Deciphering and ATIS transmission

[UnAnswerd]

Here's information Alpha, as I heard it:

"2056 Zulu"
- That's the current time, a 24-hour clock would read in Greenwich England, no?

"Wind 260 @ 11"
- 260 is a magnetic heading, correct? 11 must be eleven knots??? If I'm correct, air is traveling approximately from the east to the west at 11 knots? Or is the wind blowing from west to east???

Visibility "One Zero"
- Is that 1 statute mile visibility, 10 miles visibility, or is visibility measured in nautical miles???

"Sky condition clear"
- No clouds over the airport??? High ceiling???????

Temperature "One three"
- That must mean 13 degrees Celsius.

"Dewpoint 2"
- I have no idea what dewpoint is.

"Altimeter 2965"
- Set the Kollsman window to 29.65" Hg, correct?

Thanks for helping the newbie....

 

[falcon20driver]

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/metars/

 

[Daveman]

Ok, I've deleted my answers. Didn't realize it was a joke.

 

[heavy_d]

It's all in the airman's information manual.

 

[TonyC]

Wolf !


Wolf !


Wolf !

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[PropsForward]

Just get the letter and go with it. You don't need the rest of that crap...



..or do you??

 

[UnAnswerd]

It's all in the airman's information manual.

Thanks for informing me of that. I'll have to get a copy. Hopefully it will prove to be more helpful than some of the individuals in this forum.

 

[Vandal]

This is a joke right? This is like day one private pilot groundschool stuff...

 

[ROB-x38]

Go a bit easy people. With a huge 2.2 hours this isn't an unreasonable question.

- That's the current time, a 24-hour clock would read in Greenwich England, no?

Yep - Zulu time is Greenwich Mean Time or UTC.

- 260 is a magnetic heading, correct? 11 must be eleven knots??? If I'm correct, air is traveling approximately from the east to the west at 11 knots? Or is the wind blowing from west to east???

Close, wind is from 260 degrees magnetic at 11 kts. (Generally wind heard is degrees magnetic and written is degrees true.)

- Is that 1 statute mile visibility, 10 miles visibility, or is visibility measured in nautical miles???

AFAIK that is visibility greater than or equal to 10 statute miles (we use kilometres here in OZ).

- No clouds over the airport??? High ceiling???????

Sky condition clear (SKC in a TAF or METAR) means nil cloud.

- That must mean 13 degrees Celsius.

Yep.

- I have no idea what dewpoint is.

The dewpoint temperature is the temperature (in this case 2 degrees C) at which the air reaches 100% humidity. If the temperature were to reduce to 2 degrees C it would become visible moisture (cloud / fog). You'll look into this when you study meteorology.

- Set the Kollsman window to 29.65" Hg, correct?

Yep, with 29.65" set your altimeter should read your height above mean sea level.

 

[PropsForward]

Close, wind is from 260 degrees magnetic at 11 kts. (Generally wind heard is degrees magnetic and written is degrees true.)

The nice thing about the winds always being "from" is that is also the preferred runway to use so that you will be taking off into the wind.

In this example, the preferred runway would be 25, 26, 27 etc.

 

[TonyC]

Go a bit easy people. With a huge 2.2 hours this isn't an unreasonable question.

ROB - - scroll up to the top of the thread and click on his name, then click on View Public Profile. From that page, click on the View All Threads started by UnAnswerd.


After you've reviewed those, see if you don't get a different impression. I think he gets a kick out of seeing people bend over backwards to answer questions he already knows the answers to, or should be able to read on Page 3 of his Private Pilot books. Something's not quite right here.

 

[pilotmyf]

Just get the letter and go with it. You don't need the rest of that crap...



..or do you??

Don't you have to set the altimeter to zero too????

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

"Wind 260 @ 11"
- 260 is a magnetic heading, correct? 11 must be eleven knots??? If I'm correct, air is traveling approximately from the east to the west at 11 knots? Or is the wind blowing from west to east???

Visibility "One Zero"
- Is that 1 statute mile visibility, 10 miles visibility, or is visibility measured in nautical miles???
Thanks for helping the newbie....

Haha...How much of a difference can a pilot notice if the vis is 10 statute or 10 nautical miles. Same with wind of 260 mag or 260 true. Just remember that wind is from whatever direction atis gives.
I would just keep in mind, upon landing, that winds are out of the west around 11 kts and the vis is around 10 miles...no biggie.

 

[nosehair]

ROB - - scroll up to the top of the thread and click on his name, then click on View Public Profile. From that page, click on the View All Threads started by UnAnswerd.


After you've reviewed those, see if you don't get a different impression. I think he gets a kick out of seeing people bend over backwards to answer questions he already knows the answers to, or should be able to read on Page 3 of his Private Pilot books. Something's not quite right here.

??!!!....So these are the kind of people I fall prey to...ADMIN should pick up on this,...and others,...and ban them from the forum. I used to come on here and try to answer these kind of "start up" questions,...but I don't anymore.

 

[homerjdispatch]

Doesnt SKC mean no clouds, but CLR mean s clear below 12000' ?
SKC is a human observation, as CLR is an automated awos or asos.

 

[UnAnswerd]

Thanks to Rob-x38, PropsForward, and some others for the insight. It is very much appreciated.

Tony C: I'm just getting into flying, and I'm sure you can appreciate how much there is to learn. Thus far I've taken great interest in flying, and therefore have a strong willingness to fully understand the new concepts and information presented to me. I'm sorry you think I'm a troll and a burden to the forum. Hopefully others will think differently.

 

[mattpilot]

@Rob

Yep - Zulu time is Greenwich Mean Time or UTC.

Common misconception. Zulu does NOT equal GMT. UTC does NOT equal GMT. ZULU DOES equal UTC.

GMT changes its time just as any other time zone during daylight savings. ZULU & UTC only equal GMT during Standard Time. Come Daylight savings time, UTC (ZULU) stays the same, but GMT changes.

If UTC would also change time during daylight saving, there would be no point in having UTC, because the time confusion would still exist.

During Standard time, we have CST +6 for UTC and CST +6 for GMT. During daylight savings time, we have CDT +5 for UTC and CDT +6 for GMT.

 

[mmmdonut]

WAKE UP!! THIS GUY IS A TROLL!!!

Hey buddy... ask your instructor!!!