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|Meaning=(''Also called'' airways observation.) An evaluation, according to set  procedure, of those weather elements that are most important for aircraft operations.
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|Explanation=It always includes the [[cloud height]] or [[vertical visibility]], [[sky cover]], [[visibility]], [[obstruction to vision|obstructions  to vision]], certain atmospheric phenomena, and [[wind speed]] and [[wind direction|direction]] that prevail at the time  of the observation. Complete observations include the [[sea level pressure]], [[temperature]], [[dewpoint temperature|dewpoint  temperature]], and [[altimeter setting]]. Aviation weather observations are further classified as record,  special, check, and local extra observations. The first two types are encoded and transmitted as  reports on communications circuits. <br/>''Compare'' [[synoptic weather observation]].
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' airways observation.) An evaluation, according to set  procedure, of those weather elements that are most important for aircraft operations.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It always includes the [[cloud height]] or [[vertical visibility]], [[sky cover]], [[visibility]], [[obstructions  to vision]], certain atmospheric phenomena, and [[wind speed]] and [[direction]] that prevail at the time  of the observation. Complete observations include the [[sea level pressure]], [[temperature]], [[dewpoint  temperature]], and [[altimeter setting]]. Aviation weather observations are further classified as record,  special, check, and local extra observations. The first two types are encoded and transmitted as  reports on communications circuits. <br/>''Compare'' [[synoptic weather observation]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 13 January 2024

(Also called airways observation.) An evaluation, according to set procedure, of those weather elements that are most important for aircraft operations.

It always includes the cloud height or vertical visibility, sky cover, visibility, obstructions to vision, certain atmospheric phenomena, and wind speed and direction that prevail at the time of the observation. Complete observations include the sea level pressure, temperature, dewpoint temperature, and altimeter setting. Aviation weather observations are further classified as record, special, check, and local extra observations. The first two types are encoded and transmitted as reports on communications circuits.
Compare synoptic weather observation.


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