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Weather Conditions: Wind 140 at 7 clear 20/14
weather explanation -- the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) require the pilot in command to know how to interpret various weather feeds, TAF - terminal aerodrome forecast, METAR - current weather, and winds aloft charts to name a few. The following sample will help me understand weather better.
look at this report from KASH:
KASH
191851Z 33003KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR BKN006 BKN009 OVC016 12/11 A2988 RMK AO2 T01160105 P0001 SLP120
in the first line KASH is the airport ident
this report was taken on May 19th - represented by the 19
at 1851 Zulu (UTC time) winds are (winds given as true not magnetic) 330 at 03kts, visibility is 2 and 1/2 statute miles, rain, a broken layer of clouds at 6000 ft, another broken layer at 9000, an overcast layer at 16,000 (flight level 160) Temp is 12C/ dewpoint is 11C [Pay attention to temp dew point as a trend - if they are getting closer expect cloud formation] Altimeter (Barometric pressure- another important one) is 29.88, Remarks (this part always gives me trouble) ASOS - AO, 02 - means it has a precip discriminator, Temp /dew point (in tenths) 011.60 and 10.5, then I believe this (P) represents precip then SLP - sea level pressure 1200.0
Aircraft:
ASEL
N19883 This is a well-maintained Cessna 172 very well tuned for flight, compared to my last flight, this one made it easier to hold a steady bearing
