ianboag Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Australian AVMET - still a bit of a WIP. ARFORs/SIGMETs still coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Graham Lea Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Australian AVMET[/url] - still a bit of a WIP. ARFORs/SIGMETs still coming. THAT is EXCELLENT! Graham Lea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Agree, excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Nice!:thumb_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JRMobile Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Excellent site!!! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianboag Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 If errors are found (I know about temp/dewpoint reported in some METARs as //.//). please PM me. Also open to suggestions about anything that could be done better. Even if I am a Kiwi .... :-) IB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianboag Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Thanks Dexter. Absolutely right. I forgot to mention that I did this as a teaching aid for pilots :-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonflyer Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 That is excellent work Ian.Congratulations.. Have you approached BOM with it?they may well put it up somewhere on their site for the average Joe who's interested in weather(as i was before i got into flying). It will also be good for trainee pilots who can see it in code and basic form and help them dechipher the met jibberish... Also perhaps an Iphone app? :thumb_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianboag Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 That is excellent work Ian.Congratulations..Have you approached BOM with it?they may well put it up somewhere on their site for the average Joe who's interested in weather(as i was before i got into flying). It will also be good for trainee pilots who can see it in code and basic form and help them dechipher the met jibberish... Also perhaps an Iphone app? :thumb_up: I thought iPhones could just do ordinary Net ...... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Some Kiwi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Some Kiwi! Now it's your turn to be game!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 If errors are found (I know about temp/dewpoint reported in some METARs as //.//). please PM me. Also open to suggestions about anything that could be done better. Even if I am a Kiwi .... :-)IB I'm safe Tomo - I was inferring he'd done a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Only with a quick look, it is a good effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Oh and: "Kia Ora bro....." ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmo Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Awesome - many thanks. Erik (Expat Kiwi) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Bloody ripper, it went strait on to my favorites list. I cant wait for the ARFORs. This takes the guesswork and grind out of it. Well done and Cheers, Qwertry:thumb_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I am not saying it is bad, but talking to others I have learnt something: An English version was offered way back. People complained that reports took up too much paper that way. So the idea was dropped. But I do like this option as it helps the person learn the terms and the format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Sounds like a good story Flying Dog. These reports date way back into the Cable/Telex days when the reports were Telexed to places like Moorabbin/Bankstown Airports, or you could have a telegram sent to you. These things were not like an email, the practice was to use CODE, and some of the keyboard mistakes could be hair raising, such as: "..T DIED YESTERDAY" After wracking your brain for any relative with a name ending in T, you'd make a TRUNK call only to find out it was the neighbour's cat. To avoid this sort of misunderstanding, some of the key words were often repeated, or words such as REPEAT CAT were added, especially after a previous unfortunate transmission such as NEW GIRLFRIEND..... You can still see repeated information at times in today's weather reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianboag Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 ARFORs there now. Still need some tidying up but I'm getting there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Sorry if it has been mentioned, but one thing which may need improving is the "names". MVI - where it that? (I know but it is an example.) So when you get: Severe low level turbulence below 10000 ft E of Orange/ KIAN, Where is KIAN? I've got an idea, but that isn't much good for safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianboag Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 A very good question and I'm not sure where I find out. I located a couple of lists of Yxxx (about 1500 of them) and loaded them in, plus I did a bit of googling to find others that came out untranslated (like KIAN and MVI and CAMUS for example). Found some (like Cape Otway) but not all eg YMIM. Where should I look for the info? IB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianboag Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 If anyone wants to pm me with the real names of abbreviations I don't know I'll be most appreciative and add them to the list. The ones I don't know are the ones left in caps. It's just become apparent to me that YASS is Yass :-) IB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 You can start with the list of single location codes by ARFOR in appendix A of your ERSA. The complete list is in the IFR and VFR waypoints decoded in the GEN section of ERSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Oops. What he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Ian Brilliant. Is there any chance of including the actual ARFOR at the top of the translation?? The reference points for the weather reports are all on PCA and listed in ERSA from IFR GEN 1. I I know the important ones for TAS and I look up any I dont know when I am away from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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