I thought you came from AREA 51 Robert . regards JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "aus >> "Soaring in Australia."" <aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 6:31 PM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Decodes for area met briefings
> Hi folks > > Those of you who are interested in the weather will have experienced the > hassles of decoding the the locations used for trough lines and such in > the otherwise excellent Area Briefings from the met office and Air > Services. For example, today's area 41 briefing includes the following... > > OVERVIEW: > ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS E YLRE/BRR. > > WIND: > 2000 5000 7000 10000 14000 18500 > VRB/10 090/10 VRB/10 VRB/10 MS01 VRB/10 MS06 240/15 MS15 > > AMD CLOUD: > ISOL CB 6500/20000 E YAPH/YGDA TILL 11Z > SCT ST 1500/3000 IN PRECIPITATION > BKN CU/SC 5000/15000 E YMNY/YJAK > > > Now, whilst you might remember after a couple of lookings up in ERSA > that YLRE is Longreach aerodrome, you still then need to find that on a > map to work out what's going on (although for Longreach, I suspect that > most of us have some idea where that is)! As for BRR, I have no idea > what that is (it turns out that it's Barringun LDM, right on the NSW/Qld > Border on the road between Bourke and Cunnamulla) - and the others > (well, at least they are ICAO airfield codes)??? You might think that > YJAK was Jackson, and you'd be right - except it's not the Jackson > between Miles and Yuleba that we in SE Qld know - but out south west of > Quilpie! So, even when you have a name from the code things are still > difficult. ERSA does give the lat/long of the points - but only in the > ENCODE section, so once you have decoded something, you then have to > look up in the ENCODE section to get a lat/long to find it on a map. > > All of this makes life a bit more than just a pain in the ass for us > casual met briefing users and I suspect that regular users are still > regularly stumped by what a code is and where it is... > > Modern technology to the rescue! > > With some initial assistance, I have been able to create a Google Earth > file (VFR_Codes.kml) that plots these points on Google Earth. You can > find this on my website at > > http://www.hart.wattle.id.au/alice/gliding/index.html > > If you load this into Google Earth, you will find an alphabetical > listing of all these codes and clicking on any of these codes makes it > visible to you on Google Earth. > > Please note *I do not guarantee the accuracy of the information in this > file, so use it or otherwise at your own discretion.* > > Hope this is of use to people - now I must really get back to some > study, which is what I'm supposed to be doing today!!! > > > -- > Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au > > > -- > Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
