A sharp pilot would have looked at the wind sock and said "to himself"
...yeah that's about right.

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BobF.
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Steve Foley" wrote in message
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It *should* have been issued as "four zero".

I've heard plenty of non-standard phraseology from ATC.


Like what?



The wind speed makes a lot more difference to the guy in the plane than
it
does to the guy in the tower. I would have asked.


A sharp pilot that thinks he may have missed a digit prior to the "four"
might have responded "confirm wind *ONE* 4" or "confirm wind *TWO* 4", but
he would know wind speeds are not issued with leading zeros.