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Windy station name and declination
davidmc36:
--- Quote from: galfert on May 05, 2020, 04:36:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: CW2274 on May 05, 2020, 04:06:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: galfert on May 05, 2020, 11:19:40 AM ---
--- Quote from: davidmc36 on May 05, 2020, 10:52:31 AM ---This is not what I have on station name, I named it 'Morewood Ontario'. That's why I wonder if they are even linked. But I don't see any other station named 'Morewood'
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Windy expects true North as does every other online weather service.
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Just for clarification, if one uses a METAR sequence, that's magnetic.
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I'm confused by your statement. METAR is true North. ATIS is magnetic North.
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Is what I (and many others) normally refer to as METAR what you are referring to (more correctly?) as ATIS?
(What we look at is displayed with Mag or True as applicable)
CW2274:
--- Quote from: davidmc36 on May 06, 2020, 06:13:54 AM ---
--- Quote from: CW2274 on May 05, 2020, 04:13:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: davidmc36 on May 05, 2020, 04:09:48 PM ---
--- Quote from: CW2274 on May 05, 2020, 04:06:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: galfert on May 05, 2020, 11:19:40 AM ---
--- Quote from: davidmc36 on May 05, 2020, 10:52:31 AM ---This is not what I have on station name, I named it 'Morewood Ontario'. That's why I wonder if they are even linked. But I don't see any other station named 'Morewood'
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Windy expects true North as does every other online weather service.
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Just for clarification, if one uses a METAR sequence, that's magnetic.
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Unless U R North of YFB ;)
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I have no idea what that means, but am assuming it's got something to do with being up by the pole. Please elaborate.
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YFB is last one North using Mag runway designations. Farther up is True.
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I did not know that, but makes sense. Thanks.
CW2274:
--- Quote from: davidmc36 on May 06, 2020, 06:29:51 AM ---
--- Quote from: galfert on May 05, 2020, 04:36:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: CW2274 on May 05, 2020, 04:06:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: galfert on May 05, 2020, 11:19:40 AM ---
--- Quote from: davidmc36 on May 05, 2020, 10:52:31 AM ---This is not what I have on station name, I named it 'Morewood Ontario'. That's why I wonder if they are even linked. But I don't see any other station named 'Morewood'
--- End quote ---
Windy expects true North as does every other online weather service.
--- End quote ---
Just for clarification, if one uses a METAR sequence, that's magnetic.
--- End quote ---
I'm confused by your statement. METAR is true North. ATIS is magnetic North.
--- End quote ---
Is what I (and many others) normally refer to as METAR what you are referring to (more correctly?) as ATIS?
(What we look at is displayed with Mag or True as applicable)
--- End quote ---
METAR is the written sequence of an observation and the wind measured is displayed as true. An ATIS is the spoken form of the METAR, be it automated or cut by a person and the wind is issued in magnetic, mostly for aviation purpose, but anyone can use it.
davidmc36:
We always just refer to the Nav Can Page as METAR
https://flightplanning.navcanada.ca/cgi-bin/CreePage.pl?Langue=anglais&NoSession=NS_Inconnu&Page=Fore-obs%2Fmetar-taf-map&TypeDoc=html
davidmc36:
--- Quote from: CW2274 on May 06, 2020, 04:02:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: davidmc36 on May 06, 2020, 06:13:54 AM ---
--- Quote from: CW2274 on May 05, 2020, 04:13:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: davidmc36 on May 05, 2020, 04:09:48 PM ---
--- Quote from: CW2274 on May 05, 2020, 04:06:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: galfert on May 05, 2020, 11:19:40 AM ---
--- Quote from: davidmc36 on May 05, 2020, 10:52:31 AM ---This is not what I have on station name, I named it 'Morewood Ontario'. That's why I wonder if they are even linked. But I don't see any other station named 'Morewood'
--- End quote ---
Windy expects true North as does every other online weather service.
--- End quote ---
Just for clarification, if one uses a METAR sequence, that's magnetic.
--- End quote ---
Unless U R North of YFB ;)
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I have no idea what that means, but am assuming it's got something to do with being up by the pole. Please elaborate.
--- End quote ---
YFB is last one North using Mag runway designations. Farther up is True.
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I did not know that, but makes sense. Thanks.
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It gets so close to the wobbly Mag Pole that it becomes useless. They take heading off GPS every so often and check DG or Electronic Gyro does not drift in flight.
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