Saturday, February 5, 2011

Quiz time!

Well, it's homeschool quiz time. Can anyone tell me what THIS means:

2011/02/05 18:53 KDAB 051853Z 22013G20KT 10SM BKN036 BKN050 BKN150 26/17 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02560167 $

Well, the date is today: 2/5/11 and the time is in GMT -- 1:53 pm, Eastern time. KDAB is the local weather station: Daytona Beach. Hmm. What else does it say? Southwest wind, 13 knots, gusting to 20 knots, 20 miles of visibility, broken clouds at 3600 feet, 5000 feet, and 1500 feet. BUT whatever could 26/17 mean? 79 degrees with a dew point of 63? Oh yeah...

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UPDATE: The weather changed -- it rained and dropped 10 degrees! Looks like I posted just in time!

2011/02/05 20:53 KDAB 052053Z 25008KT 7SM -RA BKN016 OVC045 21/19 A2991 RMK AO2 RAE03B20 SLP126 PCPN VRY LGT P0000 60002 T02060189 55000 $

By 3:53, we had southwest wind at 8 knots, light rain, overcast, 70 degrees with a dewpoint of 66 degrees. If you don't like the weather (or even if you do) -- stick around, and it'll change...

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