"TSB21" means the thunderstorms began 21 minutes past the hour, not at 2100Z. It's similar to RAB (rain began) and RAE (rain ended) times showing minutes past the hour.
Another great video from FlightInsight. Great narrator! Edit: Want to point out the RVR on the last slide is saying: "Runway 12 visual range is 2200 ft variable up to greater than 6,000 ft. The V is variable, and the P is greater than.
Awesome explanation. Thanks! For the Zulu conversion, if you have an iPhone, you can add “UTC” to your World Clock settings, and it’ll tell you the current Zulu time.
So is this a real good look of what your ground school is like? I really would like something to listen to as a refresher to keep myself current. Yes ultimately I know one should be visually following along, however you have always had a way with just your words to explain things so well that I can picture them in my head.
This is cut right out of our Private ground school! Some of our students have put these videos on like in their car "podcast style" so it might work to follow along just verbally at first!
The line of TSB21 does not mean the TS begin at 2100. It means they began at 21 past the hour. If the METAR had wanted to say that the TS began in a different hour than the METAR was published it would have been displayed with the hour in ( ) www.weather.gov/media/wrh/mesowest/metar_decode_key.pdf Second, as has already been pointed out, the R12/2200VP6000ft means the runway visual range is variable from 2200 to past 6000 ft. The fog on the runway is shifting.
No matter how long I've been using these reports, if I take a big break, it's like I'm brand new when I come back. Have you done or are you planning to do the TAF? That can get hairy. Thanks for the time and info!
So are METAR winds true or magnetic? What about ATIS? Where I fly magnetic variation is about 15 degrees, still I tend to see/hear the same wind direction in both METAR and ATIS, so I'm very confused. Also, it seems completely weird an not practical to have winds in true while runways are in magnetic, why make it harder to understand where the wind is blowing relatively to the runway heading?..
METAR is true, ATIS is magnetic. In reality, some control tower forget to convert true north to magnetic, that could explain why you see the same values. As a rule of thumb, when it's written it's true north, when it's spoken it's magnetic (except if you call a weather briefer, then it's true north since it's for planning purpose)
Christ almighty, I had never seen an FAA METAR. In Europe, the altimeter setting is given in HPa (or milibars) and the METAR says Q1013 intead of A2992. Also, I have never seen such remarks on my ATPL exams, it's a good think we are not required to know them.
By far.... the most critical lesson in aviation is this: You will need a LOT of money. That money will be burned. Then, you will need a lot more money. 😍
These METAR and other FAA abbreviations are such a joke. These were created out of necessity decades ago when teletypes were in use with slow baud rates. Bandwidth has long since improved by several orders of magnitude. The FAA preached about modernization when they forced pilots to install ADS-B. The also fond the time and money to "go woke" by changing the meaning of NOTAM from Notice to Airmen to Notice to Air Missions. Really? If safety and modernization is really their concern they should publish METARs and most Importantly TFRs in plain text with proper Upper and lower case letters so it can be read and understood.
"TSB21" means the thunderstorms began 21 minutes past the hour, not at 2100Z. It's similar to RAB (rain began) and RAE (rain ended) times showing minutes past the hour.
Another great video from FlightInsight. Great narrator!
Edit: Want to point out the RVR on the last slide is saying: "Runway 12 visual range is 2200 ft variable up to greater than 6,000 ft. The V is variable, and the P is greater than.
Thanks I was wondering what that was
Awesome explanation. Thanks! For the Zulu conversion, if you have an iPhone, you can add “UTC” to your World Clock settings, and it’ll tell you the current Zulu time.
Thankyou for explaining the METARS, I can already interpret 3/4
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So is this a real good look of what your ground school is like? I really would like something to listen to as a refresher to keep myself current. Yes ultimately I know one should be visually following along, however you have always had a way with just your words to explain things so well that I can picture them in my head.
This is cut right out of our Private ground school! Some of our students have put these videos on like in their car "podcast style" so it might work to follow along just verbally at first!
Online ground school, yes and Dan explains every process and/or concept precisely and very clearly.
The line of TSB21 does not mean the TS begin at 2100. It means they began at 21 past the hour. If the METAR had wanted to say that the TS began in a different hour than the METAR was published it would have been displayed with the hour in ( ) www.weather.gov/media/wrh/mesowest/metar_decode_key.pdf
Second, as has already been pointed out, the R12/2200VP6000ft means the runway visual range is variable from 2200 to past 6000 ft. The fog on the runway is shifting.
Thank you for these. Checkride is in 3-4 weeks. I have learned a ton from your channel.
No matter how long I've been using these reports, if I take a big break, it's like I'm brand new when I come back. Have you done or are you planning to do the TAF? That can get hairy. Thanks for the time and info!
I'm pretty sure we have a TAF primer on the RUclips Channel if you dig around our videos. It's certainly part of the Private Pilot course.
@@flightinsight9111 much thanks for the come back. Merry Christmas!
Great presentation. Thanks
What do you mean 1852 is 252 est? Isnt 1852 6:52pm?
or you have to figure military time And time difference from England?
Thanks.
Love the name of baby rain!
BR could also be Barely Rain or mist. I like "Baby Rain" too.
What is "2200" refer to in the runway visual range?
2200 ft varying to plus (VP) 6000. His explanation is partially incorrect
RVR is variable 2200 to more than 6000ft but you won’t need that for private pilot, only instrument 😅
2:52 or 3:52? 8 - 5 =3?
So are METAR winds true or magnetic? What about ATIS? Where I fly magnetic variation is about 15 degrees, still I tend to see/hear the same wind direction in both METAR and ATIS, so I'm very confused. Also, it seems completely weird an not practical to have winds in true while runways are in magnetic, why make it harder to understand where the wind is blowing relatively to the runway heading?..
METAR is true, ATIS is magnetic. In reality, some control tower forget to convert true north to magnetic, that could explain why you see the same values. As a rule of thumb, when it's written it's true north, when it's spoken it's magnetic (except if you call a weather briefer, then it's true north since it's for planning purpose)
METARs show winds in true degrees while it's reported in magnetic degrees in ATIS/ASOS/AWOS and also PIREPs.
Christ almighty, I had never seen an FAA METAR. In Europe, the altimeter setting is given in HPa (or milibars) and the METAR says Q1013 intead of A2992. Also, I have never seen such remarks on my ATPL exams, it's a good think we are not required to know them.
By far.... the most critical lesson in aviation is this:
You will need a LOT of money. That money will be burned. Then, you will need a lot more money. 😍
Can't read...too small a font to follow effectively
Sailing is a fun hobby.
Kontinental?
Otherwise, thanks for the video. Helpful. 😂
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Great video, you might correct: k may stand for Continental US!! C not K.
These METAR and other FAA abbreviations are such a joke. These were created out of necessity decades ago when teletypes were in use with slow baud rates. Bandwidth has long since improved by several orders of magnitude. The FAA preached about modernization when they forced pilots to install ADS-B. The also fond the time and money to "go woke" by changing the meaning of NOTAM from Notice to Airmen to Notice to Air Missions. Really? If safety and modernization is really their concern they should publish METARs and most Importantly TFRs in plain text with proper Upper and lower case letters so it can be read and understood.