Plain language AV MET - UTC decoded too

[ianboag]

Pretty close!!Thats the fastest fix I've ever seen...Thanks Ian

 

But it isn't a fix - that was just as it is. Go figure. Tell me a bit more about your computer and browser configuration .... I'm in Tassie in a couple of weeks so could check out if the Net is a bit strange in some places :-)

[Tracktop]

I also regularly see wrong bits, but it usually stands as being quite wrong.

 

Love and use it daily anyway.

 

I'll post next time I see one if you like?

 

 

[ianboag]

OK. It's probably a bit easier for me to keep on top of things if you post errors and/or strange bits to me at [email protected].

 

IB

 

 

[Admin]

Ian

 

Would it not be better to post all errors etc here so others are aware of them and what the solution is or when a fix is applied.

 

With something so important when it comes to flying as the weather if a pilot isn't aware of an issue with the app it could be detrimental - just a thought

 

 

[ianboag]

IanWould it not be better to post all errors etc here so others are aware of them and what the solution is or when a fix is applied.

With something so important when it comes to flying as the weather if a pilot isn't aware of an issue with the app it could be detrimental - just a thought

Whatever. I don't mind.

 

It's a bit more of a mission for me to reply to stuff here rather than in my normal email what with login/navigate to forum etc. Hardly a deal breaker though.

 

For what it's worth, anyone notifying a bug (and I welcome such notifications) should paste in the original and the error as soon as it crops up so I can look at the problem before the forecast changes.

 

Ian (the other one)

 

 

[ianboag]

In looking at this last reported problem I discovered that the last area requested was being listed twice with the second time including some error messages. Fixed .....

 

My problem with finding bugs on this site is that the weather I look up for me is of course the Kiwi stuff - I just check this one occasionally, so I depend on people pointing out bugs to me.

 

IB

 

 

[Tracktop]

IanWould it not be better to post all errors etc here so others are aware of them and what the solution is or when a fix is applied.

With something so important when it comes to flying as the weather if a pilot isn't aware of an issue with the app it could be detrimental - just a thought

 

Hi

 

This is the type of error I was referring to.

 

I have emailed Ian as well to help in his possible fault location - but then it is earlyish.

 

Note trend report

 

Wind: hurricane force

 

 

SYDNEY (YSSY) METAR TTF SPECI YSSY 051900Z 35003KT 9999 FEW008 BKN013 22/21 Q1010 RMK RF00.0/013.6 FM2100 33008KT 9999 BKN020

 

 

Trend Report issued 06th 6:00 am NSWT

 

Wind: hurricane force NE (051°) 90 kt Wind: light N (350°) 3 kt

 

Cloud: few at 800 ft - broken at 1300 ft Temperature: 22°C Dewpoint: 21°C

 

QNH: 1010 hPa

 

Rainfall : no rain in last 10 minutes , 13.6 mm since 9 am. FM2100 33008KT 9999 BKN020

 

TAF AMD YSSY 051853Z 0519/0624 30008KT 9999 BKN010 BKN025 FM052200 30008KT 9999 SCT015 BKN035 FM060000 07010KT 9999 FEW020 BKN035 FM060300 04015KT 9999 LIGHT SHOWERS OF RAIN FEW025 SCT040 FM061200 02008KT 9999 LIGHT SHOWERS OF RAIN SCT015 SCT030 RMK T 22 23 27 27 Q 1010 1011 1010 1009

 

 

Amended Forecast issued 06th 5:53 am NSWT

 

valid from 6th 6:00 am to 7th 11:00 am NSWT

 

Wind: gentle NW (300°) 8 kt

 

Cloud: broken at 1000 ft - broken at 2500 ft

 

from 9 am becoming

 

Wind: gentle NW (300°) 8 kt

 

Cloud: scattered at 1500 ft - broken at 3500 ft

 

from 11 am becoming

 

Wind: gentle E (070°) 10 kt

 

Cloud: few at 2000 ft - broken at 3500 ft

 

 

[ianboag]

Hurricane .......

 

METAR TTF SPECI

 

Oops. I don't think I'd seen a METAR that was also a TTF and a SPECI before, so the program started decoding one group too early and figured that the UTC time was actually a wind :-( ..... note that it did correctly decode the wind group that followed.

 

Sorry about all that - will fix sometime soon.

 

IB

 

 

[emaroo]

Having trouble with Avmet

 

I am once again having trouble tying to access the Avmet site. Has the address change again. I am using www.pemet.com.au/ Can anyone help. Cheers Rick

 

 

[ianboag]

Ugh

 

www.pemet.com.au/[/url] Can anyone help. Cheers Rick

No the address has not changed.

 

I´m in Cuzco (Peru) heading for Macchu Picchu and it´s Sunday in NZ so noone is in the office in NZ. It would appear that the server PC has fallen over.

 

I suppose I should host the thing with a real ISP that isn´t subject to these outages.

 

Sorry :-(

 

IB

 

 

[Admin]

Ian, when you get back PM me and lets see if we can get it up on this site to save the users any issues

 

 

[Graham Kimber]

Plain language Weather site

 

Hi Ian, cant seem to get into the excellent plain language weather.

 

Has anything changed?

 

 

[ianboag]

It's alive again. Someone went into the office and rebooted the server. I'm still in Southern Peru.