Where the heck is the hurricane?

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7:30am Eastern time. Storm is crashing into New Orleans. Real world
weather shows nothing. What is the point of this useless feature?

 

[Guest]

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sigh.... we have this convo every time a hurricain hits the states. Infact
theres a post a few hours ago on the subject.

1: the weather stations in the area are CLOSED... The airports. So they arnt
reporting the info

2: FS2004 weather has its limits, once the real world goes over them you
will get nice weather.


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"Dave Schwartz" <who4ever@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> 7:30am Eastern time. Storm is crashing into New Orleans. Real world
> weather shows nothing. What is the point of this useless feature?
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Adam Webb wrote:
> sigh.... we have this convo every time a hurricain hits the states. Infact
> theres a post a few hours ago on the subject.
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> 1: the weather stations in the area are CLOSED... The airports. So they arnt
> reporting the info
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> 2: FS2004 weather has its limits, once the real world goes over them you
> will get nice weather.
>

To simulate the hurricane as best I could without real weather, I put my
plane in "slew" mode and hit the left arrow key.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!




John

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Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. --Beethoven

 

[Guest]

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ROTFL

"The Man Behind The Curtain" <johngrabowski@earthblink.net> wrote in message
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> Adam Webb wrote:
>> sigh.... we have this convo every time a hurricain hits the states.
>> Infact theres a post a few hours ago on the subject.
>>
>> 1: the weather stations in the area are CLOSED... The airports. So they
>> arnt reporting the info
>>
>> 2: FS2004 weather has its limits, once the real world goes over them you
>> will get nice weather.
>>
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> To simulate the hurricane as best I could without real weather, I put my
> plane in "slew" mode and hit the left arrow key.
>
> Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
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> John
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> Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. --Beethoven
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[gary]

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>sigh.... we have this convo every time a hurricain hits the states. Infact
>theres a post a few hours ago on the subject.
>
>1: the weather stations in the area are CLOSED... The airports. So they arnt
>reporting the info

Well we know sort of what it's like in a hurricane, what sort of metar
would you have to plug into ASV to create those conditions ?

I've never fiddled with changing the strings, wouldn't know where to
start.

Cheers

 

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Sure ;-)
It's obviously a 24 hrs forecast for KNBG (whatever that is..) valid from
28th, 21:00 UTC till 29th, 21:00 UTC
Without decoding all the details it shows that the first winds are expected
to be from north-east at 15-25 KTS, increasing gradually to the peak value
of 145-175 KTS between 15 and 16 UTC on 29th.
After that there's a short calm period from 16:30 to 18:30 UTC with
extremely low pressure of 26.63 to 26.68 in.hg. (the EYE of the hurrican),
thereafter winds will turn to westerly increasing again to 140-160 KTS.
It clearly describes the passage of a hurrican on a northerly course.
--
Oskar Wagner
(retired Captain)

Remember, in the great scheme of things, we're all small potatoes....

"Beech45Whiskey" <pjricc@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Gary <chairmanSPAM@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
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>> Well we know sort of what it's like in a hurricane, what sort of metar
>> would you have to plug into ASV to create those conditions ?
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> Over in rec.aviation.piloting, someone posted the TAF (terminal area
> forecast) for one of the naval stations down there a day before the
> hurricane hit. Take a look:
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> KNBG 282121 06015G25KT 9000 BR SCT030 BKN050 OVC080 QHN2960INS VCTS
> TEMPO 2202 VRB30G45KT 1600 SHRA BR SCT005 OVC010CB/
> BECMG 0204 06040G55 SCT005 OVC010 QNH2900INS
> TEMPO 0206 VRB50G70KT 1600 TSRA BR SCT005 OVC010CB
> BECMG 0507 VRB115G130KT 0400 +TSRAGR BR SCT005 OVC010CB QNH2860INS
> TEMPO 0509 +FC
> BECMG 0910 QNH2750INS
> TEMPO 0915 +FC
> BECMG 1516 120145G175KT 0100 +SHRA BR SCT005 OVC010 QNH2663INS
> FM1630 VRB06KT 9999 SCT300 QNH2668INS
> FM1830 270140G160KT 0100 +TSRA BR SCT005 OVC010CB QNH2672INS T24/11Z
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> Do you know how to decode this?
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Don't worry. I just tried to put it into a more understandable form without
decoding each and every item. But anyway it's the longest TAF I've ever seen
to date and extremely impressive.
--
Oskar Wagner
(retired Captain)

Remember, in the great scheme of things, we're all small potatoes....

"Beech45Whiskey" <pjricc@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Oskar Wagner <rengaw@swissonline.ch> wrote:
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>> Sure ;-)
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> Sorry for the confusion on my part. I wasn't asking for my own benefit.
> I was going to decode it, too, for the OP but figured I would ask in the
> event I typed all of that only to have him come back and say "I knew that,
> thank you."
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KNBG 282121 06015G25KT 9000 BR SCT030 BKN050 OVC080 QHN2960INS VCTS

Knbg is new orleans naval air station
282121 means taf is valid on the 28th from 2100utc to 2100 utc
06015g25 means wind from060degrees, at 15knots per hour gusting to 25
knots per hour
9000 is the visibility
br means mist (baby rain)
sct 30 means clouds at 3000'above the ground sct is less than 4/8ths of
coverage
bkn050 is clouds at 5000' bkn is 4-6/8ths of coverage
ovc080 is clouds at 8000' ovc is 6-8/8ths of sky coverage
QHN2960INS is the baro pressure 29.60 inches of hg.

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May I add a small correction:
SCT -> scattered -> 3 - 4/8ths of coverage
BKN -> broken -> 5 -7/8ths of coverage
OVC -> overcast -> 8/8ths (full) coverage
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Oskar Wagner
(retired Captain)

Remember, in the great scheme of things, we're all small potatoes....

"cherokeeflyboy" <cherokeeflyboy@forums.simradar.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> KNBG 282121 06015G25KT 9000 BR SCT030 BKN050 OVC080 QHN2960INS VCTS
>
> Knbg is new orleans naval air station
> 282121 means taf is valid on the 28th from 2100utc to 2100 utc
> 06015g25 means wind from060degrees, at 15knots per hour gusting to 25
> knots per hour
> 9000 is the visibility
> br means mist (baby rain)
> sct 30 means clouds at 3000'above the ground sct is less than 4/8ths of
> coverage
> bkn050 is clouds at 5000' bkn is 4-6/8ths of coverage
> ovc080 is clouds at 8000' ovc is 6-8/8ths of sky coverage
> QHN2960INS is the baro pressure 29.60 inches of hg.
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