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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An [[aviation weather observation]] taken primarily for aviation radio broadcast  purposes.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is usually abbreviated to include just those elements of a [[record observation]] that have an  important effect on aircraft operations, such as [[ceiling]], [[visibility]], state of sky, [[atmospheric phenomena]],  [[wind speed]] and [[direction]], [[altimeter setting]], and pertinent remarks.</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An [[aviation weather observation]] taken primarily for aviation radio broadcast  purposes.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is usually abbreviated to include just those elements of a [[record observation]] that have an  important effect on aircraft operations, such as [[ceiling]], [[visibility]], state of sky, [[atmospheric phenomenon|atmospheric phenomena]],  [[wind speed]] and [[wind direction|direction]], [[altimeter setting]], and pertinent remarks.</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 15:35, 25 April 2012



check observation

An aviation weather observation taken primarily for aviation radio broadcast purposes.

It is usually abbreviated to include just those elements of a record observation that have an important effect on aircraft operations, such as ceiling, visibility, state of sky, atmospheric phenomena, wind speed and direction, altimeter setting, and pertinent remarks.


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