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


"Jim Korman" <jkorman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:17:27 +0200, "Adam Mikulá¹ek"
> <mikulasek@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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.
> AAXX data is surface synoptic
>
> Best document is from the WMO
>
> http://www.wmo.int/web/www/DPS/NewCodesTables/WMO306vol-I-1PartA.pdf
>
> It's not too hard to read once you've seen a few of them.
>
> METAR is also described in the above document.
>
.... this site may also help:

http://www.zetnet.co.uk/sigs/weather/Met_Codes/codes.htm

Martin.

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