to pick out a lot of information
very quickly.

Sounds rather like the "If you can't run a computer from the command line,
you shouldn't be on it!" crowd. That was a popular refrain from the Unix
gang. I wonder how many of those are on the outs right now, with the IT
industry going south? "Requirements? We don't do requirements; you'll get it
the way we want to do it".

Automatic transmissions?

In my industry it's pneumatic nailers and factory built components. We build
houses using 40% of the manhours and have better fit, finish and materials
than the "Big Boys".


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

Jonathan Goodish wrote:


What is the alternative? Undecoded METARs/TAFs?

Obviously, plain-language. Where's the compelling reason to make trying
to read them a goat-rope? All the encoded BS is a relic of a prior era,
driven by the technology of that era, and now, well overtaken by events
and several generations of newer technology that make it embarrassingly
obsolete.

Your tax dollars at work.

CriticalMass wrote:
Jonathan Goodish wrote:

What is the alternative? Undecoded METARs/TAFs?

Obviously, plain-language. Where's the compelling reason to make trying
to read them a goat-rope? All the encoded BS is a relic of a prior era,
driven by the technology of that era, and now, well overtaken by events
and several generations of newer technology that make it embarrassingly
obsolete.

Not entirely. I get weather data on my cell phone which doesn't have a
ton of screen space and can get an entire TAF cycle in about two
screens which is quite convenient. The thing I have the most trouble
with is converting from zulu to local time. Flying a plane I can handle
but simple arithmetic seems to elude me.

-cwk.

In article ,
CriticalMass wrote:

Jonathan Goodish wrote:


What is the alternative? Undecoded METARs/TAFs?

Obviously, plain-language. Where's the compelling reason to make trying
to read them a goat-rope? All the encoded BS is a relic of a prior era,
driven by the technology of that era, and now, well overtaken by events
and several generations of newer technology that make it embarrassingly
obsolete.


The problem with plain language (undecoded) is that I want the data, not
excess verbiage. I can look at a METAR and TAF and get ONLY the data,
which is a heck of a lot quicker than reading through some verbose plain
language translation.

CSC DUATs will provide plain language translations if you want, and it
seems to do a good job. Lots of wasted space for a little bit of
information, in my opinion.



JKG

Michelle P wrote:
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Michelle
Ref Section 4 Page 3 AC00-45E

Thanks!

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