New Zealand Local Weather Forum
Climate and Science => Climatology and Environment => Topic started by: Wolfie33 on November 30, 2017, 09:58:05 PM
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Does any one have access to or a link to a basic easy to understand table for interpretation of synop data?
For stuff like . . .
Hicks Bay Aws AAXX 30064 93196 16/// /1305 10186 20163 30196 40250 52008 60001==
I have figured out some bits, but I'm struggling with most of what googly is throwing up.
Cheers
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I am not familiar with SYNOP and presumably you have this information SYNOP format (FM-12) (http://weather.unisys.com/wxp/Appendices/Formats/SYNOP.html) and Meteorological Resources - SYNOP (http://www.rwic.und.edu/metresources/synop.html) and metaf2xml: parse and decode METAR, TAF, SYNOP, BUOY and AMDAR and write data as XML (http://metaf2xml.sourceforge.net/)
I have recently been helping user sfws of the Sandaysoft Cumulus forum on his METAR decoder METAR Nearby METAR decoded (http://www.komokaweather.com/metar/metar_display.php) but that is totally different to SYNOP.
I believe someone from NZ has also been testing sfws' METAR decoding. In this testing it is clear that there are several additions and changes that a local METAR observation or country uses compared to the WMO guidelines making it quite a challenge to decode everything. Possibly SYNOP is the same.
Enjoy,
Paul