MikeW wrote:
> It's pissing down and blowing a hooley. If you want to retain your
> PPL, and still remain alive on this planet, do not take off. :-)
You need a new translator.
NWRN TX
PNHDL...OVC045 TOP 120. VIS 3-5SM BR. OTLK...VFR.
"Northwestern Texas Panhandle overcast 4500 to 12000, visibility 3 to 5
statute mile, mist. Outlook VFR."
This system is idiotic... it started in the days of the teletype when
every character cost money to send. Now it's anywhere from useless to
dangerous. But the good news is it provides a government job for
somebody to take a perfectly good area forecast and translate it into
gibberish.
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Dallas