Monday, August 11, 2008

Blogging for the sake of Edmund...

THANK ME DUDE!!!

My weather forecast is:

[ēŝţнэя] What should I get my students? says:
http://metservice.co.nz/default/index.php?alias=auckland"

Edmund, not to be outdone by the "high technicallity" of my weather forecasts decided to...

Edmund Yung says:
this is the weather report i read ... 110800Z 08005KT 9999 FEW015CB SCT022 BKN300 33/24 Q1006 NOSIG

Edmund Yung says:
this is forecast... 110300Z 110606 20005KT 9999 FEW020 BKN150
TEMPO 0609 4000 TSRA FEW015CB BKN018

THIS IS HIM UNPACKING IT (education jargon!)

[ēŝţнэя] What should I get my students? says:
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[ēŝţнэя] What should I get my students? says:
can i kill u
Edmund Yung says:
those are for kuching
Edmund Yung says:
want me to explain, it's simple
[ēŝţнэя] What should I get my students? says:
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[ēŝţнэя] What should I get my students? says:
explain plz
[ēŝţнэя] What should I get my students? says:
unpack it

Edmund Yung says:
110800z - the report is release on the 11th of the month, at 8 o clock Greenwich time

so +8 for malaysia time will be 16, or 4pm

08005kt - wind is blowing from 080 degree... almost from east... at 5 kts, around 11kmh

9999 - visibility more than 9999m or more than 10km

few015cb sct022 bkn300 - few cumulonimbus clouds at 1500ft, scattered clouds at 2,200ft, broken clouds at 33,000ft

33/24 - temperature 33 degree, dew point at 24 degree.. both celcius

[ēŝţнэя] What should I get my students? says:
SOOOOOOOOOOO LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edmund Yung says:
q1006 - pressure at sea level is 1006 milibar

[ēŝţнэя] What should I get my students? says:
> _ <

Edmund Yung says:
nosig - no significant weather...

where got long, it's so short





1 comment:

Unknown said...

... wth... thanks anyway... the coded thing is actually called METAR, or aviation routine weather report. The forecast is called TAF, or Terminal Aerodrome Forecast.