What does 00000KT mean?
In the case of mean wind speeds of 3 knots or less and a variable direction, wind direction (ddd) is encoded as “VRB”. Wind speeds (ff) are two digits (or three digits if required), in knots. Calm is encoded as “00000KT”.
What are Metars and TAFS?
METAR is the international standard code format for hourly surface weather observations which is analogous to the SA coding currently used in the US. The acronym roughly translates from French as Aviation Routine Weather Report. TAF is the international standard code format for terminal forecasts issued for airports.
What does PK WND mean?
PK WND 20032/25 PEAK WIND. PK WND dddff(F)/(hh)mm; direction in tens of degrees, speed in whole knots, time in minutes after the hour. Only minutes after the hour is included if the hour can be inferred from the report.
What is SLP in a METAR?
SLP stands for sea-level pressure, with the pressure expressed in millibars. The reading is abbreviated. “SLP201” translates to 1,020.1 millibars. (Even so, the “A”-prefixed altimeter setting used earlier in a METAR is the altimeter reading for the United States.
What is VRB03KT?
VRB03KT is the wind from variable direction at 3 knots. CAVOK means Ceiling and Visibility OK (Visibility greater than 10 km, no cloud below 5000 ft, no cumulonimbus, no precipitation, thunderstorms, shallow fog, low drifting snow, or dust devils).
What is CIG in a METAR?
CIG (Ceiling=Lowest BKN/OVC layer or height of VV)
WHO issues TAFS?
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Our primary aviation responsibility at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Brownsville is to issue Terminal Aerodome Forecasts (TAFs). Routine TAFs are valid for a 24-hour period and issued four times daily: 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z, and are amended (updated) as conditions require.
What does P0000 mean in METAR?
Pxxxx is precipitation in the past hour in tenths of an inch. P0000 indicates “trace” of precipitation.