Friday, May 2, 2008

METARs and acronyms?

i usually get weather info from aviationweather.gov. today, i checked OKV (winchester, va) and saw this:

METAR text:
KOKV 021920Z AUTO 17009G15KT 10SM CLR 28/10 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N

the translated version does not explain 'LTG DSNT N' for some reason. i think it means distant lightning observed but i'm having a hard time finding that one. it seems like METARs have a very large number of somewhat obscure acronyms that you have to be prepared to encounter.




2 comments:

TheNewsBlogger said...

You are correct... that means "Lightning, Distant, North". If you haven't seen it, the Machado private pilot book has an excellent chapter on decoding METARs.

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brian said...

I use this site when I need some translations, however, it doesn't have your DSNT acronym.