Re: What is the difference between metar and aaxx???



In article <W4YXe.18396$tB5.8355@okepread06>,
David Moran <dmoran21@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>"Adam Mikula9ek" <mikulasek@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:1cb1d$432ffdbe$3ef565a6$31676@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hello,
>> when reading weather information from www.wunderground.com, sometimes
>> it's derived from metar which is relatively simple to understand and it's
>> many descriptions of it on the Net. But other times it's derived from a
>> terrible messages that begin by "aaxx" and following five nothing-saying
>> numbers. I would like to ask somebody who knows, what is aaxx message and
>> where to find a description of it.
>> Thank yiou.
>> Adam
>>
>>
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>If I am thinking of the right thing, I think these are coded upper air
>observations. I used to know of a website that explained how to read them,
>but I can't find it.
>
>Dave
>
>
Try http://www.ominous-valve.com/wx_codes.txt Search for AAXX or SYNOP


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