Altimeter Question
On Apr 17, 9:40*am, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote:
terry wrote:
I wasnt aware you dont use the QNH term in the States. *So what do you
call the number you dial up to make the altimeter read airport
elevation?
altimeter
The Department of Defense uses QNH for altimeter settings in its
forecasts; that replaced ALSTG when the old FT forecast code was
superseded by the TAF code in the late 1970's. Here's the latest TAF
for Offutt AFB:
KOFF 171410 36015G25KT 4800 -RA OVC040 QNH2996INS
TEMPO 1417 35015G35KT 3200 -TSRA OVC025CB
BECMG 1617 03015G25KT 4800 -RA BKN020 OVC040 QNH2997INS
BECMG 0203 36012G18KT 8000 -RA OVC008 QNH2985INS T10/21Z T06/14Z
1415
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