Training mission #6, ILS in bad weather…...weather data.
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Hello Forum.
Is there a section in one of the manuals (I’ve looked) which explains the short hand data contained in the “weather” section ie “TL 140 270/10 kts”. etc ?
Thanks
Bayonet.
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The weather data you are describing is based on ATIS/TAF/METAR weather reporting formats.
The format is highly standardised by the ICAO and the WMO but there are international variations; for example, the FAA reporting format for North America departs from the international standards in a few minor ways, mainly related to non-standardised units of measurement, such as atmospheric pressure (measured in mm Hg in the US versus hecto-pascals in Europe and elsewhere). It looks to me that BMS follows the ICAO standard but I’m sure one of BMS veterans will be able to say definitively.
I don’t think there is any information in any of the BMS manuals (if there is, I haven’t found it either), but there are a lot of resources online to help.
Check out this thread https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?11969-Reading-ATIS-Shorthand&highlight=METAR for assistance.
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Hello Eliot323
Very good, thanks.
(616 RAF ??)
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By the way, that information comes from WDP
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I should also have given credit to Falcas for WDP - thanks Red Dog.
@Bayonet - glad you noticed that, well spotted! Yes, the good old 616 Squadron, which was formed in my part of the world, South Yorkshire, - hence my callsign, “Tyke” (which is a slightly derogatory term for a Yorkshire person).
Hello Eliot323
Very good, thanks.
(616 RAF ??)
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Can someone tell me how to get the default weather settings back? I altered them a bit, but when I press reset I don’t get the original settings back.
Visibility is too high, in the original you couldn’t see the ground at 6000ft. whereas in the “reset” you can.As far as I remember you shouldn’t see the ground at this altitude.