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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?



 
 
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Old July 23rd 08, 02:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?

It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure
wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for
meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend on PIREPs, or
expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what?
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Old July 23rd 08, 03:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?

On Jul 23, 9:37*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure
wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for
meteorologists to measure these things aloft? *Do they depend on PIREPs, or
expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what?


This is one of your poorest troll attempts, Anthony, you are a
disappointment. Please try to do better.
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Old July 23rd 08, 03:06 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
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Default How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?

Mxsmanic wrote in
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It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to
measure wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal
way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend
on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or
satellites, or what?


They lok out the window fjukktard.
Try it.

Bertie
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Old July 23rd 08, 03:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?


"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to
measure
wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for
meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend on PIREPs,
or
expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what?


Try Google, Simboi.



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Old July 23rd 08, 03:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?

On Jul 23, 7:37*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure
wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for
meteorologists to measure these things aloft? *Do they depend on PIREPs, or
expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what?


Theres a little "eye" that looks up at the sky at various points. It
detects if there is cloud, or sky. The sensor is prone to errors,
though. Sometimes if it's broken, it'll say its overcast because some
of the sensors are pointing diagonally and are sensing the side of the
cloud. I had an ATC college-style text book that had a very
informative diagram of how they worked, but that book is long gone.

http://www.cyanogen.com/products/cloud_main.htm

here is an example of one.
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Old July 23rd 08, 03:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?

Mxsmanic wrote:
It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure
wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for
meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend on PIREPs, or
expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what?



Tongue firmly in cheek They charter a Bell 47 helicopter and take it
up in increments of 1000 feet where they hover for a few seconds. They
roll down the window and use the "finger method" to determine wind speed
and direction. At altitudes above 30,000 feet they use the frozen toe
method to determine winds aloft and temperatures.
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Old July 23rd 08, 04:06 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Rocky Stevens
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Default How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?

On Jul 23, 10:05*am, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:
wrote:
On Jul 23, 9:37 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to
measure wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal
way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend
on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or
satellites, or what?


This is one of your poorest troll attempts, Anthony, you are a
disappointment. Please try to do better.


Do you folks that continue to respond to Mxsmanic, Bertie, Maxwell, and the
other trolls realize that if you had simply ignored them this would still be
a useful forum?


It would also be a useful forum if people actually answered the
questions posed, regardless of *who* is asking it. The OP's question
is perefectly valid, and x number of years from now when somebody
Google's for the answer and gets this thread, all they will see for an
answer are insults. There is nothing more frustrating than
Googling for an anwer to something only to find the response was "why
don't you Google for it". If you have the time to post such a
response, you have the time to answer the question.

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Old July 23rd 08, 04:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Steven P. McNicoll[_2_]
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Default How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?

Rocky Stevens wrote:

It would also be a useful forum if people actually answered the
questions posed, regardless of *who* is asking it. The OP's question
is perefectly valid, and x number of years from now when somebody
Google's for the answer and gets this thread, all they will see for an
answer are insults. There is nothing more frustrating than
Googling for an anwer to something only to find the response was "why
don't you Google for it". If you have the time to post such a
response, you have the time to answer the question.


True, but the folks that post such a response probably don't know the
answer.


 




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