Interesting TAF...

CAFFEINE · August 5th, 2006, 11:29

Should be an interesting afternoon of weather here in the grandest of forks. I think I'm going to go tie down my grill and deck chairs.

KGFK 051132Z 051212 16012KT P6SM SCT150
FM1500 17015G25KT P6SM SCT100 BKN250
TEMPO 1922 VRB35G50KT 3SM +TSRAGR BKN050CB
FM0000 32015G25KT P6SM SCT150
FM0200 32015KT P6SM SKC

KRDR 051210 14006KT 9999 FEW250 QNH2976INS
BECMG 1617 18015G25KT 9999 BKN150 OVC200 QNH2965INS
TEMPO 1822 26035G50KT 0800 +TSRAGR OVC010CB
BECMG 2223 30020G35KT 9999 SCT060 510003 QNH2968INS
BECMG 0102 33015G25KT 9999 SCT060 QNH2980INS T30/21Z T14/09Z 1237

FlyingNole · August 5th, 2006, 13:22

Whats the GR after TSRA?

Dugie8 · August 5th, 2006, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyingNole

Whats the GR after TSRA?

I think it is hail??? Whatever the french (stupid cheese eating surrender monkeys) word for hail is, starts with GR.

yup it is hail, good link for decodes

http://aviationweather.gov/static/help/taf-decode.shtml

Dugie8 · August 5th, 2006, 13:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by CAFFEINE

Should be an interesting afternoon of weather here in the grandest of forks. I think I'm going to go tie down my grill and deck chairs.

KGFK 051132Z 051212 16012KT P6SM SCT150
FM1500 17015G25KT P6SM SCT100 BKN250
TEMPO 1922 VRB35G50KT 3SM +TSRAGR BKN050CB
FM0000 32015G25KT P6SM SCT150
FM0200 32015KT P6SM SKC

KRDR 051210 14006KT 9999 FEW250 QNH2976INS
BECMG 1617 18015G25KT 9999 BKN150 OVC200 QNH2965INS
TEMPO 1822 26035G50KT 0800 +TSRAGR OVC010CB
BECMG 2223 30020G35KT 9999 SCT060 510003 QNH2968INS
BECMG 0102 33015G25KT 9999 SCT060 QNH2980INS T30/21Z T14/09Z 1237

Looks like a good day to solo that private pilot applicant!

JaceTheAce · August 5th, 2006, 16:00

Good thing my car is hiding in the garage.

CaptainChris87 · August 12th, 2006, 06:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by CAFFEINE

Should be an interesting afternoon of weather here in the grandest of forks. I think I'm going to go tie down my grill and deck chairs.

KGFK 051132Z 051212 16012KT P6SM SCT150
FM1500 17015G25KT P6SM SCT100 BKN250
TEMPO 1922 VRB35G50KT 3SM +TSRAGR BKN050CB
FM0000 32015G25KT P6SM SCT150
FM0200 32015KT P6SM SKC

KRDR 051210 14006KT 9999 FEW250 QNH2976INS
BECMG 1617 18015G25KT 9999 BKN150 OVC200 QNH2965INS
TEMPO 1822 26035G50KT 0800 +TSRAGR OVC010CB
BECMG 2223 30020G35KT 9999 SCT060 510003 QNH2968INS
BECMG 0102 33015G25KT 9999 SCT060 QNH2980INS T30/21Z T14/09Z 1237

wow good thing about being up there is you get to decipher every abbriviation on a TAF or METAR. Glad im not going back up to GFK again (unless I decide to take a trip down memory lane someday

) As for here Clear skies warm weather and a light breeze

airplanerik · August 13th, 2006, 02:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainChris87

...As for here Clear skies warm weather and a light breeze

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring

StrangerDejaVu · August 14th, 2006, 13:05

I believe GR is short for "graupel". The weather modification professor always refers to hail/pellets as graupel.

That TAF was actually an UNDERSTATEMENT if you were about 30 miles north of Grand Forks! I was driving up to winnipeg as the storm passed right over the highway, about 10 miles north of Manvel. From there up to Pembina was about 1/4 mile vis due to all the rain and the wind was just ridiculous. Even when I pulled over, my pickup was rocking all over due to the wind. Never seen anything like it!

CAFFEINE · August 14th, 2006, 14:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by airplanerik

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring

Lol, yeah no kidding.

airplanerik · August 14th, 2006, 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by CAFFEINE

Lol, yeah no kidding.

This does get old after awhile...
It goes on, and on, and on like this all summer -- not a cloud in the sky.

JaceTheAce · August 14th, 2006, 18:37

Yeah or San Diego... It is nice weather but it does get boring sometimes.

airplanerik · August 14th, 2006, 19:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by JaceTheAce

Yeah or San Diego... It is nice weather but it does get boring sometimes.

If you're looking for the most ideal weather in the country...i think San Diego tops the charts for sure. But yeah, like you said, definitely not the most interesting. Easy job for a meteorologist though

JaceTheAce · August 14th, 2006, 19:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by airplanerik

If you're looking for the most ideal weather in the country...i think San Diego tops the charts for sure. But yeah, like you said, definitely not the most interesting. Easy job for a meteorologist though

Yes it is nice weather. San Diego is known to have the 2nd best weather in the world. Canary Islands of Spain is the first. I really do miss it. A few January's allowed me to lay out at the beach and swim in the ocean... it was 90 degrees on one January day.

Edit: I found an excerpt on it... I read it in the San Diego Magazine though:

Quote:

San Diego is blessed with a mild climate, low humidity, good air quality, and welcoming blue skies through most of the year. In fact, Pleasant Weather Rankings, published by Consumer Travel, ranked San Diego's weather number two in the world (behind Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands). Indeed, could there be any better advertisement for visiting San Diego than when the Super Bowl commentators for the January 2003 game in San Diego noted that the afternoon high was 82°F (28°C)?

TXaviator · August 15th, 2006, 01:20

so remind me again why this school is here instead of there?

JaceTheAce · August 15th, 2006, 18:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by TXaviator

so remind me again why this school is here instead of there?

Because of all the fun things to do, according to the UND marketing material.

UAL747400 · August 15th, 2006, 23:45

I like clear skies as much as anybody, but that would be pretty boring. I like a good thunderstorm occasionally. Not the crap in ND where clouds hang around for days on end. But more like what you get farther south where you just get a line of rediculous crap and then its done and the skies are clear again, or at least fair.

JaceTheAce · August 16th, 2006, 00:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by UAL747400

I like clear skies as much as anybody, but that would be pretty boring. I like a good thunderstorm occasionally. Not the crap in ND where clouds hang around for days on end. But more like what you get farther south where you just get a line of rediculous crap and then its done and the skies are clear again, or at least fair.

Yeah... like Texas or the middle midwest. I'm sure where you're from in Iowa you get to see some nice T-Storm action. I love thunderstorms... especially during sunsets when that eerie hue of orange colors reflect across the clouds and onto the landscape...across the rustling grass and into the wheat fields...of fer cute, sounds like a poem.

TXaviator · August 16th, 2006, 02:21

whats the METAR/TAF abbreviation for SNAKES?

JaceTheAce · August 16th, 2006, 03:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by TXaviator

whats the METAR/TAF abbreviation for SNAKES?

SERP? for serpant?

TXaviator · August 16th, 2006, 05:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by JaceTheAce

SERP? for serpant?

i thought it was SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

August 5th, 2006, 11:29	#1
CAFFEINE Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, CA Posts: 664	Interesting TAF... Should be an interesting afternoon of weather here in the grandest of forks. I think I'm going to go tie down my grill and deck chairs. KGFK 051132Z 051212 16012KT P6SM SCT150 FM1500 17015G25KT P6SM SCT100 BKN250 TEMPO 1922 VRB35G50KT 3SM +TSRAGR BKN050CB FM0000 32015G25KT P6SM SCT150 FM0200 32015KT P6SM SKC KRDR 051210 14006KT 9999 FEW250 QNH2976INS BECMG 1617 18015G25KT 9999 BKN150 OVC200 QNH2965INS TEMPO 1822 26035G50KT 0800 +TSRAGR OVC010CB BECMG 2223 30020G35KT 9999 SCT060 510003 QNH2968INS BECMG 0102 33015G25KT 9999 SCT060 QNH2980INS T30/21Z T14/09Z 1237 __________________ Sleep is a poor substitute for coffee. Commercial Pilot ASMEL, IA CFI/CFII/MEI

August 5th, 2006, 13:22	#2
FlyingNole Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 2,090	Re: Interesting TAF... Whats the GR after TSRA? __________________ Don't call her a babe, ok? She is a Chechnyan prostitute, and you will address her as such! -ATHF

August 5th, 2006, 16:00	#5
JaceTheAce Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 7,624	Re: Interesting TAF... Good thing my car is hiding in the garage. __________________ "Time spent flying is not deducted from one's lifespan."

August 14th, 2006, 13:05	#8
StrangerDejaVu Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: KGFK/KSJC Posts: 125	Re: Interesting TAF... I believe GR is short for "graupel". The weather modification professor always refers to hail/pellets as graupel. That TAF was actually an UNDERSTATEMENT if you were about 30 miles north of Grand Forks! I was driving up to winnipeg as the storm passed right over the highway, about 10 miles north of Manvel. From there up to Pembina was about 1/4 mile vis due to all the rain and the wind was just ridiculous. Even when I pulled over, my pickup was rocking all over due to the wind. Never seen anything like it!

August 14th, 2006, 18:37	#11
JaceTheAce Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 7,624	Re: Interesting TAF... Yeah or San Diego... It is nice weather but it does get boring sometimes. __________________ "Time spent flying is not deducted from one's lifespan."

August 15th, 2006, 01:20	#14
TXaviator Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ARB - in a backpack Posts: 2,471	Re: Interesting TAF... so remind me again why this school is here instead of there? __________________ CPL AMEL-I 250 TT / 25 ME ...and a YOB. 1st Place* - Sportsman - Doug Yost Aerobatic Contest 2nd Place - Sportsman - Illinois State Open Best 1st Time Sportsman - Midwest Aerobatic Challenge

August 15th, 2006, 23:45	#16
UAL747400 Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Grand Forks, ND (UND)/ Davenport, IA Posts: 2,204	Re: Interesting TAF... I like clear skies as much as anybody, but that would be pretty boring. I like a good thunderstorm occasionally. Not the crap in ND where clouds hang around for days on end. But more like what you get farther south where you just get a line of rediculous crap and then its done and the skies are clear again, or at least fair. __________________

August 16th, 2006, 02:21	#18
TXaviator Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ARB - in a backpack Posts: 2,471	Re: Interesting TAF... whats the METAR/TAF abbreviation for SNAKES? __________________ CPL AMEL-I 250 TT / 25 ME ...and a YOB. 1st Place* - Sportsman - Doug Yost Aerobatic Contest 2nd Place - Sportsman - Illinois State Open Best 1st Time Sportsman - Midwest Aerobatic Challenge

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